Category: State News

Biden and Democrats Already Face Uphill Battle for Florida’s Hispanic Voters in 2024

June 16, 2023
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Over the past six years, Florida’s Hispanic and Latino voters appear to be abandoning the Democratic Party, and as the 2024 elections get closer, President Joe Biden, and all other candidates sporting the blue Democrat label, could be in trouble. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez recently noted a steady rightward trend among Miami-Dade voters over the…

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Florida Man Executed for 1984 Killings of Teenage Babysitter, Mother of 2

June 16, 2023
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STARKE, Fla.—A Florida man was executed Thursday for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks months apart in 1984 while children were sleeping in the homes he targeted. Duane Owen was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’…

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Pool Deck at Collapsed Florida Condo Building Failed to Comply With Codes, Standards, Officials Say

June 16, 2023
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MIAMI—The swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with the original building codes and standards, with many areas of severe strength deficiency, federal investigators said Thursday. Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology gave an update on the collapse of…

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‘It’s Public Safety, Stupid’: As Public Safety Declines, the Doom Loop Rages on Unabated

June 16, 2023
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In February 2022, I wrote this in my article “What If San Francisco Doesn’t Recover:” “If you go downtown during the day, you can see the difference. The office buildings are empty. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic aren’t half of what they used to be. But what other effect does that have on the city? “Well,…

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Iowa Supreme Court Issues Rare 3–3 Decision, Declines to Reinstate Abortion Law

June 16, 2023
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The Iowa Supreme Court, in a 3–3 decision, declined to reinstate a six-week ban on abortions that was backed by the state’s governor. A 2019 district court nullified the state’s previous six-week ban on the procedure, with a Polk County District Court judge ruling that the ban was unconstitutional based on state and federal law….

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Pittsburgh Synagogue Attacker Found Guilty of Hate Crimes

June 16, 2023
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A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Bowers, 50, now faces the penalty phase of his trial at the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in which the…

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2 People Shot, Denver Officer Struck by Fire Truck Amid Nuggets’ NBA Championship Parade

June 16, 2023
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A police officer in Colorado suffered a serious leg injury after he was struck by a fire truck near the end of a parade to celebrate the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA championship victory, authorities said Thursday. Later that day, a shooting took place in a downtown area that wounded two people. Speaking at a news…

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Heather Mack, Convicted in Bali of Killing Mom and Stuffing Body in Suitcase, Pleads Guilty in US

June 16, 2023
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CHICAGO—The American woman accused of helping to kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation to Bali nine years ago changed her plea to guilty in Chicago federal court on Friday. Heather Mack, 27, was convicted in Indonesia in 2015 of being an accessory to Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s murder…

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Federal Government Tells Automakers to Not Comply With Massachusetts Automotive Law

June 16, 2023
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told carmakers that Massachusetts’ right to repair law “conflicts with and therefore is preempted” by federal car safety legislation. The announcement on June 14 may effectively end the state’s controversial automotive law that required car manufacturers to give drivers access to telematic vehicle data. The Massachusetts Data Access Law has…

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Federal Watchdogs to Investigate Offshore Wind Turbines Amid Surge in Marine Wildlife Deaths

June 16, 2023
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An independent congressional watchdog organization has agreed to a congressman’s request for an investigation into the impact of offshore wind development in New Jersey amid a surge in marine wildlife deaths. Rep. Chris Smith issued statement on June 15 that the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—a nonpartisan agency that conducts investigations for Congress—will be examining how…

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