A 32-year-old Florida physician and mother of two was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami, a day after she entered the shop, according to police and local media reports. The woman, identified as Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, was discovered by a store employee on Sunday morning. Authorities have said […]
Florida governor Ron DeSantis weighed in on the ongoing debate over the H-1B visa program, calling it “labor arbitrage” that benefits big companies and hurts domestic American workers. His comments came in response to a social media post that said many companies hire H-1B workers to save labor costs and not exceptional talent. The post […]
A science teacher at Donna Klein Jewish Academy in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, was arrested after investigators said he used a shared Google Doc to communicate secretly with a student before engaging in sexual acts with her at the school and in his flat, according to an arrest affidavit. Elias Gordon Farley, 26, […]
Three men were charged after they harassed Muslim students with slurs and bacon while they were performing their dawn prayer at a parking garage in the University of South Florida .Police identified the trio: 1) Christopher Svochak of Waco in Texas, 2) Richard Penskoski of Canyon in Oklahoma and 3) Ricardo Yepez of Tampa. None […]
Saad Al-Madi, jailed for critical tweets, returned to Florida after Saudi Arabia lifted his travel ban/Image: X Saad Al-Madi, a 75-year-old retired engineer and dual US-Saudi citizen, has finally returned home to Florida after spending nearly two years under restrictions in Saudi Arabia. His release and the lifting of a long-standing travel ban come amid […]
Image source: X/@SecretaryBurgum The Donald Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping offshore oil and gas leasing proposal that would open waters off California, Florida and Alaska to new drilling, reversing restrictions imposed during former US President Joe Biden’s presidency. The draft schedule, detailed in a new Interior Department plan, was described by Politico as […]
A late-night chat about chickens took a bizarre turn in Florida after a man known as “Farmer Pete” allegedly opened fire outside a bar during an argument over egg production. Police say no one was injured, but several arrests followed, reports the New York Post. Port St. Lucie police said the incident happened earlier this […]
A small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a pond in a residential area of Coral Springs, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, on Monday, minutes after taking off.Authorities said no victims were found during initial rescue efforts, which have now shifted to a recovery operation led by local police. It was not […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a ban on H-1Bs in Florida colleges and universities. After months of campaigning against the H-1B visa program through social media polls, posts and commentary, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Board of Governors to pull the plug on the use of the H-1B visas in the state colleges […]
“Florida Man saves the planet by turning pythons into handbags” sounds like the setup to a meme — and in true Florida fashion, it’s also a real policy. The state that brought us alligators in drive-thrus and hurricane parties has found a novel way to deal with one of its most destructive environmental threats: turning […]
