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New York governor Andrew Cuomo accused his Florida counterpart, Ron DeSantis, of “playing politics” with the coronavirus pandemic, now that numbers of cases are rising steadily in Florida. During the onset of the pandemic, Florida ordered travelers arriving from hard-hit New York to self-quarantine for two weeks. On Tuesday, Cuomo and the governors of Connecticut …

The NBA’s quest to resume its season in an Orlando bubble at Disney World may be losing its magic. There is a growing concern among players, executives and the league office, according to ESPN, as coronavirus cases in Florida continue to swell. The state has become a hot spot of late, with 4,049 new cases …

The Republican National Committee is zeroing in on a new location for its August convention and has tentatively decided to host the marquee events in Jacksonville, Fla., sources told the Washington Post. RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Tuesday that a decision will probably come “within the next week” on where to host the convention, which …

The judge who blocked the release of grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case worked for the former Florida state attorney who decided not to prosecute Epstein on child-sex charges, and two of her children work for government officials involved in the case. An investigation by the Miami Herald has revealed that Palm Beach …

Mike Norvell has some explaining to do to his players. The Florida State football coach claimed to have spoken to each of his players individually about the death of George Floyd and the events that surrounded it, telling The Athletic it was “important to me because this is a heartbreaking time in our country.” But …

Subway Restaurants is quietly making plans to open an office in sunny Miami, The Post has learned. Subway’s hard-driving Chief Executive John Chidsey — hired in November to revamp the struggling company — signed a lease last week for office space near Doral, Fla., just west of the Miami International Airport, sources said. In a …

Disney fans, rejoice! Orlando’s Walt Disney World will reopen its family-friendly gates in July after being shuttered since March 15 over coronavirus concerns. The move follows in the footsteps of rival Universal Studios Orlando, which will welcome visitors once again beginning on June 5. Disney World executives were given the green light after presenting proposals …

A former Florida state health employee who says she was dismissed from her position for refusing to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen” had multiple performance issues that led to her removal, according to Florida Department of Health officials. Rebekah Jones, who worked as a data manager for Florida’s …

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, on Wednesday lambasted the mainstream press for confidently projecting a disastrous Covid outbreak in his state. “You’ve got a lot of people in your profession [journalists] who waxed poetically for weeks and weeks, about how Florida was going to be just like New York. ‘Wait two weeks, Florida’s going …

The Saudi military trainee who killed three and wounded several others in a shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida last year had links to al-Qaeda, CNN reported on Monday. U.S. officials said investigators had found links to a suspected al-Qaeda operative on the phone of shooter Mohammed Alshamrani, a member of the …