A Florida family took schooling — and living — during the pandemic into their own hands. The Clemons family has been living out of an RV and traveling the country.

They've has been on the road for almost a year, turning their passion into a lifestyle. Like so many of us, they were stuck at home last year working and studying while wishing they were traveling. So they decided to make their dream a reality.

"I lost my mom at the beginning of 2020 after being a caregiver for many years," Jenn Clemons said.

Her husband, Mark, lost his father a month later. And then the pandemic hit.

"So we were like, why not just sell everything, and I'll homeschool the kids. And we'll just travel," Jenn said.

Clemons said he was not only on board, he could not wait to get their three kids on the road.

The Clemons sold their house of nearly 20 years and moved into their new home on wheels.

"We moved in on Oct. 1, and we’re coming up on our year and it's been fantastic," Mark said.

This week, they are in Montana. But they are constantly changing locations. So far, they’ve visited 17 states and 18 national parks.

Jenn and Mark are college sweethearts who met at the University of Central Florida and have three kids. Now, they are on their next great adventure and are not looking back.

"The American dream doesn’t have to be overbooking your kids and working 60 hours a week," Jenn said. "It can mean taking the kids and showing them the world because reading it in the book is just not the same as seeing it in person."

The Clemons plan to stay on the road indefinitely. Their original plan was actually to sail around the world. But since there was a run on catamarans last year, they ended up in an RV. So taking to the water is the next adventure.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida restaurant manager noticed a family was withholding food from a boy at the table,and that the boy had bruises on his body. So she wrote a simple note asking him if he needed help, and when he nodded yes, she called the police, authorities said.

Orlando police credited Flaviane Carvalho, who manages Mrs. Potato Restaurant, with coming to the 11-year-old boy's aid on New Year's Eve when the child's parents weren't looking.

Police took the boy to a hospital where doctors found bruises on his face, earlobes and arms. He also was 20 pounds underweight, Detective Erin Lawler told local media.

"'Abuse,' I say lightly," Lawler said Thursday at a news conference. "It was torture."

The boy told detectives that he had been tied by his ankles and neck and hung upside down from a door in his home. He also told detectives that his stepfather beat him with a wooden broom, a back scratcher and closed fists, and that he'd been handcuffed and tied to a large moving dolly, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

The boy's 34-year-old stepfather was arrested on charges of child abuse and neglect on the night the waitress called police, according to an arrest affidavit.

The child's 31-year-old mother, who was also at the restaurant, was arrested a week later on a child neglect charge.

An online court docket showed no attorneys listed for either the stepfather or mother.

For Ruth Sintilus, finally, some relief came amid sadness and worry after the earthquake hit Haiti.

The Central Florida woman was able to get in touch with family after days of uncertainty.

"They told me they got a lot of losses, but thank God they're still alive," Sintilus said. "My grandmother's house has collapsed. She was in there and she got hurt."

Osma Pierre, who also lives in Central Florida, remembers vividly the earthquake that hit Haiti more than a decade ago when he lived there.

He's heartbroken seeing similar devastation again, knowing people he loves are hurting.

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"I have some of my family hurt by this earthquake," Pierre said. "Even if someone is not part of my nation or people, we are all human beings. We are all created by God, yes, we are all concerned and hurt."

Sintilus and Pierre both attend the Triumphant Baptist Church in Orlando where Oreste Saint Filus is the pastor.

"Brothers and sisters, when somebody's crying, we're crying too," Saint Filus said.

As the pastor consoles other members as well who are grieving people they lost or facing uncertainty still, he's also trying to find ways to be helpful for the people in Haiti.

"All the Haitian pastors in the community we are all doing the same thing. We need some help to help those that are suffering right there in Haiti," he said.

The pastor says he will work to make some kind of action plan in the coming days to send aid to Haiti.

Remembering the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting: Five years later

Updated: 3:18 PM EDT Jun 12, 2021

On June 12, 2016, 49 people were gunned down at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.The shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history at that time.It was a difficult time for the city, but since then, the community has come together to honor the lives of those who were killed.June 12 is officially Pulse Remembrance Day in Florida.Every year, people gather at the memorial to place flowers and to pay their respects. President Joe Biden said on the fifth anniversary of the shooting that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida politician who is a central figure in the federal sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators.

In a plea agreement filed Friday in court in Orlando, Florida, Joel Greenberg admits he paid an underage girl to have sex with him and other unidentified men.

The agreement obtained by The Associated Press and CNN says the former Seminole County tax collector admitted to recruiting women for sex acts and paying them more than $70,000 from 2016 to 2018.

The underage girl was among them and according to the plea deal, Greenberg first met her online and later invited her to at least one hotel in Florida, where he and others would have sex with her and supply her and others with ecstasy.

Greenberg is expected to plead guilty to six federal charges during a court appearance on Monday.

His cooperation as a close associate of the Florida congressman signals a significant escalation in the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Gaetz and Greenberg paid underage girls or offered them gifts in exchange for sex.

The plea agreement doesn't mention Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing and has said he will not resign from his congressional seat.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Busch Gardens, Walt Disney World Resort, and Universal Orlando have made changes to their COVID-19 guidelines.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

On Thursday, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay no longer took temperature checks upon entry.

"We are committed to the health & safety of our employees, guests, and the animals in our care. Our guidelines have been updated to remove temperature screenings for our guests, and we continue to operate with enhanced health and safety measures, including limited capacity, reservations, physical distancing, enhanced cleaning and sanitation procedures, and face-covering requirements," the park said in a statement.

The park said it would also be "altering physical distancing protocols in certain locations within the parks from six to three feet. The additional space will allow more access to venues while allowing guests to maintain appropriate physical distancing."

For more COVID-19 guidelines at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, click here.

Walt Disney World Resort

Following the advice of the CDC and local health officials, Walt Disney World Resort will phase out the on-site temperature screenings at the parks for cast members beginning May 8 and guests beginning May 16.

"We will continue to follow the guidance of health and safety leaders going forward and most importantly encourage people to get vaccinated," the website stated.

As of now, temperature screenings are required for entry at some locations. Guests have to undergo a temperature screening with no-touch thermometers before entry.

The park asks guests to check the temperatures of everyone in your party as an extra layer of precaution.

For more COVID-19 guidelines at Walt Disney World Resort, click here.

Universal Orlando

Starting Thursday, May 6, Universal Orlando will no longer take temperature checks upon entry.

The park has also changed their social distancing between travel parties. It has been reduced to 3 feet (1 meter) instead of 6 feet.

"Still, most of our original safety protocols remain unchanged—from wearing face coverings across our Resort to our ongoing dedication to cleanliness and sanitization," the website stated.

For more COVID-19 guidelines at Universal Orlando, click here.

Lisette Lopez at WFTS first reported this story.