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Meet Brian Sodre, the Florida developer using prefab technology to replace hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers homes with 750-square-foot tiny fortresses
Brian Sodre says prefabricated tiny homes can ease the housing-affordability crisis. He's starting …
Kelsey Neubauer
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Fort Myers residents held onto furniture to avoid drowning during Hurricane Ian and returned to ruined homes once the storm passed
Hurricane Ian nearly destroyed a mobile home park in Fort Myers, Florida, where residents described…
Kimberly Leonard
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An immuno-compromised 17-year-old attended a church's coronavirus 'release' party with dozens of children and died days later from the disease
Carsyn Leigh Davis belonged to First Assembly of God in Fort Myers, which is refuting "false and de…
Rhea Mahbubani
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A Florida mayor accused Ron DeSantis — who's away on a book tour — of not calling to check in on Fort Lauderdale as it floods
"Governor DeSantis has not yet called," Mayor Dean Trantalis of Fort Lauderdale said in a press con…
Aditi Bharade
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Airlines are waiving cancellation fees and capping fares for Florida travelers during Hurricane Milton
The big four airlines, United, American, Delta, and Southwest, said they were waiving fees for trav…
Kelsey Vlamis
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I moved to Panama from the US. I live on a remote island for $1,000 a month and have never been happier.
A teacher who left Florida for a remote Panamanian island said she loves the weather, the clear Car…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Hurricane Milton slams into Florida, the latest blow to homeowners already reeling from Helene's destruction
Hurricane Milton crashed into Florida's west coast on Wednesday night, near Siesta Key in Sarasota …
Geoff Weiss,Reed Alexander
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Flooded roads, worried passengers, and no income: Florida Uber and Lyft drivers share their experiences on the road before and after Hurricane Milton
Uber and Lyft drivers in Florida went from transporting beachgoers to helping residents flee their …
Noah Sheidlower,Jacob Zinkula
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The 50 best places to live in the US, mapped
The top cities to live in, determined by US News & World Report, are clustered in certain parts of …
Noah Sheidlower,Jordan Pandy
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Spirit Airlines reportedly fired an employee who put a 6-year-old boy traveling alone for Christmas on the wrong flight
The airline accidentally put the child on a plane to Orlando instead of Fort Myers, flying him more…
Beatrice Nolan
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Spirit Airlines put a 6-year-old on the wrong flight and flew him 160 miles away from his family
Spirit Airlines has apologized after accidentally put an unaccompanied 6-year-old on the wrong flig…
Alia Shoaib
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We've been long-distance for 6 years and have learned a lot about our marriage, including that distance doesn't work for us
My husband and I have been long-distance for the majority of our marriage. We've learned that I'd p…
Gina Elia
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These are all the Red Lobster restaurants the company wants to close
Red Lobster said that the leases on the restaurants were "likely to continue to drive losses" for t…
Grace Dean
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Wealthy buyers are flocking to Florida to rebuild mansions where modest homes were destroyed by hurricanes
Hurricane Ian's destruction paved the way for a new class of buyers to build big mansions in the em…
Erin Snodgrass
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NASA is investigating where a chunk of metal that smashed into a Florida house came from
Most space debris burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere, but a homeowner in Naples, Florida, wit…
Polly Thompson
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Home prices are falling in parts of Florida and Texas as buyers tap out and supply outpaces demand
Home prices fell in five parts of Florida and Texas as buyers balked at high values and steeper mor…
Theron Mohamed
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We left Florida because it got too hot, too crowded, and too expensive. Now we live in South Carolina, where it's harder than we thought to make friends.
Ryan and Jami Wilson moved out of Florida with their children in 2021. They said traffic was terrib…
Kelsey Neubauer
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I've traveled over 10,000 miles on the open road — after technology failed me, I'll never make these 3 mistakes again
After driving 10,000 miles around the US over the past few years, I've made travel mistakes and lea…
Sheryl Stillman
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After 8 years of van life, they were ready to settle down. They bought an abandoned watermill in Portugal to turn into a family home.
The couple says helping out with Hurricane Ian clean-up efforts prepared them for the scale of the …
Amanda Goh
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A Florida sushi restaurant has repaid staff $262,000 after it made servers share their tips with owners and managers, the Labor Department says
The sushi restaurant in Fort Myers made its 75 servers share their tips with its chefs, owners, and…