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It was a 1-2 punch to the gut for Atlanta’s sports fans.

A Palm Bay man was arrested for reckless driving on Sunday morning, according to the City of Palm Bay Police Department.

OCALA, Fla. — AdventHealth Ocala announced it has received a $1.7 million donation to launch a maternal fetal medicine program. The program will allow women to remain in the AdventHealth system, which has expertise in caring for women with multiple high-risk pregnancy factors and babies who are born after high-risk pregnancies. Local doctor weighs in“As Marion County’s only obstetrics and neonatal intensive care unit, we are committed to investing in the programs, technology and teams to help us positively impact families for years to come,” said Joe Johnson, president and CEO of AdventHealth Ocala. READ: AdventHealth lays out plans to build hospital, medical office on former site of Holy Land ExperienceThe program will officially start fall 2022. Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

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A remembrance is set for eight young people killed when a van returning to an Alabama girls home after a week at the beach wrecked in a fiery crash during a tropical storm last month. Michael Smith, chief executive of the Christian-based Alabama Youth Homes, said it was time to honor the youths who were killed when the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch van became entangled in the massive pileup on June 19 at Tropical Storm Claudette blew through the Southeast. A van driven by the ranch director, Candice Gulley, was carrying eight children ages 3 to 17 when the crash occurred about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery on Interstate 65.

Eight of the children killed were traveling together in a van after a week-long vacation in Gulf Shores. Some lived at the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch — a youth home for neglected or abused children.

The van in Saturday's crash erupted in flames in the wreck along a wet Interstate 65 about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery. The group was heading back to the ranch near Camp Hill, northeast of Montgomery, after a week at the beach in Gulf Shores. “Words cannot explain what I saw,” Smith said of the accident site, which he visited Saturday. He returned from Gulf Shores in a separate van and did not see the crash when it happened. In Camp Hill, Smith said those affiliated with the ranch were in a “state of grief” but would work on healing.

The crash also claimed the lives of two people in another vehicle — a 29-year-old Tennessee man and his 9-month-old daughter. By Monday morning, Claudette had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). About 1 to 2 inches (3 to 5 centimeters) of rain was expected in the Carolinas before Claudette moved out to sea. He returned from Gulf Shores in a separate van and did not see the crash when it happened. “When people hear about the ranch, they usually assume that the girls have done something wrong or bad to get there.

Alabama authorities have identified some of the 10 people who died during a major pileup on the interstate during stormy weather Saturday — eight of the fatal victims are girls from a youth home for abused and neglected children whose van burst into flames in the crash as they headed home from a beach trip.

It was expected to move off the Carolinas coast. The multi-vehicle crash, on a wet Alabama interstate, killed 10 people in all. Eight of the kids were from a home for abused or neglected children

The children who died Saturday were in a van for a youth home for abused or neglected children. Monday morning, Claudette had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. The storm was located 65 miles (100 kilometers) east-southeast of Raleigh, North Carolina, and moving east-northeast at 25 mph (41 kph), forecasters said. A tropical storm warning was in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks. An earlier tropical storm watch was discontinued.

Early Monday, Claudette had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. The depression was located 55 miles (90 kilometers) south-southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina, and moving east-northeast at 20 mph (31 kph), forecasters said. The depression was forecast to become a tropical storm sometime Monday morning over eastern North Carolina. A tropical storm warning was in effect in North Carolina from the Little River Inlet to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks. A tropical storm watch was issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet.

Early Monday, Claudette had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph), the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. The depression was located 55 miles (90 kilometers) south-southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina, and moving east-northeast at 20 mph (31 kph), forecasters said. The depression was forecast to become a tropical storm sometime Monday morning over eastern North Carolina. A tropical storm warning was in effect in North Carolina from the Little River Inlet to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks. A tropical storm watch was issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet.

The chief executive of a Christian youth home in rural Alabama says the community is working toward healing after eight of its children were killed in a fiery crash during the rains of Tropical Storm Claudette.

A Tennessee man, his infant daughter among dead in wreck that also killed 8 young children and teens from Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch in Alabama.

The van, containing children ages 4 to 17, belonged to the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch, a youth home operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Flash flood watches were posted Sunday for eastern Georgia, the southern-two thirds of South Carolina and the North Carolina coast. A tropical storm watch was issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet, forecasters said. A GoFundMe account was set up for Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch to help offset the costs of funeral expenses, medical costs for the injured and counseling for those impacted. The center of Claudette’s disorganized circulation was located about 80 miles (128.75 kilometers) west of Columbia, South Carolina.

