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What you need to know about Florida today

| 9/17/2018

› JEA, Clay Electric and area relief agencies respond to help Hurricane Florence victims
Neighbors help each other when disaster strikes — even if it’s across state lines. They didn’t know their names but the people who a convoy of 51 JEA employees headed north to help Saturday morning are neighbors in need just the same.

› Cuban refugee numbers plummet in Tampa area with cuts at Havana embassy
It’s been nearly a year since the U.S. embassy in Havana suspended processing requests from people hoping to leave the island nation as refugees. The reason: Staffing was reduced to a skeleton crew in the wake of mysterious health attacks on embassy personnel.

› Canadian company Caredove builds health services directory for Orlando
Caredove is an online platform that makes it easy for providers, patients and their families to find services and make appointments, whether it’s for a meal program, wound care services, a skilled nursing facility, or a range of other services.

› Magic Leap to have its first-ever 'LeapCon' conference — but not in South Florida
Magic Leap has announced it is planning its first-ever “LeapCon” conference — but not in South Florida, where the company is headquartered. The invitation-only event, geared toward “developers, creators, pioneers and visionaries,” will be Oct. 9-10 in Los Angeles.

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