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Florida residents struggling to get COVID vaccines after federal changes  Tampa Bay Times They want COVID shots to protect their health or family. They can’t get them  NPR Va. Department of Health issues order to ease COVID-19 vaccine access, as federal guidance shifts  Virginia Mercury Virginia makes it easier to access covid vaccines as virus cases rise  The Washington Post COVID vaccine chaos: Even …

In last week’s Six Pack, I told you how sloppy early season play had led to unders cashing at a ridiculous rate (57.6%) through the first week of the season, finishing an average of 5.07 points below the closing total. I also told you not to count on that being the case in Week 2. Well, if we counted that …

Four people were arrested in connection with the shooting of Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard that left him in critical but stable condition in a Florida hospital.  The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced that they had arrested Carson Miller, 18; Germany Atkins, 23; Jayden Bodison, 22; and a 16-year-old juvenile in relation to the Aug. 31 shooting.  Miller, Bodison …

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This article is part of “Pastors and Prey,” a series investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God. Police in Florida have charged a prominent Assemblies of God pastor with “knowingly and willfully” failing to report allegations of child sex abuse to authorities. Mark Vega, 55, senior pastor of Ignite Life Center church in Gainesville and a former chaplain …

If you glance at advertisements, the billboards or the website too quickly, you might mistake any of them for a campaign banner. The colors and the lettering look familiar. And you’ll certainly recognize the face beneath the cowboy hat.  Trump Country 93.7 radio station website, Fort Myers, Florida. As soon as President Trump began his second term, a small Fort …

Health officials in Florida warn residents about an increase in flesh-eating bacterial infections. This summer, 25 cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported, including one case each in Volusia and Flagler counties. As of September 4, the Florida Department of Health confirmed 25 cases of Vibrio vulnificus, with five fatalities occurring in Bay, Broward, Hillsborough, and St. Johns counties. Vibrio vulnificus …

Points, points, points! That was the theme of Week 2 as we saw Florida State (77), Tennessee (72), Ohio State (70), Oregon (69), Nebraska (68), Utah (63), and Texas Tech (62) all score more than 60 this weekend. In fact, 12 out of my top 25 teams on this list scored at least 40 points on Saturday as non-conference action …

Florida’s top health official said last week that the state will start dismantling school vaccine mandates, something no other state has done in modern U.S. history. On Sunday, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo confirmed that his department did no data analysis or projections on how the change could affect outbreaks of diseases …

The Back Nine comes at you after a sweaty pre-game Saturday and a stinky game in The Swamp. And that was just me in the press box. 10. I’m just going to say this and you can take it any way you want to — Gator fans deserve better than this. The 14thstraight sellout was brutally hot and humid and …