New since the last brief
- State Federal Public Assistance Approved for 15 Panhandle and Big Bend Counties Hit by Hurricane Isaias
The money helps local governments and some nonprofits pay for debris removal and repairs. Help for individual households is still under federal review. - Breaking · State DeSantis Awards $100 Million for 45 Springs and Water Supply Projects Across Florida
Half the money goes to 23 springs restoration projects and half to 22 alternative water supply projects, including $10 million for Tampa Bay Water and $12.6 million for seven Polk County communities. - Breaking · Local (Orange) FHP Trooper Seriously Injured After Pickup Hits His Patrol Car in SR 429 Work Zone Near Bay Lake
The trooper was airlifted to a hospital and is in stable condition. FHP says the truck's driver failed to move over for the patrol car's emergency lights, and charges are pending. - Local (Duval) Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Releases Video and Details of Oct. 11 Police Shooting on Mar Vic Lane
JSO says officers shot and killed a 34-year-old woman after she fired at them. The State Attorney's Office will review the shooting, and JSO says its conclusions are still pending. - Weather South Florida's East Coast Faces More Coastal Flooding Through the Week; Rip Current Risk Stays High
The National Weather Service in Miami says high tides could bring moderate flooding through at least Thursday evening, with hazardous beach and boating conditions through Thursday. - Breaking · National Federal Reserve Holds Key Interest Rate at 3.75% to 4%; Two Policymakers Wanted a Hike
The Fed's rate committee voted 10 to 2 to leave the federal funds rate unchanged. Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissented, saying they'd have raised it a quarter point.
Still developing
- Breaking · Local (Hillsborough) Man Charged With Murder in Taliaferro Avenue Shooting in Tampa, Sheriff's Office Says
Hillsborough County detectives arrested Nathan Campbell, 26, in Gibsonton less than a day after Ronnie Sheppard, 29, was shot and killed late Tuesday night. Updated Updated 5 p.m. ET: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says it has arrested Nathan Campbell, 26, and charged him with murder..
Earlier today
- State · Election More Than 3.5 Million Floridians Have Now Voted in the Nov. 3 General Election
Nearly 370,000 more ballots were cast in a single day, the state's figures show. Early votes now top 1.9 million, and about 847,000 mail ballots are still out six days before Election Day. - Breaking · State Florida AG Charges Kissimmee Man With 100 Felony Counts of Child Sexual Abuse Material, Sues AI Platform A2E
Attorney General James Uthmeier says the company behind A2E lets users make sexualized images of real Floridians, including children. He wants a court to stop it. - Breaking · State AG Uthmeier Says His Office Is Launching an Investigation Into a 'CCP-Controlled Corporation' Operating in Florida
The attorney general's post quoted a video about yacht maker Ferretti Group and its Fort Lauderdale property. Here's what the official records show and what Florida law says. - Breaking · World U.S. Treasury Sanctions Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and a Rwandan Bank Over Support for M23 Rebels
Treasury says Rwanda's defense ministry directed troops fighting alongside the M23 armed group in eastern Congo, and that the Zigama Credit and Savings Society moved money and gold for them. - World U.K. Announces £10 Billion in New Support for Ukraine, Its Largest Package Yet
The British government says the money includes £500 million for Ukraine's air defenses this winter. It was announced alongside the U.K.'s 2026 Budget. - World U.S. Treasury Sanctions 10 People and a Russia-Based Center Over North Korean IT Worker Schemes
Treasury says North Korean tech workers use fake identities to get hired by U.S. companies, and the regime keeps most of their pay to fund its weapons programs. - World Israel Counts Votes After Election; Partial Counts Show Neither Bloc at a 61-Seat Majority
Partial, unofficial counts reported by news outlets put Netanyahu's bloc at 54 seats and Eisenkot's at 49, with soldiers' ballots still to be counted. - World India and Mexico Formally Launch Talks on a Preferential Trade Agreement
The two governments signed terms of reference that set the scope and roadmap for negotiations, India's Commerce Ministry says. - World Five European Defense Ministers Pledge a Bigger Role for Europe Within NATO
France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the U.K. said the U.S. "is and will remain an indispensable Ally" and reaffirmed support for Ukraine. - World Ebola Outbreak in Congo Nears 10,000 Confirmed Cases as Kenya and Nigeria Report Imported Cases
European and WHO health officials say the risk to travelers remains low, and WHO advises against travel or trade restrictions. - World A Horse Rider's Sharp Eyes Help New Zealand Remove 141 Invasive Plants From Ninety Mile Beach
New Zealand's Department of Conservation says one beachgoer's photos and phone call led crews to a hidden patch of sea spurge. - World India Sends Federal Team to Investigate a Cheetah's Death From Pellet Injuries
The 19-month-old male was born in India to a cheetah brought in under Project Cheetah, the country's effort to reintroduce the big cats. - Sports Panthers Score Three Power-Play Goals in 5-1 Win at Winnipeg
Carter Verhaeghe scored twice, Matthew Tkachuk had four assists and Brady Tkachuk added a goal and two assists. The two teams meet again Friday in Sunrise. - Getaways Apalachicola: two small state museums in an old Gulf cotton port
A Franklin County fishing town on the Forgotten Coast, with an 1838 cotton merchant's home and a museum to the doctor who patented mechanical refrigeration. - Getaways Weeki Wachee Springs: the mermaid show and a first-magnitude spring
A classic Old Florida attraction in Hernando County, where mermaids perform in water that flows from a first-magnitude spring. - Humanity · Feel-good Florida Agencies Thank the People Behind the Badge on National First Responders Day
Police and sheriff's offices from Orlando to Tampa used Oct. 28 to recognize officers, deputies, dispatchers and the newest 911 call-takers.
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