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North Korea blows up liaison office building it shared with South Korea

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North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday in a dramatic display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on Washington and Seoul amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy.

Volusia County Schools moving ahead with graduation plan that restricts attendance at Daytona's Ocean Center to just 2 tickets per student

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Volusia County School District is moving ahead with restrictive graduation ceremonies, despite complaints from graduating seniors and their families that limits attendance to only two tickets per graduationg senior with the coronvirus pandemic situation showing no signs of letting up any time soon.

The Florida Health Department announced a record-high 3,207 coronavirus infections Thursday that saw June’s total rise to 29,307. Florida now has has 85,926 COVID-19 cases.

INDICTED: Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg accused of stalking political opponent

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg is accused of stalking one of his political opponents, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday that led to his arrest and presentment in US District Court.

BREAKING NEWS: Two employees & one inmate at Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona test positive for coronavirus

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was bound to happen.

Two employees and a former inmate at the Volusia County Branch Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first coronavirus cases at the county-operated facility.

TAKING A STAND: NASCAR's Bubba Wallace comes of age

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Let's say you're 26 years old. Your dad is white, you mom is black. You grow up in the Deep South and you put aside other sports to pursue the life of a race-car driver. This in the age of Lewis Hamilton, the 6-time Black British Formula One World Champion. 

Life in a coronavirus world: Kelly Powers Ferguson of Daytona has had one of those mornings where nothing goes right

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- We're all just trying to get through each day in this COVID-19 pandemic.

For Kelly Powers Ferguson, a realtor who has called greater Daytona Beach home since 1983, just getting through this morning was quite a frustrating experience - a parade of horribles, you could say.