The boy had visible bruises and his parents refused to order him a meal at the diner, the server said.

Florida officials are looking for whoever vandalized the manatee with U.S. President Donald Trump's name.

Florida is one of 12 states without a mask mandate, where restaurants, clubs and bars operate at full capacity. 

Adam Christian Johnson, 36, was quickly identified on social media and was identified by the Bradenton Herald as being from Parrish, a community about 40 km south of Tampa.

New York's governor said hospitals will face fines for slow vaccine roll-outs, while Florida vowed to move doses away from hospitals that don't dispense doses quickly enough.

The White House announced the abrupt change in the president's schedule late Wednesday.

Court records say Georges Yaghmour was arrested in Florida last month and was charged with conspiring to distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine.

Sheriff's deputies in Florida were not fast enough to stop the suspect, bodycam footage shows.

Trump signed away the right to call Mar-a-Lago his permanent home in 1993, his neighbours argue in a letter to the City of Palm Beach.

Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends.