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DALLAS - The North Texas man who once played the Red Power Ranger on the iconic 1990s television show was among 18 people arrested in a federal Paycheck Protection Program fraud case.Jason Geiger, who goes by the name Austin St. John, was one of 18 people indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.According to federal prosecutors, the McKinney actor and others from both North Texas and Florida "executed a scheme to defraud lenders and the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program" out of millions of dollars.They include 14 North Texans:RELATED: Coppell man admits using fraudulent PPP loans to buy luxury cars, homesSt.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Workers at the Boot Ranch shopping center in Palm Harbor are breathing a sigh of relief after seeing a nearby retention pond filled with water once again. Melissa Murray and Jaden Maldonado were surprised to learn the large retention pond behind their workplace was home to dozens of turtles and at least three alligators. The two had a few wildlife sightings from time to time, but their neighbors became especially visible when construction workers began to drain the concrete pond in April. "They started draining down the water and you could actually see some of the wildlife that are dead because they had no water and no food," said Maldonado. Various aquatic animals, including large softshell turtles and alligators, travel through a network of underground culverts to nearby retention ponds.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - A very special group of volunteers just got back to South Jersey after helping those deeply impacted in Buffalo. It was a 400-mile mission they didn’t want to take, but a grieving Buffalo community got a little bit of help and a lot of heart from the group.Members of Cherry Hill’s Tri-State Canine Response Team reflect on a tough and emotional week in Buffalo.Five teams of trained emotional support dogs and counselors spent the week meeting with victims, first responders and 911 dispatchers after last week’s mass shooting.RELATED HEADLINES:"Three of the children we worked with yesterday, one of them lost a parent during the shooting and two of them were in the store when it happened," Counselor Marge Inscho said.For dogs like Logan, love and support is nothing new.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, USA - MAY 18 : The ULA Atlas V rocket carrying Boeingâs Starliner spacecraft stands at Space Launch Complex 41 for the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station at Cape Canaveral Space Force Sta CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing’s astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time Friday, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.With Starliner’s arrival, NASA finally realizes its longtime effort to have crew capsules from competing U.S. companies flying to the space station.SpaceX already has a running start.

OAKS, PA - APRIL 04: Red Power Ranger Austin St. John attends the 2015 Great Philadelphia Comic Con at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on April 4, 2015 in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - Earlier this year, surveillance video was released that showed the end of an apparent pursuit between a motorcycle rider and Osceola County deputies at a Wawa gas station in Florida, where a fire erupted shortly after.The 26-year-old motorcycle rider, later identified as John Beretta, was seriously burned, suffering third-degree burns to 75% of his body, and remains hospitalized, according to his attorneys Mark NeJame and Albert Yonfa (Nejame's office is also representing the victims in the unrelated deputy-involved shooting outside a Target in Kissimmee).Three deputies were hurt in the fire – two with minor injuries, and one with third-degree burns who also remains hospitalized, according to officials.On Wednesday, attorney Mark NeJame demanded the Florida Department of Law Enforcement open an investigation and for Osceola County Sheriff's Office to release more information about the February incident.Back in February, Osceola County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that the incident began after deputies received reports of people on motorcycles pointing guns at other vehicles. That reportedly led to a pursuit, which ended at the Wawa gas station.Credit: Family of John Beretta Beretta's attorney said the man was not pointing guns at other vehicles and was at the gas station to fill up on his way home. "Never had a gun that day.

