MILTON — Jack Sanborn, the owner of Adventures Unlimited, has resigned from the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council. Sanborn was not at Thursday's meeting, but Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole read a letter by Sanborn. In the letter, Sanborn stated that he needed to focus his attentions on the city of Milton that he loves and supports.For nearly a month, Sanborn has received criticism and calls to resign after making a sexist remark towards a [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — Steve Prince is not one to expect help or handouts.In fact, when he was getting ready to move into his childhood home, the 57-year-old was up until 3 a.m. most days trying to make it more accommodating for his wife, who is confined to a wheelchair. Much of the house needs updates, including the air conditioning unit, which was unreliable.But then on June 9, Jonathan Dandridge of Climate Engineers of Florida arrived at the Prince's house with a brand- [...]

BIG WELLS, Texas — At least five people are dead and several others hurt as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas.Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd says the SUV went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas Highway 85, ejecting those inside.Texas Department of Public Safety officials say four were pronounced dead at the scene midday Sunday. A fifth person died at a hospital. [...]

The repeal of "net neutrality" took effect six months after the Federal Communications Commission voted to undo the rules, which had barred broadband and cellphone companies from favoring their own services and discriminating against rivals such as Netflix.

A Vatican statement said Francis had accepted the resignations of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Bishop Gonzalo Duarte of Valparaiso and Bishop Cristian Caro of Puerto Montt. He named a temporary leader for each diocese.

Company hedges bets on whether change is permanent, says it's a summer burger promotion

Democrats introduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act in the House and Senate last week

OKALOOSA ISLAND — A baby raccoon the size of an apple lay curled up in a clear box on a Thursday morning at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, cuddling a stuffed animal beside it.Gena Medley, a vet tech student and an intern at the refuge, picked up the critter with her hands and laid it on the scale.The numbers on the scale read 165 grams — less than half a pound.“He hasn’t even opened his little eyes yet,” she said, picking him up [...]

William Howard Hughes Jr. was apprehended at his home after a fraud investigation, is charged with desertion

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to join the Islamic State group, despite telling the judge he only wanted to provide humanitarian aid to Syrians.The U.S. District Court judge told Arafat Nagi (NAH'-gee) on Monday he found his humanitarian claims hard to believe in light of graphic social media posts of Islamic State violence and a photo of Nagi posing with an assault rifle.The 47-year-old Lackawanna (lak-ah-WAH'- [...]