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1. It's back-to-school time.
Today is the day children in Palm Beach County and most of the Treasure Coast go back to school.
But masks are still a hot-button issue headed into the new school year. Parents of Palm Beach County students have the option to opt out of wearing them.
2. Controversial Costco coming to Stuart.
After listening to hours of debate from divided residents, city commissioners voted early this morning to approve the construction of a Costco in Stuart. The project also includes 378 apartments.
3. Keeping an eye on the tropics.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Six could impact South Florida this weekend. Enough said.
4. That's a real Dinger.
This is why you shouldn't yell at team mascots in a crowded and loud stadium.
A Marlins player believes he heard a racial slur from a Rockies fan at a recent game, but Colorado team officials have determined it was someone yelling at Dinger, the team mascot.
5. We're still freeing Britney.
Britney Spears will have to wait longer than she hoped before a court will hear her conservatorship case.
This after a judge rejected a request to expedite the hearing.
The pop star has been embroiled in a battle with daddy to rid him of his conservator status of her estate.
Today's Forecast
It's another muggy morning, but Kahtia Hall has your forecast as the children head to the bus stop.
FORECAST
Get your complete hour-by-hour forecast here.
First Alert Traffic
Your back-to-school commute could be slowed this morning by a tractor-trailer crash that has closed all northbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike in Palm Beach Gardens.
Mobile users click here.
On This Day In History
David Berkowitz, a 24-year-old postal employee, is arrested and accused of being the "Son of Sam" serial killer, who terrorized New York City for more than a year, on Aug. 10, 1977.
Berkowitz claimed that demons and a black Labrador retriever owned by a neighbor named Sam had ordered him to commit the killings.
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