Orange County commissioners are expected to discuss a proposal that would establish a 1,000-foot buffer between smoke shops and schools.

Carey Schreier planned to speak at Thursday night’s Eustis commission meeting, two weeks after she sat down with News 6 about the loaded shotgun she received from police.

Orange County Commissioner Mayra Uribe, who is running for Orange County Mayor, submitted her resignation letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday, but she told News 6 she plans to stay in her current position through the end of the year.

The board voted Tuesday to further investigate both ethics complaints.

The European Union is demanding TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video sharing platform to suspend addictive features that pose a risk to kids.

Florida voters are deciding whether to get rid of a commission that meets every 20 years to recommend changes to the state constitution, the only such panel among the U.S. states that can refer amendments directly to a statewide ballot.

Germany’s health minister says the European Union doesn’t plan to order Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine but his country will hold talks with Russia on whether an individual order makes sense.

The U.S. 7th Fleet that operates throughout the Indo-Pacific says more than 14,000 of its service members have received their full doses of the coronavirus vaccine, which it began administering on January 5.

The news came only hours after Pfizer and BioNTech said they had signed a deal to deliver an additional 200 million vaccine doses to the bloc. Von der Leyen also unveiled EU plans to better detect virus variants and to speed up the approval of adapted vaccines capable of countering them. Authorities in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, expressed concerns that some people appeared less willing to take the AstraZeneca vaccine than those made by Moderna or Pfizer. Ad“The authorized AstraZeneca vaccine isn't a second-class vaccine,” the state's health ministry said. Pfizer and German partner BioNTech confirmed that they, too, have finalized an agreement to supply the EU with another 200 million vaccine doses.

7:35 p.m.President Donald Trump’s doctor says he fully anticipates Trump can make a “safe return to public engagements” on Saturday. ------4:15 p.m.Democrat Joe Biden is calling on President Donald Trump to stop insulting his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, after the president called her a “monster” during a TV appearance. It’s at least the fifth time Biden has tested negative since President Donald Trump confirmed that he had contracted the coronavirus. “Vice President Biden looks forward to speaking directly to the American people,” deputy Biden campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said in a statement. The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates debates made the announcement Thursday morning, a week before the two were scheduled to face on in Miami.

LONDON European Union authorities have opened antitrust investigations into Apple's App Store and its payments platform over concerns that its practices stifle competition. The Commission opened a second investigation into the mobile App Store over concerns that Apple restricts developers from letting iPhone and iPad users know about ways to make purchases outside of apps. EU Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager said it appears that Apple obtained a gatekeeper' role when it comes to the distribution of apps and content to users of Apples popular devices." It also appeared that Apple set conditions on how Apple Pay should be used in merchants apps and websites, she said. It is important that Apples measures do not deny consumers the benefits of new payment technologies," she said.