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Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday. The estimate is based on Secret Service cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business Administration, said Roy Dotson, […]

The battle between Florida’s governor and Walt Disney World is now simmering amid confusion over what happens next. The feud between Ron DeSantis and Florida’s largest private employer centers on whether the state can legally dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special tax district controlled by Disney, as the governor and local lawmakers did […]

The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate deals to help crack down on bad actors’ use of the U.S. market to launder money made through illicit activity. The Treasury Department was posting notice Monday seeking public comment for a potential regulation that would address what it says is a […]

Five Florida Supreme Court justices will remain on the bench after voters across the State of Florida voted resoundingly to keep them there. Additionally, voters across Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, Hardee, DeSoto, and Glades counties, among others, voted to retain judges in the Second District Court of Appeal. Lee County was still tallying votes on Tuesday […]

Search teams looked for two missing people in the smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire while people who escaped the flames sorted through the charred remnants of their homes to see what was left. Investigators were still trying to determine what caused flames to tear through at least 9.4 square miles (24 square kilometers), […]

A Florida necessity is hitting nearly unaffordable rates. Flood insurance rates are about to get a major hike, as companies adapt to the predicted sea level rise in our coastal communities. The National Flood Insurance Program is changing the way it calculates what each property owner has to pay. Instead of charging based solely on […]

A Naples physician was named in a $1.2 billion fraud case by the Department of Justice involving 36 defendants in 13 federal districts across the United States The case includes fraudulent telemedicine, cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing, and durable medical equipment (DME) schemes. Naples-based Dr. Omar Saleh is one of the named defendants and faces […]

The Sunshine State is home to many lawsuits involving homeowners insurance, and lawmakers have a plan to get lawsuits under control. So we looked at what that could mean for insurance coverage. Insurance is designed to help protect homes. But as many people experienced after Hurricane Irma, getting claims paid to satisfaction can sometimes be […]

Emergency assistance is available to help Cape Coral households that are unable to pay mortgages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, Cape Coral City Council approved the next phase of assistance, which will provide about $680,000 to eligible households. Applicants could receive up to six months of emergency assistance for unpaid mortgage payments. Application […]

Chaos reigned in the home where Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz grew up, testimony in his ongoing penalty trial has shown. He and his half-brother Zachary tormented their adoptive, widowed mother, Lynda. By the time Cruz reached middle school in the early 2010s, the pair took their fists and baseball bats to the walls, leaving […]