WFLA Articles: December 12, 2020

11-year-old girl writes letter to Santa asking to ‘stop her sadness’ after deadly house fire ‘Florida is in the red zone’: State must increase COVID-19 mitigation efforts, WH report says Coast Guard rescues boater 27 miles off Dunedin US leads world with 16 million cases of virus Florida teacher dies after contracting COVID-19 days after her mom died of virus International Air Transport Association creating digital COVID-19 vaccine passport Florida guard accused of trying to bring coke into prison MAX DEFENDER 8 FORECAST: Warm Sunday, couple of cold fronts coming Kicker Sarah Fuller now first woman to score in Power 5 football game Tampa man charged for helping 11-year-old runaway girl Tampa Bay vendors see high demand for Christmas trees 2 weeks until holiday 2 Florida men charged with stealing ventilators headed to El Salvador Hot cocoa bombs are exploding all over the sweets world this holiday New Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76 US reaches record daily toll of 3,309 deaths Country music legend Charley Pride dies at 86 from COVID-19 complications Florida coronavirus: Resident, non-resident COVID-19 deaths surpass 20,000 HCSO Hispanic Advisory Council helps hundreds of Dover families Trump’s helicopter flies over thousands of supporters rallying in DC US says COVID-19 vaccine to start arriving in states Monday Florida Gators basketball player Keyontae Johnson collapses during Saturday game Florida on pace to break record for concealed weapons licenses Will you get a cold Christmas? Tool lets you plug in your zip code for a forecast Loss of snowbirds due to pandemic another hit to US tourism Do Christmas displays show bias against the poor and those who don’t celebrate? These neighbors say yes WWE ‘ThunderDome’ hosts first live show from Tropicana Field CDC advisory committee recommends Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 16 and up Painting depicting Santa and baby Jesus blocked, deemed ‘violent’ by Facebook MAX DEFENDER 8 FORECAST: Warmer this weekend, few showers around How soon are you immune to the coronavirus after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? US carries out second execution this week; Alfred Bourgeois put to death