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Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Florida governor signs law preempting local COVID edicts

By Bobby Caina Calvan May. 03, 2021 12:33 PM EDT

Tourists make their way down Ocean Drive during Spring Break in Miami Beach, Fla., Monday, March 22, 2021. A party-ending curfew is in effect in Miami Beach, imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people. The curfew could extend through the end of spring break.(Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
Deadly spring break: 3 men charged in 2 deaths in Florida

By Curt Anderson Mar. 23, 2021 03:32 PM EDT

An unidentified man is detained and later arrested on Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 5th Street and Ocean Drive while crowds of Miami Beach spring-breakers walk Ocean Drive several hours prior to a city-wide curfew that was put into effect after several nights of mass arrests. An 8 p.m. curfew has been extended in Miami Beach after law enforcement worked to contain unruly crowds of spring break tourists (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)
Miami Beach curfew aims to shut down Spring Break partying

By Kelli Kennedy Mar. 22, 2021 09:08 AM EDT

City of Miami Beach have placed signs along the beach as part of the Miami Beach Vacation Responsibly campaign advising spring breakers of the zero tolerance rules, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Miami Beach, Fla. Miami Beach officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew effective immediately, saying large, out-of-control spring break crowds crammed the beaches, trashed some restaurant properties and brawled in the streets. Tourists and hotel guests are being told to stay indoors during the curfew hours. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP)
Police chief says Miami partying "couldn't go on any longer"

By Kelli Kennedy Mar. 20, 2021 06:12 PM EDT

FILE - This June 2, 2017, file frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. Donald Trump’s struggling Doral golf club near Miami could be thrown a lifeline if a Florida bill being hammered out behind closed doors allows more gambling in the state and the property is allowed to operate a casino. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz, File)
Trump Casino Miami? Florida gambling bill raises possibility

By Terry Spencer, Bernard Condon And Brendan Farrington Mar. 18, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 10, 2021 03:51 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ March 10 The Palm Beach Post on vaccine inequity in...

A health care worker collects a COVID-19 test sample after a person used a nasal swab for a self administered test at the COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at Miami Beach Convention Center Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
Florida mayors plead with governor to take action on virus

By Tamara Lush Nov. 18, 2020 05:25 PM EST

As 1st wave of Miami pupils return, some worry about safety

Associated Press Oct. 04, 2020 10:31 AM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — As Florida's largest school district prepares for a first wave of students to return to physical classrooms on Monday, several teachers and...

In this combination, Moises Kaufman, left, arrives at the Lucky Guy Opening Night on April, 01, 2013 in New York and Nilo Cruz sits in his apartment on April 7, 2003, in New York. This fall, Miami New Drama plans to offer short new plays about each of the seven deadly sins in seven vacant storefronts along Lincoln Road as part of a project called "7 Deadly Sins — Temptation in the Magic City." The plays will be written Hilary Bettis, Nilo Cruz, Moises Kaufman, Rogelio Martinez, Dael Orlandersmith, Carmen Pelaez and Aurin Squire. (AP Photo)
In Miami Beach, live theater returns — in vacant storefronts

By Mark Kennedy Sep. 23, 2020 09:01 AM EDT

Story Collins, 9 and her mother Heather Correia show their support for teachers after arriving at the Duval County School Board building, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla. Duval County teachers and their supporters gathered in a parking lot before they drove to the Duval County School Board Building and protest plans of starting the upcoming school year with the rate of COVID-19 infections hitting record rates in Jacksonville. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
Florida sets new one-day state virus death record with 132

By Terry Spencer, Brendan Farrington And Adriana Gomez Licon Jul. 14, 2020 05:23 PM EDT

Hundreds line up for tests as Florida cities close beaches

By Tamara Lush Jun. 29, 2020 12:35 PM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people lined up at coronavirus testing sites around Florida on Monday, as the state remained in the virus's grip. ...

Activists of Communist Party of India Marxist display placards on face shields and shout slogans during a protest asking the state government to increase testing and free treatment for all COVID-19 patients in Hyderabad, India, Monday, June 29, 2020. Governments are stepping up testing and warily considering their next moves as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases surges in many countries. India reported more than 20,000 new infections on Monday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The Latest: SKorea sees COVID-19 cases spread beyond capital

By The Associated Press Jun. 29, 2020 01:06 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 photo, guests watch a show near a statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, part of the Orlando area in Fla.  SeaWorld and Universal Orlando reopened earlier June 2020,  while Disney plans to reopen in phases starting July 11, 2020.(AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Florida marks 100,000th coronavirus infection

By Tamara Lush And Mike Schneider Jun. 22, 2020 12:27 PM EDT

University of Idaho employees Bryanna Muscella, left, and Ryan Robinson wait for their orders on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at Einstein Bros. Bagels at the Idaho Student Union Building in Moscow, Idaho . The university is starting to reopen this week after being closed because of the coronavirus. (Geoff Crimmins/Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
The Latest: China reports 22 newly confirmed cases of virus

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2020 01:41 AM EDT

Shoppers wear masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they walk on Miami Beach, Florida's famed Lincoln Road, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Miami, Miami Gardens, Hialeah and Miami Beach began phased openings of some shops Wednesday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Memorial Day tempts Americans outdoors, raising virus fears

By Ben Finley, Carla K. Johnson And Michael Biesecker May. 22, 2020 09:35 AM EDT

Vice President Mike Pence, center, participates in a roundtable discussion Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. The roundtable was held with hospitality and tourism industry leaders to discuss their plans for re-opening during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
'Orlando is suffering,' tourism officials tell Pence

By Mike Schneider May. 20, 2020 01:09 PM EDT

A resident from Daisy & Rosa Gardens housing buildings looks from her balcony before the City of Hialeah distribute of protective mask to the senior citizen residents as the Novel Coronavirus pandemic continues on Thursday, April 16, 2020 in Hialeah. The City of Hialeah will be distributing over 3,000 3-Ply Face Masks to Senior Housing.(David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
As Florida tourism falters, public employees fret about jobs

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 30, 2020 04:10 PM EDT

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. The Corps of Engineers will transform the newly renovated facility into a hospital by April 27, news outlets reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Prominent Florida convention center becoming a hospital

By Kelli Kennedy And Terry Spencer Apr. 08, 2020 05:24 PM EDT

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