PALM COAST, Fla. - Intense cell phone video shows the moments, deputies say, a Florida man swung at another man with a knife, who then pulled out a gun, following an apparent road rage incident.Rafael Rivera, 50, was arrested and booked into jail under suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. He is being held without bond.The incident reportedly happened Tuesday afternoon in Palm Coast, near Pine Lakes Parkway and Whirlaway Drive.Flagler County Sheriff's Office said Rivera was driving a Silver Toyota Tacoma when he cut in front of the other man, who was on a motorcycle with a woman.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A group of certified crisis counselors and specially-trained dogs traveled to Buffalo, New York, this week to offer support and comfort to those impacted by the mass shooting at a supermarket, in which 10 people were killed and three others were injured. The Tri-State Canine Response Team, based almost 400 miles away in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, arrived in Buffalo on Monday with five crisis response handlers and dogs to stay through Friday, "with the possibility of staying longer as needed." Four of the teams traveled from New Jersey, while one team came north from Florida. The nonprofit, all-volunteer team aims to offer comfort to those suffering from a personal condition or crisis in the community by "utilizing the human-canine bond and its power to heal." Its work is supported by community donations. In Buffalo, grief, shock, and anger have plagued the community after a White, 18-year-old gunman entered a Tops Friendly Market on Saturday and started shooting with a rifle, killing 10 Black people and wounding three other victims. A document circulated widely online seemingly outlined the suspect’s racist, anti-immigrant and antisemitic beliefs.

PALMETTO, Fla. - "The Greatest Show on Earth" is making a comeback.Feld Entertainment, which is based in Manatee County, announced Wednesday that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will debut in the fall of 2023 — without animal acts.The move comes after the circus ended its 146-year run back in 2017 due to declining ticket sales and backlash from animal rights groups.Where before, the circus had always made animals the star of the show, the company says its performers will be taking center stage as part of the big top comeback.A global talent search is underway for the new U.S.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX successfully launched another batch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday. A Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites into orbit at 6:59 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. - On November 9, 2018, 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, Fred Behrend, was at the Politz School in Cherry Hill talking to middle school students about his experiences growing up in Nazi Germany. During his talk with the students, he mentioned the name of a childhood friend and schoolmate. Suddenly, after the mention of his friend, the school director left the room and returned, handing Behrend a cell phone.

Divers swim near the bow of the retired Naval Landing Ship Dock Spiegel Grove Sunday, May 15, 2022, off Key Largo, Fla. (Handout photo: Frazier Nivens/Florida Keys News Bureau) KEY LARGO, Fla. - The 20th anniversary of the storied intentional sinking of a former Naval ship to become an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is being celebrated Tuesday in Key Largo.The 510-foot-long (155-meter-long) Spiegel Grove earned international notoriety when it sank prematurely May 17, 2002, and landed with its upside-down bow protruding above the ocean’s surface about 6 miles (10 kilometers) off Key Largo.

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 19: Passengers make their way through American Airlines Terminal Four at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Airports and airlines dropped their mask requirements after a Florida fe ORLANDO, Fla. - AAA predicts 39.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the Memorial Day weekend, otherwise known as the unofficial start of summer.The agency said its estimate is an 8.3% increase compared to 2021, with the latest numbers closely aligning with those from 2017. Air travel continues to rebound, increasing 25% over the last year, according to the agency.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 13: Alaska Horizon Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on January 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Alaska Airlines has confirmed an unidentified passenger recently died during a flight. "A guest passed away during our flight from Seattle to Nashville on Monday," a company said in a statement to FOX Television Stations.

ORLANDO, Fla. - As summer temperatures arrive in Florida, mosquitoes are at their peak – which means you may have already felt a bite or two. You could put on mosquito repellant, but if that doesn't seem to be working, scientists say the color of your clothes could be the problem. According to Study Finds, those annoying mosquitoes are more attracted to people who wear red, orange or black clothes. Scientists say if you’re looking to keep them away, you should probably stick with the colors green, purple, blue or white and also be sure to cover up your skin."Mosquitoes appear to use odors to help them distinguish what is nearby, like a host to bite," says study senior author Jeffrey Riffell, a professor of biology at the university.

Scenic downtown Huntsville, Alabama (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images) Americans are shifting their priorities when it comes to where they want to call home amid sky-high housing prices, and that revelation played a role in a Southern city dethroning a Rocky Mountain destination as the top spot in the nation to live according to a new report.Huntsville, Alabama, has been ranked No. 1 on U.S.

