Arizona mom, Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk, and family ride out Hurricane Milton at Disney World Florida
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Arizona mom, Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk, and family ride out Hurricane Milton at Disney World Florida

ByNews Polite

A Disney-loving family from Arizona rode out Hurricane Milton’s wrath on Wednesday from the comfort of their Disney World resort room as the park offered partial compensation amid the destructive and deadly storm. Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk has made the trip from Phoenix to Orlando over the past three years and thought…

Death toll from Hurricane Milton rises as Florida picks up the pieces from the storm’s destruction
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Death toll from Hurricane Milton rises as Florida picks up the pieces from the storm’s destruction

ByNews Polite

Power and other utilities continue to slowly be restored across Florida after Hurricane Milton’s less than 12-hour trek across the state, leaving behind more than 4 million without electricity at its peak and neighborhoods flooded. Milton is being blamed for at least 17 deaths across eight counties in Florida. Hurricane Milton…

Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts
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Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts

ByNews Polite

Republican members of Congress are slamming conspiracists — including far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — for spreading claims that Hurricane Helene was “geoengineered by the government” or that federal aid workers are obstructing local relief efforts in North Carolina following the devastation. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC)…

Health dept. issues flesh-eating bacteria warning, tells people to avoid contact with floodwaters during Hurricane Milton
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Health dept. issues flesh-eating bacteria warning, tells people to avoid contact with floodwaters during Hurricane Milton

ByNews Polite

The Florida Department of Health is urging people to avoid coming into contact with floodwaters brought by Hurricane Milton, warning they could be contaminated with a form of flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio. “Vibriobacteria, commonly found in warm coastal waters, can cause illness when ingested or when open wounds are exposed to contaminated…

Florida best friends Carolynn Shada, Kali Gaynor have babies on the same day at the same hospital
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Florida best friends Carolynn Shada, Kali Gaynor have babies on the same day at the same hospital

ByNews Polite

Two best friends in Florida got to experience one of life’s most meaningful experiences together — becoming mothers — and it was caught on camera. It started in May 2024, when Carolynn Shada announced her pregnancy to her best friend, Kali Gaynor — only to get a surprise of her…

Is Florida in play? Or is it fool’s gold for Democrats?
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Is Florida in play? Or is it fool’s gold for Democrats?

ByNews Polite

Throughout this election, operating assumptions have been that there are seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Campaigns, political parties, super PACs and the like have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into these swing states and been rewarded with a sky-high stack of polls…

Hurricane Helene death toll nears 100 as services rushed to communities isolated by massive storm
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Hurricane Helene death toll nears 100 as services rushed to communities isolated by massive storm

ByNews Polite

PERRY, Fla.— A crisis unfolded in Asheville as officials pledged to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken areas without power and cellular service Monday, days after Hurricane Helene ripped across the U.S. Southeast. The death toll from the storm approached 100. At least 91 people across several states were killed. A…

Florida doctor, Thomas J. Shakvovksy, has license suspended after removing liver from William Bryan
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Florida doctor, Thomas J. Shakvovksy, has license suspended after removing liver from William Bryan

ByNews Polite

A Florida doctor who is accused of removing an Alabama man’s liver instead of the spleen, resulting in “immediate and catastrophic death,” had his medical license suspended. In an emergency order filed Sept. 24, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo accused Thomas J. Shakvovksy of “repeated egregious surgical errors” and “egregious…

Suspect sought in 2010 slay case finally busted — during routine traffic stop
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Suspect sought in 2010 slay case finally busted — during routine traffic stop

ByNews Polite

 A suspect sought in a 14-year-old slay case was busted last week in Florida — during a routine traffic stop for running a red light, authorities said. Timothy Hickerson, 43, recently became the prime suspect in the 2010 murder of Shane Donahue, 23, in Nokesville, Va., and a warrant had…