ST. AUGUSTINE

To many, February is the month dedicated to celebrating Black Americans’ contributions to a country where they were once enslaved.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 8 a.m. Friday morning at the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office in St. Augustine.

El’egance McGlocking was last seen in the area of the 100 block of Julia Street, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says.

The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 360, and scientists have said the animal's small population of breeding females could spell doom for the species. The National Marine Fisheries Service is developing new rules to reduce the possibility of entanglement in fishing gear, which can kill the whales. AdThe coming restrictions have sparked a rancorous debate between environmentalists and lobster fishermen over the proper way to save the whale. It's holding public hearings about the proposed rules in New England, including one for southern Maine on Feb. 23 and one for northern Maine on Feb. 24. AdThe right whales were hunted to near extinction during the commercial whaling era.

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If social media existed 455 years ago, a historic feat produced by a Spanish man probably would’ve made feeds all around the world.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in St. Augustine at Flagler Hospital regarding COVID-19 on Saturday. He opened with statements about not allowing fear to be the driving factor in the approach to the coronavirus. I think fear is our enemy here, and I think that if we approach this with a steady resolve I think were going to handle it much, much better.He also said that Florida will be receiving 30,000 more vials of the drug remdesivir, the treatment that has been shown to reduce illness severeity and mortality in some patients with COVIO-19. (Watch the full press conference below)

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 04: People look out over the water after Hurricane Dorian passed through the area, on September 4, 2019 in St. Augustine, Florida. The slow-moving Dorian, which has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm, is drenching Florida with heavy rain and strong winds as it moves north parallel to the coastline towards the Carolinas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Hide Caption