Florida COVID-19 cases top a quarter-million; deaths exceed 90 for third straight day

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - COVID-19 cases pushed past a quarter-million Saturday, as Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a defense of the state's decision to return schools to in-person classes next month. "We know there are huge, huge costs for not providing the availability for in-person schooling for our students," he said at a news conference Saturday in Bradenton, on a day that saw 10,360 more cases ...