Topic: Ron Desantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the state to place Ben & Jerry's on a list to potentially halt business with the ice cream maker and its parent company after it decided to halt sales in Israeli occupied territories.

A federal appeals court ruled to allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enforce its COVID-19 restrictions on allowing cruise lines to return to operation.

The largest anti-government protests in decades erupted Sunday on the communist island nation of Cuba as people took to the streets against a deepening economic crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida and injured several others in Georgia as the system made its way north across the southern states.

Millions along Florida's northwestern coastline prepared Wednesday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa, which has caused power outages, flight cancellations and widespread closures.

The death toll has risen again at the site of a collapsed condo building near Miami, officials said Tuesday, as crews worked through the debris with Tropical Storm Elsa nearby.

The death toll from last month's collapse of a condominium building near Miami rose to 28 with the discovery of four more bodies on Monday, local officials announced.

The remaining portion of the condominium building in Surfside, Fla., came down just before 10:30 p.m. Sunday ahead of Tropical Storm Elisa approaching the state.

Carnival Cruise Lines boarded passengers on a 1,100-foot cruise ship in Texas Saturday, marking the first cruise since the company halted operations in March of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The death toll from a collapsed seaside condo in South Florida rose to 24 Saturday as officials sped up the demolition of the remaining portion of building with the approach of Tropical Storm Elsa.