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In Florida, claimants living in counties with over 75,000 people must complete five "works searches" per week, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).

On June 26, Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Edge cruise ship, owned by the Royal Caribbean Group, plans to depart Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale – the first ship to set sail in U.S. waters since the pandemic started.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a measure that he says will protect state residents from Silicon Valley’s “power grab on speech, thought and content.”

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis argued on Monday that people are leaving states like New York and New Jersey and are moving to Florida to escape a "tax hell.”

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A shadowy deed filed last year in New Mexico claims ownership of parts of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, a sprawling 21,000-square-foot desert mansion on nearly 10,000 acres of land, according to a report.

A restaurant owner with locations in Upstate New York and Florida says unemployment benefits have impacted the staff shortages that restaurants and small businesses are seeing across the country.

Hotels across the country are unable to find enough workers to appropriately staff their properties. Some have had to turn business away.

Fuel shortages that have slammed the East Coast are starting to wind down as the Colonial Pipeline has restarted service following a cyberattack last week by Russian ransomware group DarkSide.

Walt Disney World sees the light at the end of the pandemic's tunnel, announcing Wednesday that the theme park will start dropping temperature checks this weekend.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez stressed on Tuesday that the continued shutdown of the cruise industry has affected tourism in Miami and, in turn, the local economy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state of Florida is suing the federal government over a failure to lift restrictions on cruise ships as the U.S. stages its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.