New Yorkers fuming over the new $9 congestion toll to drive into Midtown Manhattan should instead pack up move to sunny Boca Raton, Florida, the mayor of the beachy coastal city said.

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

Florida abruptly changed its policy for changing gender markers in January last year without any public input.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Florida rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 4,817 in the week ending January 3, up from 3,475 the week before, the Labor Department said.

A family expected to never again see their pet, Crouching Tiger, after she vanished from their home in New Hampshire 8 months ago. Then they got a surprising call from a shelter 700 miles away in Michigan — saying the black cat had come in as a stray, the Humane Society of Huron Valley said on Facebook.

Within the gorgeous White Mountains, this under-the-radar New Hampshire town offers stunning views, historic ski resorts, and quirky places to shop and eat.

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

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Jeff Corwin was shocked to learn about all the animals dumped in South Florida and the Everglades. His new documentary premieres in Stuart Sunday.

Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly is part of a nationwide retail theft ring. The Gorham Police Department said officers responded to the Walmart on Main Street around 5:45 p.m. Thursday for a report of a man who had stolen over $60,000 worth of electronics from retail stores across the country.

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.