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@wfla.comIf you’ve used the AI-based cash advance app Cleo, you may be receiving a payment from the Federal Trade Commission soon.https://www.wfla.com/news/national/check-your-email-15-8-million-being-sent-to-users-of-cash-advance-app-ftc-says/
@wfla.comA Manhattan judge has ordered the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads that promote his political message.
@wfla.comPeople in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama cleaned up after Hurricane Isaias swept through as the storm’s remnants caused flooding in North Carolina on Sunday.https://www.wfla.com/news/isaias-moves-north-into-appalachians-and-mid-atlantic-southern-california-battered-by-rachel/
@wfla.comThe National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
https://www.wfla.com/weather/tracking-the-tropics/nhc-monitoring-disturbance-west-of-cabo-verde-islands/
@wfla.comOne man was killed, and another was injured after a car crashed into a home in Wesley Chapel Sunday evening.
@wfla.comA businessman wanted in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/fugitive-businessman-taken-into-us-custody-in-venezuela-bribery-case/
@wfla.comA man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Pennsylvania said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed out of the ordinary.
@wfla.comDemocrats have the wind at their backs in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is up against Republican political operative Michael Whatley to replace retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/why-north-carolina-is-shifting-democratic/
@wfla.comREST IN PEACE | Jenn Biggs Williams, 57, was killed when Hurricane Isaias ripped through the Panhandle after a tree fell through the roof of her home.
@wfla.comA man was arrested Saturday morning after deputies reportedly found illegal drugs and suspected stolen jewelry in his vehicle.
@wfla.comREST IN PEACE | 5-year-old Elijah Hawkins was one of the two young boys found dead in a pond after being reported missing late Saturday night in Daytona Beach.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/2-young-children-found-dead-in-florida-pond-police-say/
@wfla.comREST IN PEACE | 3-year-old Kashh Williams was one of the two young boys found dead in a pond after being reported missing late Saturday night in Daytona Beach.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/2-young-children-found-dead-in-florida-pond-police-say/
@wfla.comTroopers arrested a young man early Saturday morning after he reportedly led them in a pursuit on I-275.
@wfla.comEND OF WATCH 🕯️ The Brevard County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of Homicide Agent Kevin Morris, who was killed in a head-on crash while responding to a shooting last night. https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-deputy-killed-by-wrong-way-driver-while-responding-to-call/
@wfla.comPope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery “in the coming days” to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate.
@wfla.comTSA confirmed that it will no longer allow officers at its document-checking station to be seated while performing their duties, reportedly for security and “hospitality” reasons. https://www.wfla.com/news/national/the-tsa-has-a-new-rule-for-officers-you-might-notice-next-time-youre-in-line/
@wfla.comA Winter Haven man was arrested on Saturday after police said he stole a vehicle from someone's home and then tried to hide in someone's backyard. https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/winter-haven-man-steals-car-vape-before-fleeing-to-pool-deck-hcso/
@wfla.comUPDATE: The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said a man is in critical condition after he fled the scene of a shooting and later opened fire on deputies outside his home. https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/sarasota-officer-involved-in-shooting-after-incident-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot/
@wfla.comTrump on Sunday claimed an energy ceasefire deal has been reached between Russia and Ukraine, days after his administration announced a deal to acquire diesel from Russia while lifting sanctions. https://www.wfla.com/news/national/trump-claims-energy-ceasefire-reached-between-russia-and-ukraine/
@wfla.comA man died Saturday after he entered the tiger enclosure at a wildlife park in northern England and was attacked by one of the animals, police said. https://www.wfla.com/news/a-tiger-kills-a-man-who-entered-the-big-cat-enclosure-at-an-english-wildlife-park/