MIAMI, Fla. - A small plane crashed into a South Florida bridge Saturday afternoon, according to the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department.The crash happened on a bridge over the Haulover Inlet Bridge that connects Haulover Beach to Bal Harbor. The Bay Harbor Islands Police Department said the area would be closed to traffic as emergency services responded.Footage taken from a nearby building shows smoke and flames leaping from the wreckage of the plane, as well as a vehicle on the bridge that sustained damage.People speaking in the background can be heard talking about how they saw people get out of the plane. According to WSVN, one person has been taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.According to a tweet by WSVN reporter Frank Guzman, the FAA says a single-engine Cessna 172 lost engine power and landed on Route A1A on the Haulover Inlet Bridge approximately five miles east of the Opa-Locka Airport around 1 p.m.The FAA stated that three people were on board, according to Guzman’s tweet.

WINTER PARK, Fla. - A graduating student of Rollins College, who is nonverbal and has autism, received a standing ovation after delivering an inspirational valedictorian speech using a text-to-speech computer program.Rollins College recently released a video of the speech given by Elizabeth Bonker, who said she typed the address using one finger with a communication partner holding a keyboard.Bonker said she was one of few people with nonspeaking autism who had been taught to type. "That one critical intervention unlocked my mind from its silent cage, enabling me to communicate and to be educated, like my hero, Helen Keller," she said.READ Tampa identical twins graduate top of class with identical GPAsShe told her classmates, "Personally, I have struggled my whole life with not being heard or accepted. A story on the front page of our local newspaper reported how the principal at my high school told a staff member, ‘The r****d can’t be valedictorian’."She encouraged her classmates to use their voices and noted the irony of that request.

CHAMBLEE, Ga - A cold case dating back 37 years, has now been cracked by a stay at home mom and a civilian who works for a metro Atlanta police department."His name was the 1985 Marion County John Doe," said Barbara King Ladd.Barbara King Ladd lives in Tennessee. She read an article about a man's body found in 1985, not far from her home.The man had been murdered, but after all these years, he had never been identified.Barbara was curious.

Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant (Photo courtesy: US Army) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Army on Thursday identified the soldier who died this week of injuries sustained during a bear attack in a military training area in Alaska.The Army in a statement said Staff Sgt.

Images released by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, north of San Diego. (Credit: San Diego Zoo W ESCONDIDO, Calif. - Over the past three decades, Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis.

ODESSA, Fla. - A massive alligator chose an Odessa home's front stoop to take a little rest Wednesday.Ed Ferraro recorded video of the gator that was blocking his front door at his home in The Eagles community. PREVIOUS: FWC investigating report of alligator attacking dog in The VillagesFerraro said the neighborhood security guards had contacted officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), but there wasn't a trapper nearby. The gator hung out on Ferraro's front doorstep for about 10 minutes before going back to the lake close by. Courtesy: Ed Ferraro Advertisement 

warning over 292,000 customers with select ML, GL, and R-Class vehicles between the 2006 and 2012 model years to stop driving them. The German automaker said in a recall notice posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website that moisture can accumulate and cause corrosion in the cars' brake booster housing units, potentially resulting in a vacuum leak and reduced brake performance. In rare cases of very severe corrosion, hard breaking could potentially cause mechanical damage to the brake booster, resulting in brake failure and increasing the risk of a crash. A foot-activated parking brake would still work.Mercedes notes that drivers with impacted vehicles may notice a change in the feel of their brake pedal or a hissing or airflow noise when applying the brake pedal before the issue occurs.

(Monroe County Sheriff's Office) KEY LARGO, Fla. - A 19-year-old South Florida woman who fled from law enforcement in the Florida Keys told the deputy who caught up to her that getting arrested was on her "bucket list."Janiya Shaimiracle Douglas, from Homestead, was charged with fleeing and eluding, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.The deputy spotted the woman's Toyota sedan "speeding and driving recklessly" just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Card Sound Road in Key Largo.

