Multiple illegal immigrants were arrested in Florida last week on suspicion of unlawfully picking thousands of pounds of palmetto berries, leading one local sheriff to blast Washington, D.C., lawmakers over their “complete and total failure” to keep the U.S. border secure. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced in a video on Monday that eight suspects,...
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody argued Tuesday that the execution of an inmate with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed because his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the state’s lethal injection procedures came too late. Moody said Loran Cole, 57, waited too long to raise his concerns that the drug cocktail would “very...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 21 cases of Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever, in travelers returning from Cuba. Twenty cases have been reported in Florida and one in New York. The disease is spread primarily through bites from midges and from some mosquitoes. Symptoms of the...
A man convicted of killing two Florida women in 2019 was sentenced to death Tuesday, according to reports. Tattooed Wade Wilson, dubbed “Deadpool killer,” as he shares a name with the Marvel Comics character, showed no emotion as the judge handed down the sentence, the New York Post reported. The 30-year-old was found guilty of...
The former Pulse nightclub owners were cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the June 2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, according to a new report by the Orlando Police Department. Police began an investigation into potential criminal charges against Barbara and Rosario Poma, the previous owners of Pulse, more than a year ago,...
Multiple people were wounded in a shooting Sunday at a McDonald’s in Carol City, Florida, according to reports. The shooting happened Sunday night at the McDonald’s location at 4686 NW 183rd Street, according to IMUD News. Several rescue units were dispatched to the scene, the outlet reported. FLORIDA MAN WHO HIJACKED EMS VEHICLE, TOOK IT...
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested Monday, officials said. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May 3 shooting death of 23-year-old...
The boys from Lake Mary, Florida walked it off against Chinese Taipei in extra innings to win the Little League World Series, 2-1, in thrilling fashion on Sunday night. A Florida team was 0-8 in LLWS title games all-time, but Lake Mary had been fighting tooth and nail throughout this series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, facing...
NASA officials announced on Saturday that the troubled Boeing Starliner spacecraft that shuttled two astronauts to space in June will return to earth without them. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space after engineers discovered helium leaks and issues involving thrusters shortly after Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner docked with the International Space...
A Texas man faces federal charges after he allegedly kidnapped a rideshare driver at gunpoint and forced the driver to take them to South Florida, according to authorities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a press release that 23-year-old Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez has been charged in a Miami...
