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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a special advisory for the storm, which now has winds of 105 mph. It said: “Historic, life-threatening flooding is likely along portions of the northern Gulf Coast,” and that flash floods due to rainfall are likely throughout Wednesday. Areas forecast to flood include southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The NHC said inland portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the western Carolinas could also be affected over the course of the week....

The actress, who starred in the film directed by Olivia Wilde, shared photos celebrating the holiday on Tuesday. While she was dressed as Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, her friend wore Pugh’s now-infamous purple press tour look. Don’t Worry Darling has been plagued by rumors of behind-the-scenes tension, including speculation of a falling out between Pugh, 26, and Wilde, 38. Initially, there were reports that Pugh didn’t support Wilde’s relationship with co-star Harry Styles....

Ibra is Man Utd’s Frankenstein’s monster The pair will be on opposite sides when Manchester United entertain Saint-Etienne in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie on Thursday. Florentin, who has his sibling’s shirt number six shaved and bleached on the right side of his head and his own, 19, on the left, is looking forward to the renewal of their rivalry. “I beat him at table tennis....

The HHS dashboard showed Florida had 10,862 COVID hospitalizations listed. The second most hospitalizations were in Texas, which reported 6,628, followed by California, which had 4,682. The 50,625 COVID-related hospitalizations are more than triple the number of people who were hospitalized one month ago, when 16,000 patients were hospitalized due to complications from COVID. The United States on Monday reached President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of eligible adults at least partly vaccinated, though four weeks late of his intended July 4 deadline....

Florida A&M basically told every other marching band to step their game up when the Rattlers pulled off a formation that included the popular “Kermit drinking tea” meme. MORE: Week 13’s must-see photos | Taiwanese animation of Perine’s record game | OSU removes ‘UM’ from stadium If you haven’t seen the real meme (seriously, how did you miss it?), here it is: The execution is impeccable. Well done, Florida A&M, well done....

Florida and Texas are two of 35 states that have passed laws or have executive orders that forbid companies and organizations from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). The BDS movement seeks to economically harm Israel for its actions against Palestinian people. “It has come to my attention that Ben and Jerry’s has announced plans to remove its products and prohibit the sale of its ice cream in Judea and Samaria,” Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote in a letter to the executive director of the state’s administrative board on Thursday....

Caleb Ziegelbauer, 13, got sick five days after he went to a beach in Port Charlotte with his family on July 1. After showing symptoms including headache, fever and disorientation, he was taken to Golisano Children’s Hospital where doctors suspected he had been infected with a brain-eating amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri—a single-celled organism that infects people when water containing the amoeba goes up the nose. Infection with the amoeba is often deadly due to the damage it does to the brain....

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrested the 14-year-old student at Countryside High School in Clearwater after threats were posted onto social media on Sunday, November 3. Deputies were made aware of a post on Instagram featuring a picture of four firearms along with the caption: “Don’t come to school tomorrow…THIS IS A JOKE. DO NOT REPORT (It’s not a joke).” The photo was posted on the 14-year-old’s Instagram account, “monkeywitharifle....

Maybe for first time in the teams’ history, Atlético-MG and Bahia fans will be supporting each other. They’re the two teams representing Brazil at the Florida Cup, and the points earned by both will be added up for the competition against Germany, Argentina and the United States. The nation with the most points in total will be the Florida C winners. The Brazilian journey in the competition starts next Wednesday, when Atlético-MG faces Bayer Leverkusen....

A day before the start of the Florida Cup, all of the teams trained for the final time to shape up for the tournament’s kickoff. This Saturday, Wolfsburg trained under a strong rain at the IMG Academy in Tampa. From nearby, orders were given by the team’s coach, Valérien Ismaël. Swiss international Ricardo Rodriguez and German striker Mario Gomez didn’t travel to the U.S. with Wolfsburg. Neither did Carlos Ascues, who joined Peruvian side Melgar on loan for the rest of the season....

Sunday’s tally was more than four times the daily case count of nearly 819 reported May 4, when most Florida counties entered phase one of the state’s reopening. The latest spike marked a nearly 76 percent increase in new infections since the number of new cases reported May 4. The percentage of positive virus tests reported in the state has been on a mostly increasing trend over the past six weeks....

That has led to finger-pointing and an attempt by Florida Democrats and experts to perform an autopsy less than 24 hours later to understand what happened. Biden won Latinos by only 52 percent to 47 percent, a disappointing drop from Hillary Clinton’s 62 percent support four years ago and a major improvement for Trump from 35 percent, according to exit polls. This year, the Associated Press ran its own exit poll, which showed Biden’s lead at 54 percent to 45 percent....

Dr. Linda Marraccini, who is based in South Miami, told Newsweek in an interview Saturday that she believes the policy is in the best interest of her patients and that it follows science—thereby not violating the Hippocratic Oath. “It’s not fair for people who are unvaccinated to harm other people,” Marraccini said. She explained has other patients who are immunocompromised or in chemotherapy and are therefore at higher risk of being infected with the virus, and that she does not want them potentially to be exposed to the virus in her office, Marraccini said....

Lakeland Police Department posted a statement on its Twitter account, saying officers responded to multiple reports of a shooting at about 3:43 p.m. local time. In the original statement, police said nine people were injured, including two critically. Police Chief Sammy Taylor later said a 10th victim was reported. Taylor said at a press conference Monday night that police believe four people shot from the windows of a four-door Nissan at victims on both sides of the street....

“I really hope that we’re going to have accountability for the origins of the COVID pandemic because this just did not need to happen,” DeSantis said at a press conference. “The Chinese Communist Party is primarily to blame, but there’s also American money that very well may have flown to Wuhan.” On Monday, DeSantis signed two bills aimed at preventing CCP from influencing Florida’s educational institutions and from committing corporate espionage....

Nearly 18,000 new cases on average are being reported each day in the state, marking a stark increase from the average of less than 2,000 recorded in the first week of July. Florida’s total COVID-19 death count since the onset of the pandemic surpassed 39,100. Despite the influx of cases, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has resisted imposing mask mandates and other health and safety regulations in the state to curtail the spread....

Officers on Tuesday responded to reports of a man and woman arguing at an apartment complex in Cutler Bay, Florida, according to a report from CBS Miami, which obtained an arrest report. Upon arrival, law enforcement heard the dispute, reported the outlet, and made several commands for those inside the apartment to open the door. Police eventually kicked in the door after hearing the woman scream, reported WPLG, which also obtained a copy of the arrest report....

“They called me to the little office in the bus and said, ‘I’m sorry we cannot receive your blood,’” Diaz said to NBC 6 South Florida. Diaz had said ‘yes’ in the section of the OneBlood plasma donation form that asked if he had engaged in sex with a man in the past three months. “When I left that place, I felt contaminated, discriminated. Not because I’m a gay person, but because they’re gonna imply that I have HIV,” explained Diaz....

According to Fox 13, Luke Vidal was in a Publix parking lot in North Fort Myers, Florida around 6:45 a.m. on Friday when he spotted a lone, wandering gator. He recorded a video of the scene and later posted it to Facebook, where it garnered thousands of reactions and comments. In the video, the alligator walks slowly and steadily through the abandoned parking lot. The creature is clearly quite large: as it crawls, its massive tail can be seen dragging along the pavement....

Amanda Chere Meador’s son allegedly donned a mask and brandished a gun to convince a Winter Springs Circle K clerk to give him money. The clerk, described as being “in great fear” by the police report, complied with Meador’s son’s request and he subsequently left the establishment. Meador’s son then fled the scene in her blue 2002 Chrysler Town and Country minivan, which had a concealed or obstructed license plate number....