Saturday, June 28, 2025

Good Morning! On this day in 1911, President Taft created the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. The 81,000 square-mile reservation is the largest of six Seminole reservations in Florida.

A tornado in Largo lifted a home off the ground with a 76-year-old woman still inside, then set it back down on Wednesday. Get the full story in Top Stories.

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Man Dies in ICE Custody in Miami

A Canadian man held by immigration officials died Monday at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami. Officials are investigating the death.

"Canadian consular officials are urgently seeking more information from U.S. officials," Foreign Minister Anita Anand said Thursday on social media.

Johnny Noviello, 49, was convicted of racketeering and drug trafficking in Volusia County in 2023 and sentenced to 12 months in prison. On May 15, he was arrested at his probation office and charged with removability based on those drug convictions.

EF-1 Tornado Touches Down in Largo

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Pinellas County on Wednesday, causing significant damage in Largo.

An estimated 50 homes were destroyed in the Ranchero Village neighborhood, along with another 10 to 15 in the Bay Ranch mobile home community.

The tornado stayed on the ground for about eight minutes and had a 2-mile-long track. See an interactive map of the reported damage.

A doorbell camera caught footage of the strong winds lifting an L-shaped home with a 76-year-old woman inside, then setting it down again. The woman "got thrown around and beat up pretty bad," but survived.

Jacksonville Launches Self-Driving Shuttles

Jacksonville plans to launch the nation's first permitted public transportation service powered by autonomous vehicles in the Bay Street Innovation Corridor on Monday.

Students gathered for the Prime Osborn Convention Center for the National Autonomous Vehicle Day Conference last Monday speculated that it might make the streets safer.

"It's not AVs versus human drivers," said Christian Zardnes, a University of North Florida student. "It's more like we're working alongside with AVs so I have more of a collaboration with any certain machine, learning or artificial intelligence to help reduce the human behaviors that cause these human crashes to go down."

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➤ Orlando: Five people were arrested for stealing rare sneakers belonging to Marcus Jordan during Hurricane Milton in 2024, after authorities received a tip that one of the stolen pairs had surfaced for sale. (Details)

➤ Lee County: The county has decided to shut down comments on its social media pages on July 1 to help "prevent the spread of misinformation." (More)

➤ Jacksonville: Residents of the Brentwood neighborhood held a news conference on Friday to protest plans to build a medical examiner's facility near a school. (More)

➤ Boynton Beach: Hunters Run Country Club hired architect Beau Welling to undertake an $18.4 million renovation of the club's South Course, with work slated to begin in January 2026. (Details)

➤ Palm Beach Gardens: The Wayne Gretzky-backed ice rink has secured funding to move forward. The $40 million facility will begin construction next week with an ETA of Dec. 2026. (See Rendering)

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➤ The Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of one of the National League's best teams, the San Francisco Giants, on Thursday with a strong 12-5 victory. (More)

➤ The Tampa Bay Rays also completed a three-game sweep on Thursday, shutting out the Kansas City Royals for the second time in as many days, earning a 4-0 win. (More)

➤ The Florida Panthers have acquired former Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Daniil Tarasov in exchange for a fifth-round pick. Tarasov is expected to start as a backup with the potential to develop into a future starter. (More)

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