Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n
Thursday, July 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Weather: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm with a high near 92. Tonight, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm with a low around 76. Friday, a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm with a high near 93. Friday night, a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm, with a low around 75. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n US stock markets:\u00a0close up (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.6%); Apple shares hit record high after report on the iPhone maker gaining approval to launch generative AI features in China (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n The Leon County School Board approved two initiatives during its July 14 meeting designed to address some of the district\u2019s most significant challenges: staffing classrooms with qualified teachers and reversing years of declining student enrollment. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n The Leon County Commission voted July 14 to reject a federal grant that would have expanded the use of Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras in surrounding Big Bend counties, citing concerns over privacy, government surveillance and the collection of motorists\u2019 data. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n One of the nation\u2019s most powerful law firms is wading into the war against OpenAI, representing two students claiming ChatGPT\u2019s negligence may have caused their wounds in a shooting rampage at Florida State University last spring. Details<\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n President Donald Trump\u00a0will address the nation tonight at 9 pm ET; he is expected to discuss the US voting process (More<\/a>)\u00a0.<\/p>\n The Senate held confirmation hearings yesterday for President Donald Trump\u2019s nominees for attorney general, director of national intelligence, and director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u00a0See highlights from the hearings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Thursday, July 16, 2026 Weather: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-342235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}