Tag: Florida

• Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Rich Argentines fly to Miami to get the Covid vaccinations: Florida residents complain

  

  Residents of foreign countries have obtained COVID vaccinations in Florida, taking advantage of the state’s loose rules on who can get a shot. The list includes a prominent Argentine lawyer, business leaders, and Canadians whose home countries restrict vaccines to first-responders, medical personnel, and a few other groups.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Biden urges Democrats to “keep the faith”, while Trump announces he will go the US Supreme Court

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump daringly claimed victory in the presidential election on Wednesday — despite no winner being declared and millions of votes waiting to be counted in several key battleground states — as Joe Biden urged Democrats to “keep the faith” and wait for the final results.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Florida Senators sponsor bill to resume cruise lines and ports operations

  

  Florida State lawmakers have teamed up to introduce a bill that would allow cruise lines and ports to resume operations.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  US president Trump cancels the Republican Party convention in Florida because of Covid-19

  

  United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was scrapping next month's Republican Party nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 05:40 UTC

  Saharan sand cloud darkened much of Cuba and is affecting Florida

  

  A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home. The dust cloud swept across the Atlantic from Africa over the past week, covering the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico since Sunday and hitting south Florida in the United States on Wednesday, authorities there said.

• Friday, April 3rd 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Cruise vessels Zaandam and Rotterdam with hundreds of sick on board dock at Fort Lauderdale

  

  Florida officials have officially permitted the MS Zaandam and the MS Rotterdam, Holland America cruise ships with hundreds of sick on board, to dock at Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades and begin disembarking guests.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump calls on Florida to allow Zaandam to dock: “They are dying on the ship”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Florida officials to open an Atlantic Coast port to a Dutch cruise ship stuck at sea with a deadly coronavirus outbreak onboard, urging the governor to drop his opposition.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Trump said social distancing guidelines will be extended until 30 April

  

  President Trump announced on Sunday the nationwide social distancing guidelines will remain in place until April 30, saying the “peak” of the coronavirus pandemic is expected in two weeks. Mr. Trump said he expected the country to be “well on its way to recovery” by June 1.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 13:23 UTC

  LATAM sued for the alleged rape of a child flying unaccompanied

  

  A man in Florida is suing one of Latin America's largest airlines, saying his 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted by an airline employee while traveling as an unaccompanied minor from Brazil to the U.S.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Snakes mating season date forces closure of public park in Florida

  

  A city in Florida closed off part of a park after residents spotted dozens of snakes that had apparently gathered for their annual coupling.