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A growing number of communities are releasing specially bred, non-biting male mosquitoes to wipe out the biting population — without pesticides

Cities and homeowners try a new weapon against mosquitoes: more mosquitoes

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Rising temperatures have stretched mosquito season deeper into fall, giving the pests more time to spread disease. Now, a growing number of cities and homeowners are turning to an unlikely solution: fighting mosquitoes with more mosquitoes.

FILE - Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Florida OKs another $240M to help cover immigrant detention expenses

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A legislative budget panel approved another $240 million for the Florida Division of Emergency Management on Friday, the same day the agency issued a report showing they could have a $1.5 billion deficit at the end of the fiscal year. Much of the spending is centered on the state’s efforts to arrest and house undocumented immigrants – normally a federal government duty.

Trump says oil prices likely won’t come down until November

Gas prices in Central Florida climb as Iran war disrupts global oil supply

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The Iran war has dramatically slowed oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz — a critical shipping lane that previously carried about 20% of the world’s petroleum. The disruption has sent prices surging across the country, and President Trump says oil prices likely won’t come down until November.

More Than 1,500 Pounds of Imported Italian Pork Jowl Pulled From Shelves in Florida, New York, Texas and More

Florida distributor recalls 1,500 pounds of pork over Listeria risk

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Sept. 6 that Prime Line Distributors, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Ferrarini USA, Inc., of Hoboken, N.J., are recalling approximately 1,513 pounds of ready-to-eat dry-cured pork jowl products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2007 file photo, a for sale sign sits among an acreage of orange trees in Bartow, Fla. While Florida farmers have lost much of their crop to cold weather for the second year in a row, they say citrus greening, a fast-spreading, incurable bacteria, presents a greater threat to their trees and the citrus industry. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Squeeze continues on Florida’ citrus land

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Citrus land keeps vanishing from Florida’s landscape, down nearly 21 percent over the past year, according to a federal report. While the industry produced a slight increase in its overall 2025-2026 harvest from the prior season, individual growers have been weighed down over the past two decades by hurricanes, winter freezes, changing drinking habits, a citrus greening disease and development pressures.

This image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA's massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carries the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the Artemis II mission.

‘America’s launchpad:’ Florida lawmakers ask Trump for Space Academy

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Sen. Ashley Moody and Rep. Mike Haridopolos — both Republican U.S. lawmakers from Florida — led the delegation in a letter to the president and NASA administrator offering Florida as the academy’s future home.

FILE - Members of the music group "Menudo," from left, Robby Rosa (Draco Rosa), Ray Reyes, Roy Rosell, Charlie Mass and Ricky Melndez pose during a reception in their honor in New York on Feb. 10, 1984. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Menudo reunites for 50th anniversary tour: 'We’re proud to be pioneers'

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Menudo, one of the most popular Latino boy bands of all time, is reuniting for a six-day tour this fall to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Here’s how to file a free claim in the RealPage rent-fixing settlement before the 2027 deadline

If you rented an apartment between 2018 and 2025, you may be owed money from a $360 million settlement

Read full article: If you rented an apartment between 2018 and 2025, you may be owed money from a $360 million settlement

Renters who paid rent at certain apartment communities between 2018 and 2025 may be eligible for a share of a $359.9 million settlement stemming from allegations that landlords used RealPage software to artificially inflate rents.