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Floridians know two of the Republicans presidential candidates very well: Jeb Bush led the state as a two-term governor and Marco Rubio has been a senator since 2011.

A Category 5 storm is expected to make landfall in southwestern Mexico n Friday.

Police have charged a Bradenton mother with abuse of a dead body in the case surrounding the presumed death of her missing 11-year-old daughter Janiya Thomas.

A truck and a bus transporting retirees on a day trip collided and caught fire Friday on a country road in wine country in southwest France, killing 42 people and gravely injuring at least four others.

Friday will be another breezy day with wind gusts in the 20 mph range. Highs will top out in the upper 80s.

The world’s greatest mentalist sees a dark future.The Amazing Kreskin, an 80-year-old predictor of future events, says there now are thousands of spiritual mediums in the world, and based on the past, that’s not a good sign. An increase in the number of spiritual mediums — those who say they communicate with the dead — occurred before the Civil War and World Wars I and II, he said.Kreskin brings his mind magic to Seminole Immokalee Casino Hotel on Saturday night.

Football fans, get ready for Friday night's high school games, with our previews and capsules. Barron Collier, Estero and golden Gate all have byes this week. Subscribers can check out the preview stories here:

Hillary Rodham Clinton strove to close the book on the worst episode of her tenure as secretary of state Thursday, battling Republican questions in a marathon hearing that grew contentious but revealed little new about the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. She firmly defended her record while seeking to avoid any mishap that might damage her presidential campaign.

Well-known Naples chef Charles Mereday owes $74,142 to Oakes Farms Food and Distribution Services for produce supplied to Mereday's three restaurants in Southwest Florida from April 2014 to August 2015.

Homeowners near Bayshore Drive are asking Collier County commissioners to stop a developer from building a new dock in an already crowded creek.