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01/05/2026

SOUND OFF: it's active shooter training day at some Sarasota schools. What do you think about our kids having to undergo this kind of emergency preparation?

Noriko Kudo / US Army via MGN

01/05/2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at Baker Correctional Institution, where a number of people facing deportation are being held.

01/05/2026

In a post on social media, North Port Fire Rescue said crews, along with North Port Police, responded to the scene at the Circle K on Bobcat Trail.

The fire was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported

01/05/2026

Expect delays -- and the speed limit in the area will be lower as work progresses.

The construction project reaches from Bird Key Drive to Sunset Drive.

01/05/2026

Rescuers were able to hoist the surfer aboard a helicopter, which reunited him with family at a nearby airport.

Rescuers were able to hoist the surfer aboard a helicopter.

01/05/2026

The U.S. Secret Service called police at 12:15 a.m. after seeing someone “running eastbound,” a Cincinnati police dispatcher told WXIX.

Police are investigating an incident at Vice President JD Vance's home in Ohio.

01/05/2026

Higher mortgage rates have kept homeowners clinging to lower-cost loans, a trend known as the lock-in effect. See how far financial experts project rates could fall this year.

Bankrate analysts and others weigh in on what to expect for mortgage rates in January.

01/05/2026

Rodríguez served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy and its feared intelligence service.

It’s been unclear if the new leader would warm up to the Trump administration or follow the same adversarial line as her predecessor.

01/05/2026

She says it was icy on the slopes that day, and her son disappeared for 40 minutes before a stranger spotted him unconscious and called for help.

After spending weeks in the hospital, the college freshman was accepted into the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for rehabilitation.

01/05/2026

Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, faces 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment.

The attack by a teenage gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary and was one of deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

01/05/2026

Maduro and his wife are expected to appear at noon before a judge for a brief, but required, legal proceeding.

Maduro’s lawyers are expected to contest the legality of his arrest, arguing that he is immune from prosecution as a sovereign head of state.

01/05/2026

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