September 26, 2023 Family who fled to US over right to homeschool children faces deportation after 15 years A nonprofit group isĀ taking up the caseĀ of a family it says faces deportation from the U.S., 15 years after arriving for the right of parents to homeschool their children.
September 18, 2023 Son of ‘El Chapo,’ nicknamed ‘the Mouse,’ pleads not guilty to drug, money laundering A son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” GuzmĆ”n pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges Monday, days after being extradited from Mexico.
April 18, 2023 Couple’s choreographed suicide by guillotine ends with heads rolling into fire altar A couple in India ā more like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette than Romeo and Juliet ā committed suicide using something like a guillotine to decapitate themselves, and they added the element of fire.
March 7, 2023 ‘Boy Meets World’ actor Ben Savage trying to move from sitcom to Congress A former child star wants to leave “La La Land” to work in the nation’s capital. Actor Ben Savage has made it official he’s running for Congress.
March 7, 2023 Woman crashes into bakery, goes next door for manicure: ‘She’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m fine.” A woman in Canada had an unusual reaction after slamming her Jeep into a bakery. She walked over to get her nails done at the salon next door.
March 2, 2023 Montana rep files bill to ban blood donations from people vaccinated against COVID-19 A lawmaker is worried about blood transfusions from people who’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, so he filed a bill to end donations from people who got the shot.
March 1, 2023 Remains of mummified man, more than 500 years old, turn up in delivery man’s backpack The remains of a mummified man who lived before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World have been found in a very unexpected place: a delivery man’s backpack.
February 2, 2023 Fast food restaurant tries banning teens, pays the price with poor publicity Sometimes there are dress codes to enter a place. Or age restrictions. And even requiring young people to have their parents with them. But one fast-food franchise may have taken the cake.
January 6, 2023 DeSantis sends National Guard to Fla. Keys after Biden’s tougher stance on migrant influx So many migrants have been descending on a southern U.S. border ā not the one with a fence ā that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order getting the National Guard involved.
December 30, 2022 Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters, 1st female network anchor, has died Trailblazing television news broadcaster Barbara Walters has died at the age of 93 Friday, according to ABC News, her home of more than 40 years.
November 25, 2022 Sex battery suspect told girl to ‘hide’ with him, then ran 800 miles away, detective says Perhaps even more disturbing than the details of this case, authorities said, “The latest of many reported incidents occurred within the last 16 hours.”
October 28, 2022 Florida fentanyl suspects filling jail cells while overdose victims fill morgues Federal, state and local authorities are teaming up around Florida to fight the latest drug infestation, which is also the deadliest. The pills come in different shapes and bright colors.
October 26, 2022 4 convictions, 7 acquittals for man behind crash that killed 4 people in a family The man responsible for the crash that killed four people in Delray Beach, more than four years ago, has now been convicted of four counts of vehicular homicide. Each is a second-degree felony.
October 25, 2022 Dad sues Palm Beach Co. schools, says teacher ‘put up 2 gay pride’ flags, ‘proselytized’ A father in Palm Beach County is suing the school district ā along with his 12-year-old son’s school, the principal, and teacher ā but not exactly under aĀ controversial new Florida law.
October 24, 2022 DeSantis, Crist shake hands after name calling, sparks flying in Fla. gubernatorial debate The name-calling started early in the only debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s running for reelection, and Charlie Crist, who wants to unseat him in two weeks.
September 22, 2022 DeSantis on sending ‘the unwashed masses’ to sanctuary cities: ‘They don’t want to pay’ Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced Chinese communist influence in Florida and doubled-down on flying Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
September 20, 2022 Lawsuit claims DeSantis led ‘a premeditated, fraudulent & illegal scheme’ against migrants A group of migrants from Venezuela have filed a federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and accomplices from their new home state of Massachusetts.
September 15, 2022 DeSantis on flying migrants away: Biden ‘refused to lift a finger to secure the border’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blamed President Biden for illegal immigration into the U.S., the day after he sent two planeloads of people to Martha’s Vineyard.
August 12, 2022 ‘Now, the gloves are off’: DeSantis press secretary joins his reelection campaign Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial press secretary will be working for his reelection campaign, rather than for the state.
August 3, 2022 DeSantis talks about addiction but also border, transgender, sports, Covid, Trump, Fauci Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference about addiction care but spent a lot of time talking about a lot of other issues.
June 24, 2022 Abortion ruling divisive in South Florida, just as the issue had been It’s either “righting a grievous wrong” or it’s “a tragic day,” depending how one feels aboutĀ women’s abortion rights.
June 16, 2022 Gov. DeSantis launches 9th Python Challenge in the Everglades Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced registration for the 9th annual Python Challenge is beginning, at a news conference in the Everglades, west of Miami.
June 9, 2022 Beyond the U.S. Capitol doors – window, in one case – and the Florida rioters’ sentences Authorities say many of the Jan. 6 riot suspects ended up in handcuffs after friends and coworkers turned them in. Many also appeared in social media photos of the spectacle.
May 31, 2022 FAU: South Florida homes much less overvalued than other places as we near ‘peak’ prices It’s no secret homes are overvalued and people looking for a place to live are often disappointed, but it may be surprising that South Florida’s real estate isn’t as overpriced as dozens of other places around the country.
March 11, 2022 DeSantis roundtable against Venezuela turns anti-Facebook, anti-Fauci Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable to rally against the U.S. buying oil from Venezuela, but election law, social media and Covid-19 got a lot of air time, as well.
January 25, 2022 Body recovered in search of missing boaters off Fort Pierce The U.S. Coast Guard says it has recovered the body of a person who was on a boat that capsized off Fort Pierce. Dozens of other people are still missing.