April 26, 2023 Resign to run for president? Florida legislature won’t make the law stand in DeSantis’ way Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to relish not being a candidate for president of the United States. Expect his status to change sooner rather than later with a change in state law.
April 25, 2023 Jury to deliberate after lawyer calls Proud Boys leader a ‘scapegoat for Donald J. Trump’ Members of the Proud Boys are on trial for seditious conspiracy, but their lawyer is laying the blame on somebody else: former President Donald Trump.
April 20, 2023 2nd DeSantis bait and switch in as many weeks has Floridians wondering what’s next Florida governor and expected GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has been busy signing bills approved by his Republican supermajority in the legislature.
April 20, 2023 Suspected ham-burglar wanted: Tried to cook fries when he couldn’t grab cash at McDonald’s One would-be burglar got into a McDonald’s and decided to stay for a bite. At another, nearby, a customer in the drive-thru lane displayed an adult picture to the teen employee at the window.
April 20, 2023 My Pillow CEO ordered to pay millions to expert who exposed his election claims as fraud First, he was proven wrong. Then, he was ordered to pay $5 million to the guy who outsmarted him. It’s the latest loss for My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.
April 19, 2023 Man accused of renting La Quinta motel room, illegally playing dentist there Police got an unusual call over the weekend and ended up arresting a motel guest. That guest wasn’t there vacationing. He’s accused of renting a room and using it to work as a dentist.
April 18, 2023 Convicted sex offender, 74, arrested for wearing Elmo costume at Utah farmer’s market A senior citizen who’s a registered sex offender is facing charges again after he was seen taking part in children’s activities at a farmer’s market.
April 18, 2023 Couple’s choreographed suicide by guillotine ends with heads rolling into fire altar A couple in India — more like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette than Romeo and Juliet — committed suicide using something like a guillotine to decapitate themselves, and they added the element of fire.
April 18, 2023 As 4/20 approaches, here are 2023’s best and worst cities to get stoned In anticipation of 4/20 in 2023, the website LawnStarter.com ranked the Best Cities to Get Stoned.
April 17, 2023 How did this happen? SUV crashes through home’s roof in California Somebody crashed one into a part of a house that rarely comes into contact with anything on wheels: its roof.
April 17, 2023 DeSantis expecting new legislation to get his Disney-retaliation plan back on track Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s going to try again in his war against the Walt Disney Company during this legislative session.
April 14, 2023 Screaming protesters rush stage during DeSantis speech at New Hampshire GOP dinner Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was met with protesters as he spoke at an event in New Hampshire Friday evening.
April 14, 2023 80,000+ carts with ‘serious tip-over hazard’ that killed 3 children being recalled Tens of thousands of plastic and metal audiovisual carts, some more than 40 years old, are being recalled due to what the feds and the maker say is “a serious tip-over hazard to children,” which has been deadly.
April 13, 2023 Man pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud, applied for 2 loans while in prison A man who filed for relief money under the Paycheck Protection Program in 2021 claimed he owned a business that provided taxi and ridesharing services, but he was in prison for the entire year.
April 13, 2023 Book tour or shadow presidential campaign? DeSantis speaks again in the Midwest All-but-announced 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis spoke at an Ohio GOP Lincoln Day dinner, followed by a discussion with his wife, Casey DeSantis.
April 12, 2023 Florida rep on trans people: ‘Demons,’ ‘mutants not of this world.’ Late-night host: ‘Dumbass’ How far will bigots go to dehumanize transgender people? A lawmaker in Florida of all places demonstrated at a public meeting with no shame or embarrassment.
March 30, 2023 ‘Blatant abuse of power’ say Republicans on Trump indictment, Dems: Not ‘above the law’ Republicans are coming to Donald Trump’s defense as news of his indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York spreads. Democrats feel differently.
March 29, 2023 Woman charged with sexually assaulting and threatening boy, 13, who was making her ‘horny’ A woman is facing charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy and then threatening him when he said he cheated on her.
March 27, 2023 PHOTO GALLERY: Excavator flips backward, crashes into side of beachfront hotel An accident involving a piece of heavy construction equipment damaged at least two floors of the beachfront hotel next door. The pictures tell the story.
March 27, 2023 No more confessions: Priest banned for supporting bill to require reporting child abuse A Catholic priest has been banned from hearing confessions. The controversy started when he endorsed a bill that would require priests to report any child abuse or neglect.
March 24, 2023 ‘Joke,’ ‘ridiculous,’ ‘stunt’: DeSantis clashes with Florida NAACP over travel advisory Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis is now in a spat with the state’s chapter of the NAACP over a new advisory they’ve asked the national organization to issue that would urge Black Americans against traveling to the Sunshine State.
March 24, 2023 TIMELINE: Trump reinstated from ‘permanent’ social media bans, but will that last? Donald Trump’s long, turbulent relationship with social media platforms has been on the up and up in recent months, but will it last? That question was raised over the past week.
March 22, 2023 Florida teacher asked child for underwear pic and more, police say An elementary school teacher in Florida is accused of asking a young girl for a photo of her wearing only underwear.
March 22, 2023 Big bank makes big mistake buying bags of nickel, getting stones instead Good investors know how to buy but the experts at JP Morgan Chase wound up with a booby prize when they were trying to add nickel bags to the conglomerate’s portfolio.
March 21, 2023 Carjacking suspect foiled by stick shift, Apple AirTags There are stupid criminals, and then there are others who may not have thought things through. Like Andrew Moran. Twice.
March 20, 2023 ‘It felt like it ate all my toes,’ Florida man recovering from shark bite recalls (As originally published with bells and whistles, Mon, March 20th 2023, 6:20 PM EDT; first article here) FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WPEC) — A man in southern Florida…