Placing a plant grown during the experiment in a vial for eventual genetic analysis. (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS via NASA)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in the harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A dramatic rescue played out at a zoo in Guatemala City last month after an antelope fell into a pool of water and began to struggle – and it was all thanks to a vigilant elephant.Zoo visitor Maria Diaz caught the entire event on video back on April 29. Her footage shows the elephant ‘Trompita’ standing next to a pool, trumpeting repeatedly and pointing its trunk at an antelope drowning in the water at Zoológico La Aurora.After a few moments, a zoo worker dives into the pool and swims toward the antelope.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Surveillance video captured the moments after a driver reportedly suffered a medical episode and lost control of her vehicle in Florida, and as a number of good Samaritans came to her rescue."If you watch any video in your feed today, make it this one," the Boynton Beach Police Department said in a post on Wednesday on its Facebook page, accompanied by the video. Boynton Beach is about three hours southeast of Orlando and south of West Palm Beach.According to the Facebook post, a woman suffered some sort of medical episode while she was behind the wheel and her vehicle slowly began to enter cross the turn lane and enter the intersection.

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers are tracking the migration patterns of a half ton great white shark who has been spotted off the New Jersey coast in the last year. Measuring over 12-feet in length, Ironbound most recently pinged near the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Researchers with OCEARCH have followed Ironbound's path over the last year which spans from Canada to the Carolinas. Sharks with GPS trackers, like Ironbound, will ping whenever its fin break the surface of the water.

SURFSIDE, Fla. - Victims of the 2021 Surfside condo collapse in South Florida have reached a staggering $997 million settlement after the tragedy claimed the lives of 98 people.The settlement with insurers, developers and defendants was announced in a court hearing on Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal.It comes six weeks before the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the 12-story condo building, which happened in the early morning hours of June 24, 2021."I’m shocked by this result — I think it’s fantastic," Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman said in court, according to a report from the New York Times. "This is a recovery that is far in excess of what I had anticipated."A general view of the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.

NEW YORK - Brooklyn-based rapper Casanova, who was one of 18 people indicted in connection with a litany of gang-related crimes including racketeering, murder, drugs, firearms, and fraud offenses has pleaded guilty to various charges.Casanova, whose real name is Caswell Senior, admitted to a shooting and a robbery and being a gang leader in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Bloods Gang.He is the 13th person to plead guilty in the case.As part of the racketeering conspiracy offense, Senior admitted to participating in a shooting in Florida on July 5, 2020, a robbery in New York City on August 5, 2018, and conspiring to traffic over 100 kilograms of marijuana.According to the indictment, between 2004 and 2020, Senior was part of a racketeering conspiracy with the Gorilla Stone gang.He admitted that on or about July 5, 2020, while at a party in Florida that included gang members, he shot someone during a gambling dispute.He also said that as part of an August 5, 2018 robbery in Manhattan, a victim was restrained and suffered serious bodily injury. He also admitted to helping to traffic at least 100 kilograms of marijuana.Senior, 35, of Montville, New Jersey, is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Philip M.

(FOX TV)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won't go away, but America's casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March.The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in March, the best single-month total ever.

Florida air traffic control after the pilot of his flight became incapacitated in the cockpit on Tuesday.The unnamed passenger with no flying experience told air traffic control the pilot had “gone incoherent,” adding he had “no idea how to fly the airplane,” CNN originally reported.The passenger was one of two people aboard the single-engine Cessna 208 airplane.Miraculously, with the help of an air traffic controller (who is also a flight instructor), the passenger was able to successfully land the plane at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida.“I have no idea how to fly the airplane.” Pilot of small plane passes out while flying off the coast of Florida. Passenger, who had never piloted a plane before, successfully lands it after air traffic controller Robert Morgan talks him through the procedure.

