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September 17, 2023

Morning report: Trump Mar-a-Lago case | Florida python hunters | New COVID booster

Florida pays python hunters to clear Everglades. 10 years later, is it working? • Contradicting federal health officials, Florida Gov. DeSantis recommends against new COVID booster
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Orlando Morning Report

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Trump Mar-a-Lago case | Florida python hunters | New COVID booster

Good morning. It's Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. The weather forecast calls for PM showers with a high of 91 and low of 76. Click here for more weather.

Classified papers are U.S. property, judge says, as she sets rules for handling Trump Mar-a-Lago case documents

The judge overseeing the government's classified documents case against former President Donald Trump established a detailed set of rules for handling an estimated 3,500 items, including the use of a special room for viewings, discussions and note-taking.

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Florida pays python hunters to clear Everglades. 10 years later, is it working?

MIAMI — Monsters slither throughout the crooked mangroves and serrated sawgrass of Florida's Everglades, 20 feet long and up to 200 pounds of sinewy muscle built by devouring everything in their path. In a state chock full of invasive birds, fish, lizards and bugs, the Burmese python reigns supreme. Bite by bite, these invaders have […]

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Contradicting federal health officials, Florida Gov. DeSantis recommends against new COVID booster

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's top health official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations and warning residents against the new COVID-19 booster. DeSantis, who's running for president, and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo discussed the vaccine with doctors Wednesday on a Zoom call livestreamed on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. It repeated much of what they said a week ago during a live event in Jacksonville, in which they warned against the vaccine the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended this week. Ladapo's previous warnings against COVID-19 vaccines prompted a letter from federal health agencies saying his claims were harmful to the public.

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Madeira Beach wildlife center reopens in temporary space after devastating fire

Behind the bulky bank teller counters, pythons and bearded dragon enclosures sit atop empty safes. Offices where people used to apply for loans now house alligators and lemurs. Tortoises roam freely and squawking lovebirds perch near the entrance. Sonny Flynn, 58, is the owner and director of the Madeira Beach Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center. […]

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I-95 crash kills North Carolina woman

A 23-year-old woman from Selma, North Carolina, died early Saturday when the car she was driving crashed and overturned on Interstate 95 near Port St. John in Brevard County. The Florida Highway Patrol crash report did not identify the woman by name. She was driving south on I-95 about 4 a.m. when her car veered […]

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Editorial: Do what it takes to get progress on Pulse memorial

In years to come, few will care how the memorial was built. But the time for waiting on progress should end. It may take city officials stepping in — and if that's what's needed, so be it.

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Are we headed toward privatizing education in Florida? | Commentary

A massive increase in Florida's school voucher program strips money from public schools and hands it to private, religious and completely unregulated institutions, some of which teach that humans walked with dinosaurs and that Bible-believing Southern slaves were better off than unbelieving free men.

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Ask Amy: Our new neighbor crosses a lot of boundaries

He hugged us at our first meeting, and things got more awkward from there.

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After Gators beat Vols, can we please stop with the Napier nonsense? | Commentary

Will those in the national media — people who are supposed to be responsible and credible — quit speculating on Napier's job security after only one season at UF? All of you, go up to the blackboard and write it 100 times: Billy Napier is not getting fired!

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UCF readies for Big 12 play by rolling over Villanova in QB Timmy McClain's debut

McClain was back at FBC Mortgage Stadium on Saturday night, but this time with the Knights after transferring last year. He was thrust into the starting job after John Rhys Plumlee suffered a leg injury in the team's win at Boise State last week.

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