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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Medical Examiner revised the death toll from Monday’s Moore, Okla. Twister downw...
The tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, as well the twisters as Kansas and Texas, have killed dozens and left thousands homeless. O...
FORT LAUDERDALE (by Larry Spilman/Fla. News Network) -- It's that time of year for the state's emergency managers to ...
SUMMERFIELD -- The mobile home in Summerfield was fully engulfed when Marion County firefighters arrived at 5am Monday, at 73...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Hal...
WEST, Texas (AP) — Buck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a fire...
WEST, Texas (AP) — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that ...
WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous f...
WEST, TX (ABC News) -- A fire and chemical explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in a small town north of Waco, Texas, killed...
American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems.American asked the Federal Aviation Ad...
SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta was shot dead when SWAT memb...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The closings of control towers at 149 small airports, including Ocala International, due to begin this wee...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected BP's request to block what could be billions of dollars in settleme...
A fiery crash on I-75 southbound around 6:30am has closed a portion of the busy interstate, causing major delays heading into...
Ocala (AP) -- Police in north Florida cited country music singer David Allan Coe for running a red light before being struck ...
byDarrell MoodyDAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- The World's Most Famous Beach is rumbling as thousands of mo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing ba...
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Once the object of ridicule and focus of outrage after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, for...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A ranking BP executive testified Tuesday that the London-based oil giant and its contractors share t...
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) -- A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar can...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A University of California-Berkeley engineer who played a prominent role in investigating levee bree...
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — This is not at all how it looked in the brochure: Pulled by a tugboat at a maddeningly slow pace, t...
HOUSTON (AP) — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that...
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Travel eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after a massive blizzard, ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A tornado tore through Hattiesburg on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that downed t...
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake Wednesday off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is sending a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims to Pres...
OCALA – The National Transportation Safety Board released a report on the investigation into the January 2012 plane cra...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of p...
LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesd...
LAWTEY, Fla. (AP) – A 20-year old soldier and Santa Fe College student died after the Army Humvee he was driving crashe...
By John Parkinson (ABC NEWS) -- Seventy-nine days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Northeast, the House of Representati...
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. safety regulators have cleared the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee after an investigation into possible engine ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Florida police officer has died after losing control of his pickup on rainy East-W...
GAINESVILLE (AP). - Cattle roamed free Saturday on Interstate 75 after a cattle truck's right front tire blew out, causin...
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house while t...
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house while t...
The Associated PressWEBSTER, N.Y. — A gunman ambushed four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn hou...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NewsTwo firefighters were shot and killed and two others taken to a nearby hospital after a gunman ope...
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has slapped Toyota Motor Corp. with a record $17.4 million fine for failing once...
OCALA, Fla. (AP and Orlando Sentinel) — An Orlando woman was charged with leaving the scene of a fiery early-morning cr...
MIAMI (AP) — The family of a construction worker who was killed after a parking garage collapsed at Miami Dade College ...
By COLLEEN CURRY and WHITNEY T. LLOYD/ABC NEWSNov. 16, 2012Ships and helicopters are searching for two oil rig workers who di...
By STEVEN PORTNOY, MICHAEL S. JAMES, ANTHONY CASTELLANO and KEVIN DOLAKNov. 16, 2012 -- ABC NEWSPolice have identified the fo...
By JOAN LOWYNov. 16 1:12 PM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — There were 10 previous collisions at the same West Texas railroad cro...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANNEW ORLEANS November 15, 2012 (AP)BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with...
By KEVIN DOLAK/ABC NEWSNov. 5, 2012The New York and New Jersey area, still struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy, is no...
By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb) and SYDNEY LUPKINNov. 4, 2012Five days after Superstorm Sandy downed power lines, flooded ...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANO/ABC NEWSNov. 1, 2012The Northeast struggled to get back on its feet today following the wallop it took ...
from ABC NewsHurricane Sandy‘s winds and rains subsided today, and the New York Stock Exchange announced it will open f...
from ABC NewsIt blasted the ocean itself over dunes, seawalls and berms and into downtowns, tunnels and subways. It killed do...
By ARIANE DEVOGUE and LAUREN PEARLE/ABC NEWSOctober 30, 2012Superstorm Sandy has given rise to suspensions in campaigning by ...
By CHRISTINA NG and ALYSSA NEWCOMB/ABC NEWSAs millions have been left reeling from the force and destruction of superstorm Sa...
By CHRISTINA NG and ALYSSA NEWCOMB/ABC NEWSThe wrath of superstorm Sandy killed at least 33 people in seven states and left m...
By TOM HAYS and ALLEN G. BREED— NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday with...
from ABC NewsFerocious superstorm Sandy barrelled into the East Coast this evening, driving a record storm surge that flooded...
from ABC NewsFerocious superstorm Sandy lashed through the northeastern United States early this morning, leaving millions in...
