Tag: Florida

3 Stole Millions of PPE From Florida Company as Pandemic Surged. They’re Headed to Prison

By Alexander Lugo From Miami Herald MIAMI—Three men who stole thousands of N-95 masks and millions of medical gloves from a Broward County supply company—one of the largest known thefts of personal protective equipment in the U.S.—will be going to prison. A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale sentenced Alexander Jolly, Kenold Million and Pietro Sinclair…


Florida School Board Cuts Off Man Reading ‘Pornography’ Book Available in School Libraries

The Clay County School Board in Florida cut off a speaker’s microphone at its school board meeting after the man started reading a sexually explicit passage from a book that is available in local school libraries. During the public comment session of a June 30 meeting, a man identifying as Bruce Friedman expressed concerns over…


Immigrant Small-Business Owner Sues Biden Administration for Racial Discrimination

A Florida small-business owner is suing the Biden administration for racial and gender discrimination in connection with the $1.2 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Biden signed into law in November 2021. Christian Buckner, a disabled immigrant, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday, challenging a stipulation in the law that declares him ineligible to bid…


Growing Number of Spanish Radio Stars Bolt From Station Bought by Soros-Backed Group

A growing number of hosts are leaving a Spanish-language radio station after it was bought by a group backed by billionaire leftist George Soros. Nelson Rubio announced his resignation from Radio Mambi on July 12, following Dania Alexandrino and Lourdes Ubieta. Radio Mambi “has been the voice of the Cuban exile, the voice of conservative…


Florida Emergency Management Sued for Allegedly Not Paying for COVID-19 Test Kits

A private contractor has sued the Florida Division of Emergency Management for $4.4 million for allegedly not paying for COVID-19 test kits. The lawsuit that was filed on July 7 seeks damages, interest, and “other costs.” According to the lawsuit the state agreed to order a total of 600,000 test kits in March 2020 at…


Boy Dies in Hot Car Parked Outside Miami Area Jewish Center

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.—A 3-year-old boy died after being left in a car outside a South Florida preschool where both his parents are staff members, police said. The child was one of several children from the same family who attend Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami Gardens, the Miami Herald reported. Temperatures outside were in the mid-90s…


Salon Website Corrects Year-Old Headline Saying DeSantis Forces Students to Register Political Views

Left-wing outlet Salon changed a year-old headline, after falsely stating Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 2021 bill that forces Florida’s students and professors to register their political views with the state. The original headline published in June 2021, which read “DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state,” has…


Feds Bust Stolen Outboard Ring in Florida; Miami Company Accused of Exporting Engines

By Jay Weaver From Miami Herald A stolen outboard engine—it’s the bane of boaters. About 600 high-priced outboard engines were stolen in Southwest Florida and other parts of the state, and then fenced through a Miami-area freight forwarder that illegally exported them to Mexico, according to a new federal indictment. It is not clear from…


DeSantis Hits Back at Newsom After Campaign Ad Attack: ‘People Vote With Their Feet’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has fired back at his California counterpart Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s “terrible governance” was why the Golden State was “​​hemorrhaging population.” “People vote with their feet,” he said at a press briefing at the Cape Coral High School on July 8. “When families are uprooting from the Pacific coast to…


Effort Begun to Eradicate Giant African Snails in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants, and carry diseases that affect humans have been detected once again in Florida, where officials said Thursday work has begun to eradicate the pests. The snails, which grow as long as 8 inches (20 centimeters)…