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There have been at least a half dozen gator attacks this season around the Tampa Bay area. Eric Merda is one of those who lived to tell his story, but the alligator encounter cost him his right arm. He said on July 17th, he got lost in the woods at the Lake Manatee Fish Camp […]

In this Gulfshore Business report, the leader in the electric car industry needs to expand, so Tesla of Fort Myers closed on a deal for a new service center. Tesla is selling so many cars locally that the company is running out of room to service them. And that’s exactly why Tesla just closed on […]

With summer vacations winding down, airlines are counting on the return of more business travelers to keep their pandemic recovery going into the fall. Air travel in the United States, bolstered by huge numbers of tourists, has nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Inflation — and especially this year’s sharp rise in airfares — raises concern […]

More than a dozen local and federal officers swept the federal courthouse at Broward Blvd. and NW 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale on Monday morning. Authorities say 43-year-old Matthew Chilcutt is accused of breaking into the building. Police say they got the call just after 10 a.m. They took him into custody. Investigators tell CBS4 […]

Among Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz’s 18 known real estate investments, none is larger or more valuable than Louwana, a 10-bedroom historic beachfront mansion in Palm Beach. The 18,559-square-foot estate has been valued at more than $36 million, according to local appraisal records. In an interview with Boca Raton Magazine in 2018, the celebrity […]

A new and worrisome school year began Tuesday in Uvalde. There is new high fencing around the Texas community’s public school campuses that still isn’t finished, a heavy police patrol that many families don’t trust and no classes ever again at Robb Elementary School, three months after a gunman with an AR-15-style rifle killed 19 […]

A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a neutral third party known as a special master to review items seized by the FBI during its search at former President Donald Trump’s South Florida residence and blocked the Justice Department from continuing to use the material in its probe while the review is ongoing. U.S. […]

A 77-year-old woman was bitten by an alligator near a pond in a gated community in Florida. The 7-foot, 10-inch alligator responsible for the attack has been captured, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said in a statement to CBS News. FWC received a report at about 6 p.m. on Saturday that a […]

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness month. One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, and 35,000 men will die this year from it. For many men, it is treatable cancer if caught early with a blood screening test called a PSA test, followed by a biopsy. Now, there’s a new device […]

Four people suffered critical injuries when a boat hit a channel marker near Boca Chita Key and capsized, officials said. Eleven of the 14 people on the boat were injured in the crash that happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said in a news release. The agency sent more than 10 units […]