May 17, 2024

Tuesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 4/25/2017

› Need a passport? That’s a problem in Miami because the office is shut down
Getting a U.S. passport for many residents of the Southeast just became a more laborious task with the closing of the U.S. State Department’s Miami Passport Agency for possibly two weeks.

› A Jupiter restaurant is becoming a magnet for celebrities
Is Guanabanas be the newest celebrity hot spot in Jupiter? Stars apparently are smitten with the waterfront restaurant that opened in 2008 following a $2.5 million renovation.

› Report: Anti-Semitic Incidents Rose in Florida Last Year
An advocacy groups says anti-Semitic incidents in Florida were on the rise last year. The Anti-Defamation League reported Monday that there were 137 anti-Semitic incidents in Florida in 2016, a 50 percent increase over the previous year.

› A snowy, chilly state is the new retirement hotspot as Florida falls to No. 17 on the list
Retirees in search of rest and relaxation - and especially better weather - typically moved to Florida and South Carolina. But now they're headed north. Some 16 states, including Pennsylvania, edge out the Sunshine State on Bankrate's list of the best places to retire.

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