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June and July are the deadliest times of year for lightning strikes and according to the National Lightning Safety Council, Florida is the deadliest state when it comes to lightning. Since 2006, there have been 85 lightning deaths, and as of Monday, five people have died from lightning strikes thisContinue Reading

Alex Palou isn’t taking anything for granted and his competitors aren’t conceding a thing. But someone’s going to have to make a heck of a charge in the second half of the season to prevent Palou from winning his second IndyCar Series championship in three years. Palou has won threeContinue Reading

Florida gas prices are on the decline once again, according to AAA. After reaching a 4-week high of $3.47 per gallon on Tuesday, the state average steadily declined a total of 6 cents by Sunday. On Monday, that price stayed the same at $3.41 per gallon. “Florida drivers are nowContinue Reading

Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to Commissioner Jay Monahan if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was one of several questions posed byContinue Reading

The US Open wrapped up, as it always does, on Father’s Day. Golf’s newest champion would be the first to tell people — he’s always been a mama’s boy. Wyndham Clark’s victory Sunday will be remembered for how a 29-year-old newcomer to the big time held off some of theContinue Reading

Neighbors who heard gunfire early Monday morning found a man wounded in the driver’s seat of a car on West 6th Street and called police, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Steve Rudlaff said. Paramedics arrived but the man died at the scene. Rudlaff said witnesses heard between two to four gunshotsContinue Reading

It sure didn’t take long for the emotions to hit Lily Solek. Saturday marked exactly seven years ago to the day that Solek’s older sister, Emily, scored the lone goal to give Stoney Creek High School a 1-0 win in the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s 2016 Division 1 girlsContinue Reading

Brandon Miller rapidly became an elite NBA draft prospect in his lone season at Alabama. He headlines The Associated Press’ list of forwards and could go as high as second overall behind presumptive No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama. There are other one-and-done prospects such as Villanova’s Cam Whitmore, Houston’s JaraceContinue Reading

Drowning doesn’t discriminate, but Black children are three times more likely to drown than white children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s what happened to Arkeisha Reese’s 5-year-old son Kareem Green. Kareem’s summer camp went on a field trip when Reese got a phone call thatContinue Reading