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The first advertising from Mike Bloomberg’s $100 million attempt to help Joe Biden win Florida will show up on TV screens throughout the state on Friday. Bloomberg gave $5.4 million to the Priorities USA super PAC for a week of time on each of the state's television markets for ads that targeting President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hurricane Sally dumped historic amounts of rain on the northern Gulf Coast, killing at least one person. Meanwhile Hurricane Teddy strengthened to a Category 3 storm and the National Hurricane Center was monitoring other disturbances, including one in the Gulf of Mexico that had a 90% chance of development.

The overall coronavirus pandemic totals for the state are 13,247 deaths, including 161 nonresidents, and at least 674,456 cases.

Miramar-based Spirit will be the first airline to fly to Colombia on an international commercial flight since borders were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Saltwater may invade South Florida's coastal neighborhoods, as king tide season brings the highest tides of the year.

The Florida Department of Health, which releases daily tallies, said Wednesday that another 154 people have died from COVID-19 illness.

Major Florida resorts and attractions continued to extend furloughs or lay off employees as visitor traffic failed to justify keeping full complements of workers on payrolls, according to employer filings.

Federal aid money for unemployed participants should land in bank accounts “sometime this week,” Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity says.

Police have arrested two 16-year-old boys following a carjacking and murder of a Miramar man.

Even if the election is messy and contested in court, the country will have a president on Inauguration Day. The Constitution and federal law ensure it. Here’s what happens after voters go to the polls on Nov. 3.