APTOPIX Tropical Weather A flooded neighborhood is seen after Tropical Storm Claudette passed through in Slidell, La., Saturday, June 19, 2021. A tropical storm warning was in effect in North Carolina from the Little River Inlet to the town of Duck on the Outer Banks. A tropical storm watch was issued from South Santee River, South Carolina, to the Little River Inlet, forecasters said. Candice Gulley, the director of the Tallapoosa County ranch, was rescued and was hospitalized in Montgomery, Smith said. Separately, Tropical Storm Dolores made landfall on Mexico’s west coast with near-hurricane force.

Eight of the children were traveling in a van belonging to a youth ranch operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association for abused or neglected children. A 9-month-old baby died in a separate vehicle.

Eight children in a van from a youth ranch for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate over the weekend — the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that claimed a total of 13 lives in Alabama.

Eight children in a van from a youth ranch for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate over the weekend — the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that claimed a total of 13 lives in Alabama.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (David Zalubowski)Just in time for the playoffs, the NBA told its head coaches Saturday they may work without masks during games if they have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Assistant coaches and players will still be required to wear masks in the bench area. Head coaches may choose to go without masks after pre-game introductions through halftime, then again after halftime until the game concludes. If opposing coaches choose to meet briefly on the court after a game, masks are encouraged. Coaches have needed to wear masks throughout games all season, and some even got calls from the NBA with a reminder to be more committed to keeping the masks over their nose and mouth.

(AP Photo/Ron Harris) (Ron Harris)NEW YORK — (AP) — Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools a chance to relax their pandemic precautions and bringing the country a step closer to controlling the virus. “All those sites can simply extend down to the younger age group,” Dr. Janet Woodcock, the FDA’s acting commissioner, said in a call with reporters after the agency expanded authorization. The study then enlisted about 2,200 children ages 12 to 15 to check for any differences in how the shots performed in that age group. It's also why trials for children younger than 12 are testing different doses. That included about 16.7 million children ages 12 to 15 in 2019.

Children ages 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools a chance to relax their pandemic precautions.

Children between 12 and 15 years old will soon be able to receive the Pfizer coronavirus shot.

Children between 12 and 15 years old will soon be able to receive the Pfizer coronavirus shot.

Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn stands with Atlanta Falcons Owner Arthur Blank before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. Quinn was hired by the Falcons in 2015 after a highly successful run as Seattle’s defensive coordinator, highlighted by two straight trips to the Super Bowl. After going 8-8 his first season, Quinn guided the Falcons to one of the greatest years in team history. The Falcons made the playoffs again the following year, losing to eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia, but never seemed to fully shake their Super Bowl debacle. Dimitroff kept his job when Smith was fired at the end of the 2014 season after two straight losing campaigns.

(Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)ATLANTA Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities deepened their defiance of Gov. He went so far as to say local governments couldn't order masks on their own property, which would include Atlanta's airport. Kemp's stance not only shying away from a statewide order but trying to bar local governments from instituting their own leaves him standing virtually alone. In the South, Republican governors in Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida have resisted calls for a statewide mask mandate but allow local jurisdictions to implement them. Republican governors in Alabama and Texas and Democrats in Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina have issued statewide mask requirements.

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Michael Smith/Getty Images(CNN) - Burger King UK is removing plastic toys from kids' meals in a bid to reduce its environmental impact. Some 320 tonnes of single-use plastic will be saved each year, according to Burger King. The company will also install containers in UK stores so that old plastic toys can be recycled and used to build play areas. Burger King was responding to a petition from Ella and Caitlin McEwan, aged 9 and 7, who wrote: "It's not enough to make recyclable plastic toys big, rich companies shouldn't be making toys out of plastic at all." Burger King said it intends to remove non-biodegradable plastic toys from other markets by 2025.

The following information was compiled from incident reports filed with Flagler County Sheriff's Office and Flagler Beach and Bunnell police departments. The following information was compiled from incident reports filed with Flagler County Sheriff's Office and Flagler Beach and Bunnell police departments. BUNNELL A Bunnell woman was the victim of a fraudulent phone call over the weekend, according to a report from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. The woman received a phone call on Aug. 10 from a "Captain Michael Smith," who implied he was with the Sheriff's Office and told the woman she had an outstanding warrant for her arrest for not appearing for jury duty. At that time she called the Sheriff's Office non-emergency line and was told she was being scammed.

Some 19 youngsters and family members took part in the city of Palm Coast's inaugural kids fishing derby staged by the parks and recreation department on Saturday. Taking advantage of the free activities offered throughout the community, 19 youngsters signed up to take part in the inaugural youth fishing derby staged by the city's parks and recreation department on July 20, according to Michael Smith, youth recreation supervisor. Standing on a bucket to peer over into the Intracoastal Waterway, Francesca Delbonis was on her very first fishing excursion. Alongside were her parents, Bobbie-Jo and John Delbonis, while 9-year-old Lukas De Freitas sent the line on fishing pole flying. Over the past year and a half hes developed a love of fishing, according to his mom, Priscilla De Freitas.