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Nursing Home Hurricane Evacuation Delays Led to Deaths, Says Attorney

Decisions to delay evacuation or shelter in place large numbers of nursing home residents during Hurricanes Harvey and Irma may have led to several deaths, an attorney says. However, other seniors who were evacuated died during or shortly after evacuation. This leaves managers of nursing homes in a quandary over what to do about residents in their care during natural disasters.

Nursing home evacuation. AP File Photo: Gerald Hebert

Report: Irma Aid Could Help Illegal Immigrants

According to a report from Naples Daily News’ Maria Perez, illegal immigrants will not be excluded from receiving Hurricane Irma aid. Perez explained that as her interpretation of Scott’s answer to a question as to whether “assistance would be provided to

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Zika: Aerial Spraying and Releasing Bats Approved

With Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control rapidly losing the battle to contain the epidemic from the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, panicking authorities began aerial spraying and may soon bring in bats that can eat 1,000 mosquitoes an hour.

Bat in flight (Raghunath Thirumalaisamy / Flickr / CC / Cropped)

Gov. Rick Scott on Ted Cruz’s Speech: ‘If You’re Not Supporting Donald Trump, You’re Supporting Hillary Clinton’

Asked about Ted Cruz’s speech last night at the Republican National Convention, Florida Gov. Rick Scott told Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon, “There’s two people who are going to be on the ballot – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. So if you’re not supporting Donald Trump, then you’re supporting Hillary Clinton. It’s time to unify the party. It’s time to make sure we win in November. I don’t want four more years of Barack Obama’s policies.”

Prior to the 2016 presidential race, Donald Trump (L) and Hillary Clinton had a friendly b