The U.S. Air National Guard has deployed 10 F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to 158th Fighter Wing to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida to participate in a weapon system validation exercise. The 158th Fighter Wing press release said that more than 150 airmen will participate in a two-week training event to validate and verify weapon system performance, determine reliability, evaluate capability and limitations, identify deficiencies, […]
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MIAMI — For nearly an hour on Monday, Alan Herrera stood in a line to cast his early vote for Joe Biden in the heart of one of Donald Trump’s Latino strongholds. The 33-year-old Honduran American slowly inched closer to the entrance of the John F. Kennedy Library in Hialeah, a predominantly Cuban American city in the coveted swing state of Florida where the president and […]
MIAMI—Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a line of at least 50 men and women snaked from the entrance of Tootsie’s Cabaret to the sidewalk lining the perimeter of the massive strip club in Miami Gardens, a small city in South Florida that has clocked nearly 5,000 coronavirus cases since the coronavirus pandemic began. Two Miami Gardens police cars directed traffic to a satellite parking lot because […]
A local strip club could doom a business curfew in Miami implemented to curb the coronavirus pandemic in Florida’s largest county. Over the past several months, local regulations in Miami-Dade have required businesses close early in the evening, a measure county officials took with hopes of slowing the spread of coronavirus. But on Friday, a Miami-Dade judge ruled in favor of Tootsie’s strip club in Miami […]
A new study has found that home sale prices and volume appear to be declining in Florida coastal areas at vulnerable to rising sea levels compared to coastal areas with less risk. Here, the balcony view from a luxury condo in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., in 2017. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images A new study has found […]
As the University of Miami campus filled up again for an uncertain new school year last month, a group of students, faculty, and on-campus workers acted out a grim warning. On Sept. 4, demonstrators lay on the ground as if dead, some of them holding tombstones, while a Birkenstock-clad person in a grim reaper costume patrolled the scene. The protesters were targeting what they said were […]
President Trump holds a rally in Sanford, Fla., Monday night, his first trip outside Washington since being released from the hospital. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump holds a rally in Sanford, Fla., Monday night, his first trip outside Washington since being released from the hospital. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 9:05 p.m. ET […]
US President Donald Trump made an energetic showing at his first campaign rally since contracting Covid-19, offering to dole out “big, fat” kisses to those in attendance and capping off the event with lively dance steps to ‘YMCA.’ “I went through it, now they say I’m immune – I feel so powerful,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in Sanford, Florida on Monday night, referring to […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump said at the first campaign rally he held since announcing his COVID-19 diagnosis that he was feeling great. Speaking without a face mask, Trump told his supporters in Sanford, Florida, on Monday that he was “in great shape” and “energised by your prayers and humbled by your support.” “We are going to take whatever the hell they gave me […]
US President Donald Trump said he plans to catch up on his campaign schedule, disrupted by his Covid-19 diagnosis last week, and could hold a rally as soon as Saturday. Trump said he is likely to take a test on Friday. “I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we have enough time to put it together, but we want to […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing nothing to prevent the Miami Dolphins from filling their 65,000-person stadium despite Florida’s continued struggle to contain the coronavirus, which has already killed over 15,000 people in the Sunshine State alone. In a stunning decision last month, the Republican governor moved Florida into Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, dropping all restrictions on businesses and allowing stadiums to operate at […]
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A Florida crypto trader has been charged with duping $6.8 million from investors in his purported digital asset day trading shop. The case is a reminder that investors in cryptocurrency should watch out for promises too good to be true. Crypto, just like all asset classes, has its share of charlatans preying on the aura of a little-understood but much-hyped investment vehicle. Source link
Recently released dashcam footage shows a Florida driver opening fire at another vehicle. It is unknown whether the man, seen repeatedly firing through his windshield, or the other armed motorist has been charged with any crimes in relation to the documented incident. Marco Mazzetta, known on YouTube as Endless Open Road, posted a now-viral YouTube video on September 24 which showcased a series of events that […]
President Trump’s former 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was taken to a Fort Lauderdale hospital Sunday night after his wife called police saying he had firearms and was threatening to harm himself, The Daily Beast confirmed. Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Lauren Dietrich told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that law enforcement had an encounter at Parscale’s home, which records show is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale. […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis not only allowed bars and restaurants to open at full capacity on Friday, he said he’d override local efforts to keep them closed despite the raging coronavirus pandemic. On the same day Florida surpassed 14,000 coronavirus deaths, DeSantis announced that the state was immediately moving to the third phase of its three-phase reopening plan. Bars, restaurant, gyms, shops, stadiums, and theme parks […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured during a news conference last month, says his state is ready to respond if a surge of coronavirus infections emerges. Chris O’Meara/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris O’Meara/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured during a news conference last month, says his state is ready to respond if a surge of coronavirus infections emerges. Chris O’Meara/AP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he […]
