LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, is trying again to make daylight saving time permanent across the country after reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act.Rubio and other senators have been trying to pass the federal legislation needed to allow Florida’s 2018 law to actually change the state to daylight saving time. In order for Florida to have more daylight, a federal statute is required.Florida isn’t the only state that has passed similar laws or resolutions. The idea of more sunshine year-round is...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, is trying again to make daylight saving time permanent across the country after reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act.Rubio and other senators have been trying to pass the federal legislation needed to allow Florida’s 2018 law to actually change the state to daylight saving time. In order for Florida to have more daylight, a federal statute is required.Florida isn’t the only state that has passed similar laws or resolutions. The idea of more sunshine year-round is...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – In his final 24 hours leading NASA, Jim Bridenstine had a message for the next space agency head: science and discovery should always be uniting.Departing during an extremely partisan time in politics, Bridenstine implored the next administrator to keep those politics out of space exploration.The former Republican congressman reflected on the support for NASA’s moon versus Mars programs, saying it should not be divided by political parties.“Republicans were going to the moon and Democrats were going to Mars, that...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – In his final 24 hours leading NASA, Jim Bridenstine had a message for the next space agency head: science and discovery should always be uniting.Departing during an extremely partisan time in politics, Bridenstine implored the next administrator to keep those politics out of space exploration.The former Republican congressman reflected on the support for NASA’s moon versus Mars programs, saying it should not be divided by political parties.“Republicans were going to the moon and Democrats were going to Mars, that...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Following a very busy year, SpaceX started 2021 with a launch on Thursday night from Cape Canaveral, sending up a Turkish communications satellite.The Space Coast hosted more than 30 rocket launches last year and 2021 promises to top that as SpaceX continues to build its Starlink satellite constellation to provide global internet, launching a new batch of spacecraft with increasing frequency.[TRENDING: | . |]A Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite called Turksat-5A Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Following a very busy year, SpaceX started 2021 with a launch on Thursday night from Cape Canaveral, sending up a Turkish communications satellite.The Space Coast hosted more than 30 rocket launches last year and 2021 promises to top that as SpaceX continues to build its Starlink satellite constellation to provide global internet, launching a new batch of spacecraft with increasing frequency.[TRENDING: | . |]A Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite called Turksat-5A Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – A family operating as a foreign ministry in Orlando is accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $8.4 million in federal coronavirus relief aid and high-tailing it back to Canada when U.S. Secret Service agents became aware they were attempting to buy a multi-million dollar home near Disney World.A company called ASLAN International Ministry applied for funds as part of the federal CARES Act dedicated to helping small businesses and nonprofits struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, known as the Paycheck...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – A family operating as a foreign ministry in Orlando is accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $8.4 million in federal coronavirus relief aid and high-tailing it back to Canada when U.S. Secret Service agents became aware they were attempting to buy a multi-million dollar home near Disney World.A company called ASLAN International Ministry applied for funds as part of the federal CARES Act dedicated to helping small businesses and nonprofits struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, known as the Paycheck...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Hours after a man was shot and injured by Daytona Beach police Thursday night, the department released body camera video of the encounter showing he continued to move forward at officers as they told him to get on the ground.Authorities said the incident started Thursday around 9 p.m. at the Icon Apartments inside One Daytona when at least two people called 911 to report a domestic situation.One 911 caller told the dispatcher she could hear someone in another apartment throwing glass and banging on doors. Screaming...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Hours after a man was shot and injured by Daytona Beach police Thursday night, the department released body camera video of the encounter showing he continued to move forward at officers as they told him to get on the ground.Authorities said the incident started Thursday around 9 p.m. at the Icon Apartments inside One Daytona when at least two people called 911 to report a domestic situation.One 911 caller told the dispatcher she could hear someone in another apartment throwing glass and banging on doors. Screaming...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Less than 24 hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida didn’t need help from New York to handle a recent surge in coronavirus cases, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed a shipment of a drug being used to fight the respiratory disease is en route to Florida.Cuomo said in a news release Friday that a shipment of the medication remdesivir to treat 280 COVID-19 patients will arrive in Florida Saturday.“When New York was climbing the COVID mountain with no end in sight and resources were scarce, we were incredibly...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Less than 24 hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida didn’t need help from New York to handle a recent surge in coronavirus cases, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed a shipment of a drug being used to fight the respiratory disease is en route to Florida.Cuomo said in a news release Friday that a shipment of the medication remdesivir to treat 280 COVID-19 patients will arrive in Florida Saturday.“When New York was climbing the COVID mountain with no end in sight and resources were scarce, we were incredibly...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in The Villages Monday to provide an update on the response to the coronavirus pandemic and assure residents that hospitals around Florida have plenty of capacity to handle the virus as well as unrelated illnesses.His visit comes after a record weekend of newly reported cases in Florida, which now total more than 206,000 since the beginning of March. The state death toll is approaching 3,900.While about 45,000 people are being tested per day, double the number from a month ago,...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in The Villages Monday to provide an update on the response to the coronavirus pandemic and assure residents that hospitals around Florida have plenty of capacity to handle the virus as well as unrelated illnesses.His visit comes after a record weekend of newly reported cases in Florida, which now total more than 206,000 since the beginning of March. The state death toll is approaching 3,900.While about 45,000 people are being tested per day, double the number from a month ago,...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida schools will open this fall amid the ongoing pandemic, which shows no signs of slowing, according to a statewide executive order issued Monday.Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran signed the order Monday, with the stated goal of reopening all brick-and-mortar schools for at least five days a week for all students beginning in August, according to the executive order.The executive order was signed around 11 a.m. Monday, hours later President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter, “SCHOOLS...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida schools will open this fall amid the ongoing pandemic, which shows no signs of slowing, according to a statewide executive order issued Monday.Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran signed the order Monday, with the stated goal of reopening all brick-and-mortar schools for at least five days a week for all students beginning in August, according to the executive order.The executive order was signed around 11 a.m. Monday, hours later President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter, “SCHOOLS...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is on track to surpass 150,000 infections this week, after reporting more than 40,000 new positive cases of the novel coronavirus in the past five days.Days ahead of the July Fourth holiday, to prevent large crowds from gathering. Most fireworks shows, including in Central Florida, have also been canceled to keep people from gathering.Locally, Brevard, Flagler and Volusia leaders have not announced closures ahead of the holiday weekend. Officials in Volusia County said Monday they don’t plan to close...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is on track to surpass 150,000 infections this week, after reporting more than 40,000 new positive cases of the novel coronavirus in the past five days.Days ahead of the July Fourth holiday, to prevent large crowds from gathering. Most fireworks shows, including in Central Florida, have also been canceled to keep people from gathering.Locally, Brevard, Flagler and Volusia leaders have not announced closures ahead of the holiday weekend. Officials in Volusia County said Monday they don’t plan to close...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – An interactive dashboard from the Florida Department of Health shows the growing number of , or COVID-19, cases as the state confirms each one.According to the Department of Health, more than 1.5 million positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Florida since March 1, when the virus was first detected in the Sunshine State. The dashboard shows how many cases of COVID-19 have been reported in each county, as well as how many people have been tested overall for the illness.Coronavirus-related deaths are also...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ORLANDO, Fla. – An interactive dashboard from the Florida Department of Health shows the growing number of , or COVID-19, cases as the state confirms each one.According to the Department of Health, more than 1.5 million positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Florida since March 1, when the virus was first detected in the Sunshine State. The dashboard shows how many cases of COVID-19 have been reported in each county, as well as how many people have been tested overall for the illness.Coronavirus-related deaths are also...WW…