MARATHON, Fla.—A boat captain has been charged with manslaughter in a Memorial Day parasailing crash in the Florida Keys that killed a 33-year-old Illinois woman and injured her young son and nephew. Daniel Gavin Couch, 49, was booked into the Monroe County Jail on Thursday and was being held on a $100,000 bond. An investigation…
Family: Man Killed in Crash Never Got Air Bag Recall Notice
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—When Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrived at a crash scene in the Panhandle this summer, they found a 23-year-old Navy officer dead at the wheel with neck wounds that initially looked like a possible shooting. A trooper later messaged the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that injuries were from the deployment…
DeSantis Announces Actions to Confront CCP Influence in Florida
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sept. 22 signed a new executive order and unveiled a package of legislative proposals to combat “malign foreign influence,” particularly from communist China. “The number one source of that influence, not just in the United States but really around the world, is the Chinese Communist Party,” DeSantis said during an…
Top Florida Democrat Endorses Ron DeSantis, Says ‘Too Much Is on the Line’
A top Democrat in Palm Beach County, Florida, endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis for governor by saying there is “too much on the line” during the 2022 midterms. “Endorsing Gov. @RonDeSantisFL was the obvious choice this election cycle. Gov. DeSantis’ Dem opponent has called for reallocation of resources away from law enforcement. FL cannot afford people…
Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Its Power to Regulate Social Media
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to decide if states have the power to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. Given growing public interest in the issue of social media censorship, the Supreme Court may have difficulty refusing to hear the case….
Florida Authorities Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 4 Million People
Florida authorities shut down a fentanyl operation and seized more than eight kilograms of the drug—enough to kill more than four million people—the state attorney general’s office announced on Wednesday. According to Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office, the drug trafficking organization used the U.S. Postal Service to order fentanyl from California. The investigation of the…
Florida Highway Covered in Coors Light Beer After Semi Crash
BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—A Florida highway had to temporarily close Wednesday after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light crashed and turned the roadway into a silver sea of beer cans. The multi-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 6 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 about 30 miles north of Tampa, the Florida Highway Patrol said…
Biden Says Deporting Illegal Immigrants to Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua Is ‘Not Rational’
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that it’s “not rational” to send illegal immigrants at the southern border who fled Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, back to their own nations. “There are three countries,” Biden said during a Tuesday briefing, after being pressed about why the U.S.–Mexico border is “more overwhelmed on [his] watch,” “there are fewer…
Latino Vote to Determine Outcome of Dozens of 2022 Midterm Races
How 32 million eligible Latinos will vote in dozens of pivotal House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections across the country in November will be vital in determining which party controls Congress after this year’s midterm elections. Latinos make up the second-largest voting bloc in the United States, constituting 18.7 percent of the nation’s total population. That’s…
Illegal Immigrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Illegal immigrants flown to a Massachusetts island on orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sued the governor on Sept. 20, claiming they were subject to a fraudulent and illegal scheme. Florida officials, acting in concert with others, looked for immigrants by pretending to offer humanitarian aid outside a shelter in Texas and other areas, according…
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