March 18, 2024 Patient strapped to stretcher accused of inappropriately touching himself, then paramedic A man in Florida was eventually taken from a hospital to jail after “refusing to leave the building” and then locking himself in a bathroom — but not for that.
February 9, 2024 She told cop she’d ‘shoot him, hang him to dry,’ quarter, behead him, arrest report says The newest criminal charges against a woman in Florida include battery on a law enforcement officer. Actually, three of them.
February 9, 2024 Woman with ‘very large purse’ brought ‘plastic Publix bags’ to shoplift groceries, police say A woman in Florida is banned from her local Publix grocery store after her arrest for shoplifting there. She agreed to that as part of her plea bargain.
November 27, 2023 Lawmaker wants to ban Florida, a former slave state, from paying reparations to descendants of slaves A lawmaker in Florida wants to make sure no government money in the former Confederate state goes to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.
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.
February 16, 2023 Disobeyed at the arcade: Playing pinball against the law for people under 18 in one state Playing pinball is like buying pornography, at least in the Palmetto State. Nobody under 18 can legally do it.
June 30, 2022 Gov. DeSantis: Judge ruling Florida abortion law unconstitutional was ‘not unanticipated’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was disappointed but not surprised that a judge will temporarily block the state’s 15-week abortion ban — with no exceptions for rape or incest — from taking effect.
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 about women’s abortion rights.