Tag: Florida

Florida 10-Year-Old Accused of Fatally Shooting Woman Fighting With Her Mother

A 10-year-old Florida girl has been arrested after police say she retrieved a gun from her mother’s backpack and fatally shot a woman during a physical altercation between the two women on Memorial Day. The Orlando Police Department detained the unidentified girl and placed her in custody at the juvenile detention center on Tuesday, the…


6 Members of Haiti’s Special Olympics Delegation Go Missing in Florida: Police

Six members of Haiti’s Special Olympics delegation mysteriously went missing just a day into the 2022 event in Orlando, Florida, according to local law enforcement. In an announcement, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said that officers are “actively investigating a missing person’s case involving members of the Haitian delegation participating in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games.”…


DeSantis Criticizes Biden’s Move to Force Gender Ideology by Cutting Off School Lunch Funding

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized President Joe Biden’s move to seize school lunch program funding to further what DeSantis characterized as “woke gender ideology.” “In Florida, we are fighting against Biden’s intentionally destructive policies like denying school lunches for states that refuse to implement woke gender ideology in the schools,” DeSantis said in a…


National Group Emboldens Pastors to Seek Public Office, Spur Civil Service Guided by Bible

Pastor Jack Hilligoss never thought of himself as a political kind of guy. He was happy leading HighPoint Church in sleepy Lake Wales, a 20-square-mile patch of sunshine in the geographic center of the Florida peninsula. Dotted with old orange groves, it’s home to about 16,000 residents and exudes small-town values centered on faith, family,…


DeSantis Vetos Funding for Tampa Bay Rays Stadium, Warns Companies on ‘Political Activism’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed funds for a future Tampa Bay Rays spring training center and warned private companies to stay away from “political activism.” A funding request of $35 million for a project named “Sports Training and Youth Tournament Complex” was vetoed by the Sunshine State. The project—which was proposed by Florida…


Medical Schools Violating Federal Law With Scholarships Offered to Select Races: Complaints

Five medical schools are violating federal law by offering scholarships to certain races while excluding others, according to new complaints lodged with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The University of Florida College of Medicine, for instance, has a scholarship that is only available to students “who belong to groups that are recognized as historically…


Florida to Potentially Restrict Medicaid Coverage for Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youth

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has taken steps toward a potential restriction of the state’s Medicaid coverage for transgender substances or transgender surgery for youth, saying that there was “insufficient evidence” for such approaches to treat gender dysphoria. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which is responsible for regulating Medicaid in the state, issued a 46-page…


Special Olympics Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement After Legal Threat From Florida

The Special Olympics has pulled its COVID-19 vaccine requirement after legal threats from Florida officials. The organization announced on June 2 that it made the move “as demanded by the state of Florida officials on May 27, based upon the Florida Department of Health’s interpretation of Florida law.” “Delegates who were registered for the Games but…


Tropical Storm Watch Issued for South Florida; Alex Expected to Form by Friday Evening, Forecasters Say

By Chris Perkins, Robin Webb and Angie DiMichele From South Florida Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—South Florida is now under a tropical storm watch as potential Tropical Storm Alex is expected to bring heavy rains and flooding to the state starting Friday evening through Saturday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s guaranteed to…


Soaring Cost of Living Causes Spike in Number of Pets Being Abandoned, Surrendered to Shelters

According to a growing number of reports, the soaring costs of food, gas, and housing are causing a spike in the number of family pets being abandoned or surrendered to shelters. In January 2022, the first alarming animal shelter statistics began to emerge. While an average of 6.2 million animals are taken into shelters each…