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PoliticsThis combo of images show shooting victims, from left, Christian Angulo, Mason Schermerhorn, Cristina Irimie and Richard Aspinwall, displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)ATLANTA – Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta.Richard Woods, a Republican elected statewide, also said Monday […]

Results 2024Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have requested their ballotsBoeing Starliner (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may be on board the International Space Station for an extended stay after issues with Boeing Starliner, but that will not stop them from voting in the November election.Wilmore told reporters Friday that he and Williams had requested vote-by-mail ballots for the election that day and they should have them in a couple of […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedFILE - Gas is flared at the Jose Antonio Anzoategui oil complex in Barcelona, Anzoategui State, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)MEXICO CITY – Venezuela’s main opposition coalition on Monday called on the U.S. to cancel the licenses that allow Chevron and other energy companies to operate in the South American country to pressure President Nicolás Maduro to negotiate a transition from power.The appeal came from an adviser to the […]

Local News‘He says it was all a joke,’ said Volusia County sheriffPORT ORANGE, Fla. – An 11-year-old was arrested in Volusia County Monday, accused of threatening to commit a school shooting.Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the suspect was accused of threatening to shoot up either Creekside Middle School or Silver Sands Middle School. Both are in Port Orange.Chitwood said the boy claimed it was a joke, and he had a list of names and targets. In his house deputies […]

LA PORTE, Texas – A towering flame gradually subsided Tuesday morning in the aftermath of a massive pipeline explosion after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve, officials said.Deer Park officials said police and local FBI agents initiated investigations and found no preliminary reports that would suggest a coordinated or “terrorist” attack and that “this appears to be an isolated incident.”The investigation included efforts to learn more about the driver of a vehicle that was incinerated […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – Another election year is here and there’s no time like the present to make sure you are ready to vote.You may already know that 2024 is a presidential election year. But in addition to voting for president, voters in Florida will also decide on:Members of the Florida Legislature (Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives)County offices (commissioners, school board members, sheriffs, supervisors of elections, etc.)Potentially we should also have Florida constitutional amendments, along with local referenda from […]