Angry racial justice activists were filmed threatening an elderly couple as they took over their table at an outdoor restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida. The incident happened amid the protests over Breonna Taylor charges. The video circulating on social media shows dozens of protesters carrying “No justice, no peace” signs and chanting “Stand up, fight back!” outside a restaurant. At one point, an activist comes up […]
The bill that bars the possession and sale of such adult toys is currently up for debate in the state where late paedophile and suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was slapped his first conviction for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution. Women who claim they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein when he was running his notorious suspected sex trafficking network, have endorsed new legislation in […]
Co-workers say Shyla Pennington, a longtime Florida teacher’s aide, was a natural with her students—patient, kind, and committed to each child as if they were her own. Pennington, who worked for almost 20 years in the Volusia County School District, lived with her brother, Gerald Jones, a paramedic whom community members described as “selfless” and “devoted” to protecting other people. This weekend, both died of COVID-19. […]
Billionaire ex-presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to pay the fees keeping some felons out of Florida’s voting booths, touting the apparent votes-for-cash trade as a cost-effective route to victory. The money will go to pay off court fees, restitution costs, and other fines for 32,000 black and Hispanic Florida voters with felony convictions, clearing the way for their return to participatory democracy […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called for a harsh crackdown on violent and “disorderly” protests, proposing a bill that would bring steep penalties for rioting. Critics insist the law is a “fascist” ban on free expression. The Republican governor introduced the new law during a Monday press conference – the Combating Violence, Disorder, and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act – which, if passed by the […]
After a hellish summer, when Florida became a major hot spot for COVID-19, Governor Ron DeSantis has decided it’s time for everyone to grab a beer. And experts are already worried what the public health fallout could be. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced in a statement Thursday that “at the direction” of the Republican governor an earlier order that had cut off […]
In early July, the Walt Disney Company reopened parts of two amusement parks: Disney World near Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The former reopened to house the tightly controlled 13-week experiment known as the NBA Bubble, in which staff, players, coaches, and personnel adhered to strict social distancing guidelines and isolation requirements, paired with regular on-site testing. The latter welcomed back its workers with […]
As millions of Americans prepare to travel for Labor Day, health experts fear the holiday weekend will cause a COVID-19 spike in areas that are already hot spots—and could determine how the deadly virus spreads in the coming months. To date, 186,834 have died and 6,153,735 more have been infected with the coronavirus, numbers that will only increase as the United States heads into fall—and with […]
President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump knocked on doors in Florida on Tuesday for Laura Loomer, the bigoted conspiracy theorist and notorious internet troll vying for a seat in Congress. Before she won the Republican primary in Florida’s deeply-blue 21st District, Loomer was most famous for chaining herself to Twitter’s front door while wearing a yellow Star of David, spreading conspiracy theories about the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, […]
This wasn’t supposed to happen!Black Lives Matter were having a perfectly fine protest against cops in Florida on Friday when several members of the local motorcycle club interrupted their march by revving their engines as they drove through the protest. Of course, the cop-hating BLM activists complained to the police and demanded they be arrested on noise charges.They hate cops until they need cops. Advertisement – […]
This was major cringe. A Joe Biden golf cart rally was underway at The Villages senior golf club in Florida Friday morning. Advertisement – story continues below Hundreds of senior citizens from a Democrat golf club in Florida formed a ‘caravan’ of golf carts in support of Creepy Joe Biden. President Trump has record-breaking boat parades and Joe Biden has a golf cart rally. TRENDING: SHOCK […]
www.pinterest.pt 750 Million Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to Be Released in Florida Why hundreds of millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes will soon be released in Florida https://t.co/LMjNdJKlZM — Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 20, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: All I can say is that I really, really hope the genetic engineering has worked because another thing (besides COVID-19) we do not need is more mosquitoes who plague our lives […]
Byron Donalds is a conservative Republican and Trump supporter. He just won a primary in the race for Florida’s 19th district. It was a competitive race. The Blaze reports: Trump-supporting black Republican Byron Donalds wins hotly contested Florida primary TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or MAGA Slogans, But Says Black Lives Matter is Allowed A black Trump-supporting Florida state […]
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Yuma International Airport in Arizona on Tuesday. Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Yuma International Airport in Arizona on Tuesday. Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Trump cast a vote-by-mail ballot in Florida this week, after months of questioning the […]
The hot dog left on Cris Dosev’s front step in northwest Florida was laced with toothpicks. The first assumption many folks made on seeing his photo of the boobytrapped frankfurter on Facebook last month was that it was an attempt to harm the family pooch, Maverick. And since Dosev was in a truly down and dirty campaign to unseat incumbent Florida state Rep. Alex Andrade in […]