Duke Energy gets approval to recoup cost of preparing for Hurricane Dorian

Duke Energy Florida customers next month will start seeing extra charges on their bills to cover the utility’s costs of preparing for Hurricane Dorian, a mega-storm that threatened to smash into the state in September before turning away.

Mental health days sought for Florida students

The bill would have a mental health day count as an excused absence without needing a doctor’s note.

Roughly 1,400 pounds of shark fins seized in Florida

Officials estimated the total value of the fins to be worth between $700,000 and $1 million.

Zoo Miami welcomes pair of baby meerkats

Meerkats are born blind and helpless, but zoo staff kept a hands-off approach to allow them to bond with their mother and three unrelated brothers — Gizmo, Joe and Diego — who share the habitat, Magill said.

The Turtle breaks out of his shell as the Robot short circuits on season 3 of ‘The Masked Singer’

Season 3 of The Masked Singer means even bigger surprises and even greater confusion as fans everywhere are trying to find out who’s under the mask of this season’s newest contestants. 

Americans visited libraries more often than movie theaters or concerts in 2019, survey finds

A recent Gallup Poll found that Americans - especially women, people in low-income households and young adults - visited a library more often than going to the movies or attending a concert.

Monkey spotted picking oranges outside Florida home

The woman who spotted the monkey in her backyard said that he has come back to pick oranges and that they have nicknamed him "Curious George."

Filmed performance of Hamilton with original Broadway cast coming to the big screen in 2021

Raise a glass! You won't have to "wait for it" much longer: you'll soon be able to be "in the room where it happens" to see the original Broadway cast of "Hamilton" in movie theaters.

Millions expected to call out sick Monday after Super Bowl

Are you feeling a little sick? There is a lot of stuff going around, or at least it might seem that way at work Monday where millions are expected to call out sick the day after the Super Bowl.