By CHRISTINA NG/ABC NEWSA surging Hurricane Sandy rushed towards the East Coast, and has strengthened today before expected l...
By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRY Associated PressSHIP BOTTOM, N.J. October 28, 2012 (AP)Forget distinctions like tropical st...
From the National Hurricane Center:CENTER OF SANDY MOVING BETWEEN LONG ISLAND AND GREAT EXUMA...2:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 25Locatio...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Sandy carved into the populous southeastern coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, stranding...
The state's 19th case of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections from New England Compounding Center ...
Tropical Storm Sandy is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica on Wednesday, the National Hurrica...
HAMILTON, Bermuda/(AP) Hurricane Rafael is expected to unleash heavy winds and rain as it passes east of Bermuda en route to ...
Tropical Storm Rafael unleashed heavy rain and powerful gusts on the Leeward Islands on Sunday and could turn into a hurrican...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands October 13, 2012 (AP) -- Tropical Storm Rafael lashed the eastern Caribbean Saturday wi...
MIAMI (AP)-- Tropical Storm Rafael is bringing heavy rains to the lesser Antilles islands as it makes its way across the east...
The Center For Disease Control says anyone who had an injection of steroid back pain medication since July 1 at three Marion ...
from ABC NewsSeismologists say a strong earthquake has jolted Alaska's sparsely populated western Aleutian islands.There ...
from ABC NewsA surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compe...
The bright trails of two missiles on a collision course lit up the early morning western sky Thursday, prompting concerned ca...
from ABC NewsThe World Trade Center Health Program will now provide treatment and compensation for 9/11 victims who were diag...
from ABC NewsTens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isa...
Top sustained winds for Tropical Storm Isaac are 70miles per hour. The center of Isaac continues a slow NW trek across Southe...
Top sustained winds for Tropical Storm Isaac are 70miles per hour. The center of Isaac continues a slow NW trek across Southe...
AP Reporting -- As Hurricane Isaac hits the Gulf Coast on the eve of the 7-year anniversary of Katrina's arrival, it'...
from ABC NewsThe remnants of Tropical Storm Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Midwest this week, although ...
from ABC NewsTropical storm Isaac is on the verge of becoming a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but forecaster...
from ABC NewsAs Tropical Storm Isaac grazed the Florida Keys with less force than was feared, hurricane warnings have been is...
Tropical Storm Isaac has passed over Haiti and is approaching southeastern Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph. Som...
Isaac is currently moving west-northwestward through the eastern Caribbean, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. A steady ...
from ABC NewsTropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Thursday, expected to gain strength afte...
By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE 08/22/12 11:44 AM ET ROSEAU, Dominica — Leaders across much of the Caribbean closed schools an...
MIAMI (AP)— Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac has formed in the Atlantic with a track that could possibly take it to...
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning, affecting Alachua, Gilcrhist, Bradford, Columbia, Suwannee and Union...
from ABC NewsRussian media report that an Aeroflot plane carrying 256 people from New York to Moscow has made an unscheduled ...
The Florida Highway Patrol disagrees with conclusions in a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on January&#...
from ABC NewsA moderate earthquake gave a late-night jolt to the Los Angeles area, but no damages or injuries were reported.S...
By GABRIEL ALCOCER Associated PressCANCUN, Mexico August 7, 2012 (AP)Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane and...
(AP) -- CANCUN, Mexico — Hundreds of tourists evacuated beach resorts along Mexico's Caribbean coast as Hurricane E...
Tropical Storm Ernesto is bearing down on Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm has been intensifying today, and becomi...
...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO FIFTH TROPICAL STORM OF THESEASON...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LESSERA...
ABC News/APFord Motor Co. is telling owners of one version of the brand-new Ford Escape not to drive the SUVs until dealers c...
20 year old Rebecca Harris was hit while crossing SW 16th Avenue on her bicycle three weeks ago by a hit and run driver. Days...
23 year old Amber Fernland has admitted she was driving her boyfriend's pickup truck when she struck and killed Gabrielle...
from ABC NewsThe Air France Flight 447 crash, considered one of the worst aviation disasters in history, could have been avoi...
from ABC NewsFew things taste better at the end of a summer day than a juicy burger or steak hot off the grill. But when a pi...
Ocala police say they've located the 2007 Chevy Silverado pickup truck that struck and killed 22 year old Gabrielle Rush ...
An autopsy will likely determine what caused the death of Eva Clark in the 41 hundred block of NW 46th Avenue. An unidentifie...
The Alachua County Health Department is warning about displaced snakes,insects and other wildlife as well as bacteria. Fish a...
Several roads in the Heart of Florida are closed off because of flooding -- keep up with the list from the Florida Highway Pa...
At 5pm on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee. The storm was downgraded to a Tropical Depression in...
NASA/NOAA GOES Project(MIAMI) -- Florida is in store for more rain this week as Tropical Storm Debby continues to hover near ...
Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby will dump bands of heavy rain on North Florida for another couple of days, and will likely h...
A tornado in Marion County Sunday damaged some structures on N.W. 8th Avenue in the County Road 326 area and four to six inch...
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a State of Emergency as Debby continues to drench the Sunshine State. Tropical Storm...
(AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby's outer bands lashed Florida with rain and kicked up rough surf off Alabama...
from ABC NewsJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday amid widespread...
Verizon and GRUcom customers were without service for about eight hours Wednesday. GRU says it was not one of their fiber opt...
Verizon wireless customers from Gainesville to Orlando reported outages in some locations Wednesday.A fiber optic line was da...
One of Gainesville's most popular and eclectic eateries has announced it's reopening June 14th. In February a ceiling...
from ABC NewsA new unmanned surveillance drone that can stay aloft for four days at a time and has a wingspan bigger than a 7...
At least eight fires continue to burn in North Central Florida. They are all under control. The biggest is the "1475&quo...
from ABC NewsA passenger plane crashed into a building in a densely populated neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, likely killing ...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANOMay 28, 2012Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall near Jacksonville, Fla. shortly after midnight on Monday ...
There's been a number of fires in Alachua Counties and they may have been intentionally set. Also fires reported in Dunne...
You're being advised to avoid contact with algae bloom in the Santa Fe River near High Springs between the HIghway 27 bri...
No one was injured but a fire on N.W. 53rd Avenue in Gainesville early Wednesday morning led to car crashes and backed up tra...
from ABC NewsThe death of Mary Richardson Kennedy is another sad event in the long arc of the Kennedy family's story.The ...
Alachua County will have no representation on the North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership. The committee will work on...
In Jacksonville, a former radiology technician has admitted stealing syringes of painkillers during patients' procedures ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant who ordered the reopening of a fog- and smoke-shrouded interstat...
It's believed a truck driver had a medical condition and that's why he lost control of his truck around 10:00 Wednesd...
from ABC NewsThree children under the age of 10 are among the five found dead in an Oklahoma town after violent storms ripped...
A Hawthorne-area woman has been sentenced to 90 days in the Putnam County jail and ordered to pay $4,000 to the victim...
A car running a red light hit a city bus this morning (Saturday) in Gainesville, according to Gainesville Police Department L...
Expect smoke through at least Thursday morning from a fire in the Ocala National Forest area around S.R. 40 and C.R 314 A.The...
A grand jury in Orange County will consider the case of an unarmed Black teenager fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captai...
from ABC NewsAt least 12 people are dead after 15 tornadoes blew through the Midwest overnight, according to authorities, and...
An unidentified pilot flying from Ocala to Mississippi has survived a plane crash near Tupelo. The pilot was alone in his sin...
The Fire Marshall's Office has not determined what led to the death of 28 year old Erica Marshall at a Marion County hors...
A female farmworker is dead and another has been taken to the hospital after an explosion at a horse farm on County Road 326 ...
A 19 year old Marion County man who accidentally shot and killed a man he called '"his brother'' has been se...
There was a fatal crash on I-75 near Paynes Prairie about 8:00 this morning, near where the deadly January 29 the crashes occ...
Governor Rick Scott has ordered an investigation into the Florida Highway Patrol's decision to reopen I-75 Sunday morning...
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The Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday that seven people, not ten,died and at least 16 were injured after ten vehicles crash...
From ABC News and Florida Highway PatrolA 911 tape from a smoke and fog shrouded Florida highway revealed the terror of crash...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The FHP now say seven people , not 10 died in a mass pileup that tossed wreckage across the asphalt...
From ABC NewsI-75 and US 441 have both been reopened after a series of deadly crashes on a Florida highway killed at least te...
At least nine people died in a series of overnight crashes on I-75 between Gainesville and Micanopy because of fog in the Pay...
One person is dead after a twin-engine Cessna 340 crashed near the Ocala International Airport Friday. A woman with the unide...
Two separate accidents took the lives of a Trenton 12 year old and a 22 year old Bronson man over the weekend. Both Cheyenne ...
from The Gainesville SunFour people were injured, one critically, in a five-vehicle crash that snarled traffic for more than...
The EPA is seeking residents who live near the Cabot-Koppers site off N.W. 23rd Avenue and Main Street. There's been concerns...
Many people without central heat are using space heaters with our current chilly weather. An Ocala man, John Lofty, is quoted...
Pilot E. Hoke Smith of St. Augustine had reportedly started SK Jets in St. Augustine for life saving missions. His plane cras...
Two employees of Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic and the pilot of a Bell helicopter are dead after a crash just before 6:00 Monday...
From CNNVatican City (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace in Syria, reconciliation in Myanmar, and comfort in flood-s...
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Advice from Dr. Adrian Lewis
Advice from Dr. Adrian Lewis
Advice from Dr. Adrian Lewis
