PALM BEACH GARDENS — A 25-year-old server at a Florida restaurant says she lost her job after posting on Facebook that she didn't get tipped for a $735 take-out order placed by a local church.Tamlynn Yoder told the Palm Beach Post that she took to social media after Christ Fellowship church placed a 75-item order Wednesday from Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens.Yoder said that because she spent much of her shift preparing the order, she only made $18 in total tips [...]

MIAMI — A gay schoolteacher has been fired by a Miami Catholic school after marrying her same-sex partner in an apparent violation of church rules, church officials said.Archdiocese of Miami officials confirmed to the Miami Herald that first-grade teacher Jocelyn Morffi lost her job at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School on Thursday, the day after she returned from her Florida Keys wedding."This weekend I married the love of my life and unfortunately I was [...]

At a ceremony Monday to unveil portraits of him and former first lady Michelle Obama, the former president said artist Kehinde Wiley cheerfully ignored almost all of his suggestions.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office announced Brandon Jennings as its 2017 Deputy of the Year Monday.Jennings transferred from patrol to street crimes unit in June. As a deputy in the crimes unit, he is responsible for identifying, investigating, interviewing and, ultimately, arresting criminals responsible for drug dealing, gang activity, burglaries and robberies, according to an OCSO press release.In 2017, Jennings conducted more than 180 traffic stops, investigated over 120 [...]

The growing deficits reflect, in part, the impact of last year's tax overhaul, which is projected to cause federal tax revenue to plummet.

JACKSONVILLE — A woman has pleaded guilty to kidnapping an infant from a Florida hospital nearly 20 years ago.The plea agreement 52-year-old Gloria Williams accepted Monday in Jacksonville calls for a prison sentence of up to 22 years when she's sentenced in May.Prosecutors said Williams kidnapped newborn Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville hospital in 1998 and raised her in Walterboro, South Carolina. The victim is now 19 and named Alexis Manigo.The Florida Times- [...]

The sudden escalation offers what could be a harbinger of what lies ahead as the Syrian fighting winds down and an emboldened Iran establishes a military presence that Israel vows it will never accept.

Nothing has been settled on any trip north by South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Many senior citizens would have hunkered down with a good book or a movie when the forecast called for thunderstorms, but not the Destin Snowbirds. Well over 100 boarded two buses in the rain at 5 a.m. last Sunday morning for an excursion to New Orleans to view the Mardi Gras parades and enjoy a little gaming fun in Biloxi on the way home. The trip was such a huge success that another 100 plus snowbirds will board two buses this Sunday to enjoy a repeat expedition. Both trips were completely [...]

So many snowbirds have taken up this sport since it was invented in 1965.Pickleball players take their game seriously.A lot of T-shirts read "Real Athletes Play Pickleball!""Happy People Play Pickleball.""Some Grandmas Knit Scarfs, Real Grandmas Play Pickleball.""Stay Out of the Kitchen! Play Pickelball.""Life Necessities — Food, Sleep & Pickleball.""Pickleball Players Suffer OPD! Obsessive Pickleball Disorder!"Pickleball is [...]