FILE IMAGE - This picture taken on March 25, 2016, shows a Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft from the Thai Department of Royal Rainmaking. (Photo credit: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A passenger with no flying experience landed a Cessna 208 Caravan with the help of Air Traffic Control in Florida Tuesday afternoon after the pilot had an apparent medical emergency, according to reports. "I’ve got a serious situation here. My pilot has gone incoherent.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 10: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat celebrates a three pointer with Max Strus #31 against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second half in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at FTX Arena on May 10, 2022 in Miami, F MIAMI - Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Max Strus added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Miami Heat moved one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference finals by topping the Philadelphia 76ers 120-85 on Tuesday night.Victor Oladipo scored 13 for Miami, which got 12 from Bam Adebayo and 10 apiece from Tyler Herro and P.J. Tucker.

FOX NEWS - A massive great white shark stalking the East Coast was spotted near the Carolinas on Monday after earlier being tracked off the coast of New Jersey, according to researchers.Ironbound, the 12-foot, 4-inch shark weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, made headlines after migrating from the Carolinas up the coast to New Jersey late last month.As of Monday, it appears the great white returned to the Carolinas, according to OCEARCH shark researchers who keep track of sharks’ migratory patterns via a tag tracking system.Researchers believe a white shark mating site is located off the Carolinas, the Boston Herald reported.OCEARCH Chief Scientist Robert Hueter told the outlet last week that Ironbound may have left the site early ahead of the other sharks, adding that is unclear what sparked the migration.Despite Ironbound’s apparent return to southern waters, New Jersey may not have seen the last of the great white. Hueter said that the sharks will usually start migrating to northern waters in mid-to-late May and arrive in those areas beginning in June.Ironbound is considered the "leader of the pack," according to Hueter, who described the apex predator as "formidable" and "not the prettiest animal."Ironbound was first tagged in October 2019 near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

John Bishop (left) and Paul Rueda (right) have taken plea deals and must pay back thousands to victims of Hurricane Sandy that they defrauded through construction businesses, the Ocean County Prosecutor says.  TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Two contractors who were charged in connection with stealing from victims of Hurricane Sandy have pled guilty. According to authorities, John Bishop, 57, of Celebration, Florida and Paul Rueda, 50, of San Diego, Texas, pled guilty to Theft By Failure to Make Required Disposition. The guilty pleas are connected to allegations that the two stole funds through contractor businesses they ran in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties from October 2014 to May 2017. Authorities say Bishop and Rueda formed John Paul Building LLC in November 2012 and received more than $350,000 from six homeowners in the various counties to have their homes repaired after Hurricane Sandy. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D.

The pool area of the Sandals Emerald Bay resort. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Sandals) Vacationers who have recently been in the area of the Sandals Bahamas resort where three Americans were found dead last week say they have complained about the "strong odor" of insecticide there, according to a new report Tuesday. Those complaints from guests at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Great Exuma have since been relayed to local investigators, NBC News reports. The deceased were identified Monday as Michael Phillips, 68, and Robbie Phillips, 65, of Tennessee, and Vincent Chiarella, 64, of Florida.

Tom Brady will join FOX Sports as a lead NFL analyst once his playing career is finally over.Brady, 44, will call the premier game of the NFL weekend and will broadcast alongside Kevin Burkhardt. The announcement was made on the FOX earnings call Tuesday morning. FOX Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch called it a long-term commitment. "We are pleased to announce that immediately following his playing career, 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady will be joining us at @FOXSports as our lead analyst," Murdoch said in a statement."We are delighted that Tom has committed to joining the Fox team and wish him all the best during this upcoming season," the statement added.FILE IMAGe - Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks to pass against the Los Angeles Rams during the first half in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Raymond James Stadium on Jan. 23, 2022, in Tampa, Florida.

