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Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was told his granddaughter needed the money to get out of jail.

Kentucky’s attorney general sent a message Saturday that scam artists and unscrupulous business owners won’t be tolerated as the commonwealth’s residents deal with widespread and devastating tornado damage.

Micron’s Atlanta Design Center, which will open for business in January 2022, will create up to 500 jobs across various STEM disciplines, including computer hardware and electrical and electronic engineering.

South Carolina is set to gain three new state parks out of a settlement reached with Dominion Energy.

Toyota Battery Manufacturing North America will have four production lines, each capable of delivering enough lithium-ion batteries for 200,000 hybrid and electric vehicles. The automaker plans to expand the facility to at least six production lines to produce enough battery packs for up to 1.2 million vehicles per year.

Scotty Thomas, from North Carolina, forgot that he had already bought a lottery ticket for the Lucky for Life drawing and accidentally purchased a second ticket with the same numbers.

Alabama, Florida and Mississippi are receiving more than $103 million in BP oil spill settlement money for new and continued coastal projects.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says a new state plan to combat crime will catch repeat offenders and make the state feel more "secure."

A FedEx driver dumped hundreds of packages into an Alabama ravine at least six times in a massive “debacle,” authorities said Tuesday.

An intoxicated woman on a Spirit Airlines flight from Florida to Tennessee reportedly attacked two flight attendants and was restrained and zip-tied by another passenger.

Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book is topping the best-seller lists of both Amazon and The New York Times in its first week.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., declared Tuesday that "the buck stops with" President Biden on soaring inflation.

Walt Disney World confirmed to Fox Business Saturday that it has paused its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Some of the 2,000 Walt Disney Company employees moving from California to Florida are already eyeing up the housing market in Orlando.

Biloxi, Mississippi, sits on the Mississippi Sound and offers beautiful views of the Gulf.

The team that made the ads for Republican Glenn Youngkin's successful campaign for Virginia governor details its strategy.

Florida state lawmakers are considering withdrawing from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's oversight due to opposition to the agency's COVID-19 mandate for workers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has held a call with the president of In-N-Out Burger this week following a pitch from the Sunshine State’s chief financial officer to bring the popular restaurant chain there.

Youngkin’s tax disclosures were reviewed over the weekend, giving a peek into the soon-to-be governor’s financial history.

Remington Firearms, the country’s oldest gun manufacturer, will be moving its headquarters from Ilion, New York, to Georgia, the company announced Monday.