Scientists rediscover a rare type of blue bee in Florida, once presumed to be extinct

Scientists rediscover a rare type of ‘blue’ bee in Florida, which had been presumed extinct for four years after commercial citrus farms eroded its natural habitat A solitary bee species that hadn’t been seen since 2016 was rediscovered The blue calamintha bee was rediscovered in Florida by university researchers The bee had seen its natural … Read more

More than 35,000 Floridians waited up to two weeks to get ‘unreliable’ coronavirus test results

A Florida-based health care system says the results of more than 35,000 coronavirus tests are ‘unreliable’. According to AdventHealth, it was concerned with one of of its third-party labs, MicroGen DX, which had been processing the tests. The group says scores of patients likely received false positive or negative results. Meanwhile, thousands went at least … Read more

SpaceX is nine days away from its first manned launch

Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX has confirmed that its first manned space shuttle will launch next week.   NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will take off in the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 27 at 4:32 pm EDT (9:32pm BST).  As part of the ‘Demo-2’ … Read more

John Grisham, Gerald Jacobs, Leaf Arbuthnot and Catherine Lacey: This week’s best new fiction

From John Grisham’s escapist latest to Pomeranski by Gerald Jacobs, a debut by Leaf Arbuthnot & Catherine Lacey’s Pew, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Max Davidson and Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson Published: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 16 May 2020 Camino Winds John Grisham      … Read more

Florida news anchor’s ‘scared’ six-year-old son screams and runs through her coronavirus report 

A telecommuting Florida TV anchor didn’t let her screaming son phase her as he ran on camera just as she was about to launch into her coronavirus report.  Emmy-winning WFTV anchor Martha Sugalski was reporting live from her home, just about to deliver the latest safety tips for taxi and ride share drivers, when the … Read more

Florida news anchor’s ‘scared’ six-year-old son screams and runs through her coronavirus report 

A telecommuting Florida TV anchor didn’t let her screaming son phase her as he ran on camera just as she was about to launch into her coronavirus report.  Emmy-winning WFTV anchor Martha Sugalski was reporting live from her home, just about to deliver the latest safety tips for taxi and ride share drivers, when the … Read more

UFC light-heavyweight Glover Teixeira APOLOGISES mid-fight with Anthony Smith

‘Sorry Anthony, it’s part of the job’: Glover Teixeira takes pauses for a moment to APOLOGISE to his startled opponent WHILE he’s pummelling him during their UFC clash in Florida Usually UFC opponents trash talk each other but Glover Teixeira was polite   He took the bizarre decision to apologise to Anthony Smith on Wednesday night   … Read more

UFC light-heavyweight Glover Teixeira APOLOGISES mid-fight with Anthony Smith

‘Sorry Anthony, it’s part of the job’: Glover Teixeira takes pauses for a moment to apologise to his startled opponent WHILE he’s pummelling him during their UFC clash in Florida Usually UFC opponents trash talk each other but Glover Teixeira was polite   He took the bizarre decision to apologise to Anthony Smith on Wednesday night   … Read more

Florida skydivers are critically injured after their parachute malfunctioned and they hit a tree 

Terrifying moment tandem skydivers are critically injured in Florida after their parachute malfunctioned and they hit a tree Two men plunged to the ground on Wednesday after their parachute failed They were doing a tandem jump from a plane that took off from Dunn Airpark Video shows the instructor and student falling and spectators reacting in … Read more