DOVER, Del. - A lacrosse team's recent run-in with law enforcement in Georgia has left the Delaware State University president outraged.The incident took place as the team began their ride home after a three-game tour in Florida and Georgia last month.The team's bus was pulled over on I-95 in Liberty County, which is about 30 miles southwest of Savannah.In a YouTube video posted by a member of the team, two deputies are seen onboard the bus telling the team they would be searching their luggage."If there is something in there that is questionable, please tell me now because if we find it, guess what? We’re not gonna be able to help you," one deputy said. "Marijuana is still illegal in the state of Georgia."DSU president "incensed" after lacrosse team incident.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Samples taken from three tourists from Tennessee and Florida who died at a resort in the Bahamas under mysterious circumstances have been sent to a lab in the U.S. to expedite results and help authorities understand what happened, officials said Monday.RELATED: 3 Americans at Bahamas Sandals resort found dead in unknown 'health emergency'The police commissioner of the Bahamas, Paul Rolle, said officials also collected samples from the rooms where the tourists were staying and the surrounding property to determine whether any contaminants were present."We really want to know what caused this," he said.He identified the victims as a married couple from Tennessee, Michael Phillips, 68, and Robbie Phillips, 65, and a resident of Florida, Vincent Paul Chiarella, 64.

A general view during the Sandals Emerald Bay celebrity golf weekend at Sandals Emerald Bay Resort on April 9, 2010 in Great Exuma Island, Bahamas. Police in the Bahamas have identified the three Americans Monday who were found dead late last week at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort on Great Exuma island.

Courtesy: Orlando Magic ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange County deputies say former NBA player Adreian Payne was shot and killed in Orlando early Monday morning. The person who allegedly pulled the trigger has been arrested. The Orange County Sheriff's Office says it happened just before 1:30 a.m.

Police are conducting an investigation into the deaths of three American tourists at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas, with one more American transported to hospital.

Aerial view of an unspecified beach where a visitors stand between the water's edge and a number of beach umbrellas, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 24, 1989. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images) Three Americans at a Bahamas Sandals resort were found dead while a fourth has been hospitalized, officials said Friday.Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said that the bodies of two men and one woman were found Friday at the Emerald Bay resort.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Nichole Schmidt, the mother of deceased Gabby Petito, on Friday filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Florida against the curator of the estate of deceased Brian Laundrie. The lawsuit, which seeks wrongful death damages of $30 million, states that Laundrie intentionally killed Petito, and as a direct result of his conduct, Schmdit and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito's father, "incurred funeral and burial expenses, and they have suffered a loss of care and comfort, and suffered a loss of probable future companionship, society and comfort."The complaint also demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. RELATED: Gabby Petito family's lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents will head to jury trial in 2023, courts sayThe curator of Laundrie's estate, Barry Spivey, told Fox News Digital that one of his primary functions as a limited curator "is to accept service of a summons on that lawsuit," but he has "absolutely no responsibility to respond to it.""They needed somebody to accept service of process, but once that's done, I'm done with it," he said of the complaint.RELATED: New court filing says Brian Laundrie's parents knew Gabby was dead before family trip to Fort DeSotoThe new lawsuit comes after Schmidt and Petito filed a civil lawsuit in Florida alleging that Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, were aware that their son killed their daughter and attempted to help him flee justice.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating after a dead shark was apparently gutted and hung in the courtyard of a Florida high school.Alex AuBuchon, PIO for FWC's Northeast region, said five students at Ponte Vedra High School apparently hung the dead shark from the rafters of the school's courtyard around 9 p.m. Wednesday night.

MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard is seeing more Haitian migrants trying to reach the Florida coast by boat. And many migrants do not survive the dangerous journey. On Monday, I got to go up in the air on a routine search-and-rescue flight out of Coast Guard Air Station Miami.

FILE-Mifepristone, the abortion pill known as RU 486. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year.For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the mail, will grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v.