UK foreign secretary downplays EU payment suggestions

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s foreign secretary dismissed as “speculation” suggestions that the U.K. would pay for tariff-free trade with the European Union after it leaves the bloc. Boris Johnson’s comments Sunday in an interview with the BBC came after David Davis, the minister in charge of negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU, said the government […]

Fidel Castro’s ashes interred in a private ceremony

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) – A wooden box containing Fidel Castro’s ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba’s only official monument to the charismatic bearded rebel who seized control of a U.S.-allied Caribbean island and transformed it into a western outpost of […]

1 dead in fatal Lehigh Acres crash, several seriously injured

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — The westbound lane of Lee Boulevard reopened early Sunday morning following a multi-vehicle crash near Sunniland and Lee boulevards that left one girl dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Nathalie Peffley, 9, of Lehigh Acres, was taken to the hospital and succumbed to her injuries, the FHP said. Several others were hurt, […]

Jill Stein drops Pennsylvania recount case

Washington (CNN) — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said Saturday she is dropping her bid for a statewide election recount in Pennsylvania. Citing a major cost placed on voters due to a court ruling that says the voters requesting the recount must pay a $1 million bond, Stein also said she will be making […]

Authorities: Florida man killed himself before deputy fired

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) – Authorities in Florida say that a man shot and killed himself in a Wal-Mart parking lot right before a deputy fired at him. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday preliminary results from the medical examiner’s office showed that 28-year-old Paul Mebane “shot himself an instant before the deputy fired.” On […]

Boston Red Sox spring training tickets on sale

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hundreds of baseball fans gathered outside Jet Blue Park Saturday to buy Boston Red Sox spring training tickets after they went on sale. Dedicated baseball fans like Vic Ingram waited in line for hours for the best tickets and said leaving with those tickets makes the waiting worthwhile. “It is so […]

2 arrested in Collier County grand theft auto case

SOUTH NAPLES, Fla. — Two suspects were arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly conducting a car burglary spree early Friday morning. Noah Stirn, 21, and Roxana Lopez, 25, both of Naples, were accused of stealing Luis Castillo’s van from his home on Jennings Street while the family was sleeping. Castillo noticed the van was missing when he […]

Collier County shelter hosts 33-hour Adopt-A-Thon

NAPLES, Fla. — The Collier County Domestic Animal Services is hosting a 33-hour Adopt-A-Thon on Saturday. The shelter is waiving all adoption fees and donations for the Donation Trust Fund are encouraged. All pets have been neutered and vaccinated. The event lasts from Saturday at 9 a.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m.

1 killed in Cape Coral motorcycle crash

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Saturday morning in the 3300 block of Del Prado Boulevard North. Matthew Stephen Cusson, 28, of Cape Coral, was taken as a trauma-alert to a local hospital, but later succumbed to his injuries, the Cape Coral Police Department said. Witnesses said Cusson was speeding […]

Drug dealer gets 30 years for man’s fatal overdose

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida drug dealer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for selling the prescription pain medication that caused a man’s fatal overdose. A U.S. attorney’s office news release says 25-year-old Christopher Sharod Massena was sentenced Friday. He was convicted in August of supplying drugs that […]