Jan 17 8 shot, 1 critical in shooting at MLK Day event in Florida By Associated Press The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all the victims in the Monday shooting in Fort Pierce were adults, WPBF-TV reported. Continue reading
Jan 09 Migrant repatriations continue as Florida steps up patrols By Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, over the weekend following interdictions off the Florida Keys. Since August more than 4,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti have made their way by boat to the state. Continue reading
Jan 04 Former Bolivian interior minister receives stiff jail sentence for bribes By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his… Continue reading
Dec 30 Officials say President Bolsonaro may have left Brazil for Florida By Carla Bridi, Diane Jeantet, Associated Press The office of Brazil's vice president says he has become acting president, an indication that President Jair Bolsonaro has left the country. Continue reading
Dec 01 Federal appeals court halts special master review of Trump’s Mar-a-lago documents By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The decision by the three-judge panel represents a significant win for federal prosecutors, clearing the way for them to use as part of their investigation the entire tranche of documents seized during an Aug. 8 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. Continue reading
Nov 17 Judge blocks Ron DeSantis law barring ‘woke’ education By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday issued a temporary injunction against the so-called "Stop Woke" act in a ruling that called the legislation "positively dystopian."… Continue reading
Nov 15 GOP Sen. Rick Scott mounts long-shot bid to unseat Mitch McConnell By Brian Slodysko, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Florida Sen. Rick Scott is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a rare challenge for the longtime GOP stalwart after his party failed to win back the majority in the midterm elections. Continue reading
Nov 14 AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press All this revelry was rooted, Irizarry said, in a crushing realization among DEA agents around the world that there's nothing they can do to make a dent in the drug war anyway. Continue reading
Nov 11 Tropical Depression Nicole dumps rain from Georgia to New York By Mike Schneider, Freida Frisaro, Associated Press Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy rain in places from Georgia to New York. Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Hurricane Nicole makes landfall on Florida’s east coast In our news wrap Thursday, a rare November hurricane smashed into Florida's Atlantic coast, President Biden will meet China's President Xi for their first in-person encounter since Biden took office and the District of Columbia filed a civil suit against… Continue watching