Sunday, July 19, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1952, Jacksonville native Allen Collins was born—the guitarist who co-wrote Lynyrd Skynyrd classics like Free Bird and Gimme Three Steps.

An Alachua County sheriff’s deputy spent nearly 40 minutes rescuing 11 ducklings earlier this week. Learn more in Et Cetera.

In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla tackled the phone battery problem that has almost nothing to do with your actual battery. It turns out a handful of settings are running in the background all day, quietly draining power without you ever touching them, and shutting them off costs you nothing. From the toggles most people never think to check to the ones switched on the day the phone left the box, Ayla walked through seven quick fixes that can stretch a single charge well past what you are getting now. See tips here!

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Florida Sets Double Execution

Florida will execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time since 1964, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed death warrants for James Aren Duckett and Dominick Anthony Occhicone.

Duckett, 68, a former Mascotte police officer, was convicted in 1988 of raping and drowning 11-year-old Teresa McAbee. His execution is set for noon July 28 at Florida State Prison, after the Florida Supreme Court lifted a stay tied to DNA testing.

Occhicone, 80, was convicted of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend’s parents at their Holiday home in 1986. His 6 p.m. execution that same day will make him the oldest inmate Florida has put to death in the modern era.

The last time Florida executed two people in a day was May 12, 1964. Both men’s appeals remain pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

FDA Loosens Orange Juice Rules

The FDA lowered the federal minimum sugar standard for pasteurized orange juice from 10.5% to 10% Brix, a change Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Friday in Lakeland.

The rule, in place since 1963, had forced processors to import higher-Brix juice from countries like Brazil after citrus greening disease and repeated hurricanes lowered the natural sugar content of Florida oranges. The new threshold took effect July 16.

The change also raises the allowed share of mandarin and tangerine juice in the blend from 10% to 15%. Kennedy said the update would “save the industry more than $50 million every year” while maintaining the taste and quality consumers expect.

Florida’s orange production has fallen from about 242 million boxes in 2004 to roughly 12 million in 2025, largely due to greening. Florida Republicans, including Sen. Ashley Moody and Rep. Laurel Lee, pushed for the change.

Waterspout Stuns Sebastian Coast

A towering waterspout dropped completely into the Intracoastal Waterway off Sebastian, in Indian River County, on Friday as the same storm system sparked a lightning-caused apartment fire in Altamonte Springs.

Photographers Bill and Jennifer Larrabee watched the funnel form from the Tiki Bar and Grill in Sebastian. “I’ve lived here for 38 years, and it was definitely the best waterspout I’ve ever seen,” Jennifer Larrabee said.

Farther inland, lightning surged through an apartment complex’s electrical system on Vineridge Road in Altamonte Springs, igniting a wall fire behind a resident’s clothes dryer. Seminole County firefighters extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported.

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➤ New Smyrna Beach: City-owned beach parking lots may be added to Volusia County’s Park Volusia program, a move officials say would simplify parking for beachgoers. (More)

➤ Panhandle: Leon County Commissioners tabled a $400,000 portion of a state grant that would have expanded Flock license-plate readers into Wakulla, Jefferson, Liberty, and Taylor counties, after residents raised privacy concerns. (See Details)

➤ Tallahassee: Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems landed an $88 million U.S. Navy contract to develop modeling and testing tools for next-generation shipboard power systems through 2031. (More)

➤ Seminole County: A circuit judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to remove U.S. Rep. Cory Mills from Florida’s August GOP primary ballot, ruling the state’s eligibility law doesn’t cover challenger claims about where his paperwork was notarized. (See Details)

➤ Winter Garden: AdventHealth’s new Cancer Institute opens July 27, bringing radiation and medical oncology, immunotherapy, and genetic-testing-informed treatment to West Orange County. The expansion is expected to create about 50 jobs. (More)

➤ Broward County: Federal agents arrested a man accused of financing malware hidden in eight Steam games that infected about 8,000 devices and drained at least $220,000 from roughly 80 crypto wallets. (See Details)

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➤ England claimed third place with a wild 6-4 win over France in Miami Gardens, while Kylian Mbappé scored twice to break Lionel Messi’s career World Cup record with 22 goals and take a two-goal Golden Boot lead. (More)

➤ Two Miami restaurants—Argentine establishment Graziano’s Mercado and Spanish restaurant Casa Juancho—have placed a $10,000 wager on Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina. The losing side will donate the money to the children’s charity Amigos for Kids. (More)

➤ Florida Panthers head equipment manager Teddy Richards was suspended following his arrest Friday on charges of domestic battery and unauthorized use of 911. (More)

➤ The Tampa Bay Rays completed last month’s trade with the Cardinals by sending minor league reliever Trey Pooser to St. Louis as the previously unnamed player in the deal. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: World Cup | The Open | MLB | WNBA

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➤ Walt Disney’s restored 1963 Grumman Gulfstream I, called The Mouse, is back on display after 15 years decaying in an Orlando field. (See Photos)

➤ An 8,558-square-foot oceanfront home donated to The Sontag Foundation sold July 13 for $20 million, with proceeds going toward brain cancer research. The five-bedroom estate on Ponte Vedra Boulevard was built in 1994. (See Photo)

➤ An Alachua County sheriff’s deputy spent nearly 40 minutes freeing 11 ducklings trapped in a storm drain Thursday, prying open the grate and coaxing out three stubborn holdouts. All were reunited with their mother. (See Photo)

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➤ A legal battle over mail-in ballots took a major turn. (Hear More)

➤ A 94-year-old Chick-fil-A employee celebrated 20 remarkable years on the job. (Listen Now)

➤ Actor Gary Sinise found healing by helping others. (Podcast Available)

The Blue Angels are conducting a safety review after a jet flew low over a packed Pensacola Beach crowd on Wednesday, sending tents, chairs, and umbrellas flying.