Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n
Friday, July 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Weather: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm with a high near 94. Tonight, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am with a low around 76. Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, with a high near 93. Saturday night, showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am with a low around 74. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -1.5%) (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n Florida State University\u2019s\u00a0Center for Advanced Power Systems\u00a0(CAPS) has secured an $88 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop advanced modeling, simulation and testing capabilities for the next generation of shipboard power and energy systems through 2031. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n The Leon County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to impose an 18-month moratorium on new large-scale data center development. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n Florida saw a spike in first-time jobless claims coming out of the extended Independence Day holiday weekend. Details<\/a><\/p>\n Florida residents face a Monday\u00a0deadline\u00a0to\u00a0register\u00a0for next month\u2019s primary election. Details<\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a daily pill shown to help lower cholesterol levels by\u00a0up to 60%<\/a>\u00a0in fewer than six months\u2014a result previously only achieved with more expensive injectable drugs.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump\u00a0calls for Congress to pass his SAVE America bill in address to the nation; alleges conspiracy to downplay vulnerabilities in US voting systems and Chinese election meddling (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Friday, July 17, 2026 Weather: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-343544","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\/343544","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=343544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}