Tag: Florida

Drawings Released for Proposed Surf Park for Tampa Bay Area

By Richard Tribou From Orlando Sentinel Orlando—The waves are still just in the planning stages, but the best rides in Florida could be headed for the west coast if a proposed surf park stays on course. The developers behind Peak Surf Park, which is proposing a 30-acre site in either Pinellas or Hillsborough County, released…


‘Try Crying About It’: DeSantis Spokesperson Calls on Reporters Barred From GOP Summit

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s press secretary Christina Pushaw sent a message to liberal reporters who were not invited to a GOP convention in the Sunshine State: “Try crying about it.” The Florida Republican Party’s annual Sunshine Summit came to its big election-year gathering in Hollywood over the past weekend, featuring keynote speakers, panel discussions, Republican…


Florida Health Agency Calls for Rescinding Vaccine Mandate After Biden Contracts COVID-19

A top Florida health official is urging the U.S. government to rescind its COVID-19 vaccine mandate as an increasing number of vaccinated people, including President Joe Biden, contract COVID-19. “The President’s diagnosis confirms the science: although the COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of hospitalization, it does not prevent transmission or symptomatic disease,” Simone Marstiller, secretary…


Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz’s Rifle Shown to His Jurors

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz got their first view Monday of the AR-15-style rifle he used to murder 17 students and staff members four years ago at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, staring intently as it was carried to the front of the courtroom. Lead prosecutor…


Has Florida Man Finally Met His Match? Meet Florida Sheriff

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—When a naked man in southwestern Florida recently raised a ruckus outside his house and threatened a deputy with a kitchen knife, the SWAT team swooped in and apprehended him. Soon afterward, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stood on the man’s driveway in combat gear for a news conference while the suspect went…


Chinese Investors Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Buy US Properties: DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned about China’s malign influence in the Sunshine State after reports showed Chinese investors having spent billions of dollars buying U.S. farmland and other real estate. Calling China the United States’ “number-one adversary,” DeSantis told Fox News on July 23 that companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) shouldn’t be…


DeSantis Welcomed Like a Pop Star at Conference for Young Conservatives

White fireworks shot up from the stage, music with a heavy bass boomed, and smoke billowed. Then, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis emerged, tossing autographed baseball caps to a screaming crowd of 5,000 young conservatives in Tampa on July 22. His appearance wrapped up the first day of the Student Action Summit, a three-day conference by…


Sailfish Leaps out of Water, Injures Woman Off Florida Coast

STUART, Fla.—A 70-year-old woman was stabbed by the bill of a 100-pound sailfish that leapt out of the water and attacked her as her companions were trying to reel it in on a boat near the Florida coast, authorities said. The sailfish stabbed the woman from Arnold, Maryland in the groin area with its pointed…


Former Miami Hurricanes Player Died of Heart Attack at Age 24, Examiner Reveals

Sam Bruce, a former University of Miami Hurricanes wide receiver, died at age 24 due to a heart attack he suffered in April, according to a medical examiner’s report. The report, released by the Broward County Medical Examiner and obtained by TMZ Sports, revealed Bruce’s cause of death was myocardial infarction, with the contributing factor…


Texas, Florida Lawmakers at Odds Over CHIPS Act

While some Texas Republicans are urging Congress to pass a $250 billion CHIPS Act, Florida’s Republican U.S. senators are opposing it, arguing it will continue to drive “Biden’s inflation crisis,” is a pro-China bill and gives billions of dollars to companies with no accountability. Proponents of the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Act…