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ORLANDO, Fla. — When federal prosecutors first charged former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg in mid-2020, it launched a series of other criminal investigations and eventually led to the indictments of half-a-dozen of his friends and business partners — including a political consultant, a sports radio talk show host, a pair of real estate investors, a federal employee, and the owner of a golf business. On Monday, the trial for Greenberg’s longtime political consultant, Michael Courtney Shirley, will start in a federal courtroom in downtown Orlando. Shirley faces charges that he pa......

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it had approved Narcan for over-the-counter, nonprescription use. The nasal spray becomes the first naloxone medication to be approved for these uses. Naloxone, when used in the right timeframe, can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and is widely considered the standard treatment for opioid overdose. The spray will soon be available in drug stores, convenience stores, grocery stores and gas stations, as well as online. “Today’s approval of OTC naloxone nasal spray will help improve access to naloxone, increase the number of locati......

For speedier entry into the U.S., your most important travel tool is now your face. All three of the Bay Area’s airports are deploying new facial recognition technology, called Simplified Arrival, to screen incoming international passengers and testing it in San Jose to track some departing passengers too. It’s catching imposters and processing travelers more efficiently — but also raising privacy concerns. “You get instant verification,” said James Hutton of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on a recent morning as hordes of bleary-eyed travelers streamed through San Francisco International A......

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a nasal spray developed by Pfizer as a means to quickly treat the painful symptoms associated with suffering a migraine. The drug, Zavzpret, also known as zavegepant, was approved on Thursday for the treatment of acute migraines with or without an aura in adults. It’s expected to launch in July, Reuters reported. “The FDA approval of Zavzpret marks a significant breakthrough for people with migraine who need freedom from pain and prefer alternative options to oral medications,” said Pfizer’s Angela Hwang, Chief Commercial Officer, President, G......

Rebel Wilson wants to help you widen your dating pool. The Australian-born actor is launching a new dating app designed to help curious singles of any sexual orientation to match and meet new people. Fluid, which is expected to be available in the App Store in the coming weeks, will use the “latest matchmaking technology and an advanced filtering algorithm” to help users connect with prospective friends, hookups, dates, and significant others without the restraints of a person’s immutable sexuality. “Whether you’re straight, queer, questioning, heteroflexible, bisexual, pansexual, gay, lesbian......

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri users of medical marijuana are familiar with the sleepiness that comes from consuming the soporific weed. But now a Missouri company has come up with a solution: Put the cannabis in coffee. Missouri's Own Edibles is partnering with the Coffee Ethic — both are based in Springfield — to sell cannabis-infused coffee pods. Cannabis Coffee Pods are available in 15 dispensaries and dispensary chains across Missouri. The pods include THC, the compound that makes its users feel high, and CBD and CBG, which do not. All three are at least anecdotally credited with relieving p......