Jacksonville News (Page 58)

Love is in the air, and so is the smell of money. Americans are spending in record numbers for this Valentine’s Day. The National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend about $25.8 billion on the holiday this year. People are not only buying for their significant other — they areContinue Reading

Customers of a Jacksonville homebuilder accused the company of abandoning projects in a Nocatee neighborhood. Homeowners told the News4JAX I-TEAM they’re now out hundreds of thousands of dollars and left with an unfinished home build. In some cases, homeowners were left with just a concrete slab. Officials with St. Johns CountyContinue Reading

The FBI’s No. 1 concern when it comes to children and their phones is the threat of sextortion. Sextortion is when someone coerces a child into taking and sending sexually explicit pictures or videos, then threatens to release them unless the child takes more pictures and sends them. The FBIContinue Reading

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on the Biden administration’s efforts to lower cost of health care and prescriptions. Just last week, three CEOs of major drug companies Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and Merck, took some tough questions on Capitol Hill about the high cost of prescriptions. ClickContinue Reading

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday morning is set to hold a news conference in Cape Coral. DeSantis will be joined by Attorney General Ashley Moody and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass. Watch live by clicking the video player above at 10 a.m.Continue Reading

Today is very breezy and will remain breezy and cool under partly cloudy skies. Windy conditions have set in, and will last through the early part of the day- dying down a bit in the afternoon, and then picking up again for some. Wind NW 10-20 mph early then 10Continue Reading

A woman was hit in the back Tuesday morning by a bullet that was fired into her home by someone outside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting was reported around 3 a.m. on Las Colinas Way, which is in the Jacksonville Heights South area of the city’s Westside. WhenContinue Reading

Terrance Graham was 19 years old when he became inmate J25706. He is now 37 years old. Graham, who is from Jacksonville, spent almost two decades in Florida prison for crimes he committed as a minor. His case, which ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, led toContinue Reading

Officials with Duval County Public Schools will give an update Tuesday on the search for a new superintendent after the Duval County School Board voted to suspend the search last October. The school board’s workshop begins at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday. When the board paused the search last year, it saidContinue Reading