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A third-floor fire Monday knocked out power at the Watercrest Condominiums at 6201 Thomas Drive, leaving dozens of vacationers searching for a place to sleep for two to three weeks.

DESTIN — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved having Councilman Parker Destin serve as the city’s primary negotiator in the city’s ongoing contract talks with Gulf Power.The city entered into a 30-year franchise agreement with the company in May 1986. The contract has been extended several times, but is now set to expire May 19.At Monday’s meeting, Destin made a [...]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration opened the door to a potential White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, raising the possibility of an Oval Office welcome for Putin for the first time in more than a decade even as relations between the two powers have deteriorated.The Kremlin said Monday that Trump had invited the Russian leader to the White House when they spoke by telephone last month. White House press secretary [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Elected officials from 10 Florida cities are suing state officials over a law that prohibits local governments from enacting their own gun regulations.The lawsuit filed Monday in Leon County Circuit Court against Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and others says the law is invalid and unconstitutional.A state law to pre-empt local gun regulations was passed in 1987, but changes made in 2011 threatened local officials with removal from [...]

CAPE CANAVERAL — SpaceX has launched a used supply ship on a used rocket to the International Space Station.The Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, hoisting a Dragon capsule full of food, experiments and other station goods for NASA.The Dragon and its 6,000-pound shipment should reach the space station Wednesday. The station astronauts will use a robot arm to grab it.It's the second trip to the orbiting lab for this particular Dragon, [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ These Florida lotteries were drawn Monday:Cash4Life: 07-12-21-24-40, Cash Ball: 2 (seven, twelve, twenty-one, twenty-four, forty; Cash Ball: two)Fantasy 5: 03-08-22-24-26 (three, eight, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-six)Mega Millions : Estimated jackpot: $612 millionPick 2 Evening: 1-6 (one, six)Pick 2 Midday: 8-8 (eight, eight)Pick [...]

A state pharmacy board on Monday criticized the Florida Legislature for not passing a bill that would have allowed Florida pharmacists to test and treat people for the flu and strep throat. Members of the Board of Pharmacy Legislative Committee exchanged stories about the costly bills their family members incurred after undergoing flu tests at emergency departments. Florida Board of Pharmacy member Blanca Rivera said her 27-year old daughter, who is uninsured, thought [...]

Alex van der Zwaan's sentence could set a guidepost for what other defendants charged with lying in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation may receive when their cases are resolved.

The caravan that once numbered 1,150 or more people actually halted days ago in the town of Matias Romero in the southern state of Oaxaca.

BOSTON — Interstate fishing managers are considering changing the rules governing the fishery for a popular species of flounder.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says managers are seeking comments about possible changes to the summer flounder fishery. The fish has been brought to land from Maine to Florida over the years and the catch was worth more than $30 million in 2016.An entry in the Federal Register about the proposal says it concerns revisions [...]