Category: Florida

New Central Florida District Board Members Vote To Sue Disney Over Last-Minute Deal

Disney’s new oversight board voted on May 1 to sue the giant entertainment corporation in state court and to defend itself against the company’s federal lawsuit. Meanwhile, in Florida’s Northern District federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Fitzpatrick recused himself on April 28 from Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, citing a conflict of…


Florida Man Guilty in 2017 Serial Killings of 4 People

A Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage. Howell Donaldson III entered the guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole, according to court records. The surprise plea deal means that Donaldson will avoid the death penalty,…


Crowdfunded Documentary Digs Into COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mandates, and Their Effects

ORLANDO, Fla.—A question still echoes across the internet by people searching for answers about the COVID-19 pandemic that began in early 2020: “What really happened?” A small group of filmmakers and like-minded supporters gathered in a movie theater outside Orlando, Florida, on April 19 to dig into that question. There, the SoundMind Creative Group and…


Tornado Flips Cars, Damages Homes in Coastal Florida City

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.—A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches. The National Weather Service in Miami said the tornado hit late Saturday afternoon with winds of 100 mph near…


California, New York, Illinois Biggest Losers Amid Exodus to Low-Tax States: IRS

The latest tax migration data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that the exodus of taxpayers from high-tax states continued from 2020 to 2021, with California, New York, and Illinois again suffering some of the nation’s biggest losses of people and money. California’s tax base shrank by nearly $29.1 billion as the Golden State…


Appeals Court Upholds Election Integrity Law in Florida

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a law that, among other modifications of election rules, added security measures on the use of drop boxes and put restrictions on voting by mail in the Sunshine State. On Thursday, the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling that struck down a…


Florida Surgeon General Faces Criticism Over Alleged Survey Editing

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is facing criticism after a public record request showed that he had edited a state-commissioned study (pdf) on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccinations. According to critics in the medical field, his edits suggest that he was trying to exaggerate the risk of cardiac death from mRNA vaccines in males 18 to…


Florida Surgeon General Faces Criticism Over Survey Editing

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is facing criticism after a public record request showed that he had edited a state-commissioned study (pdf) on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccinations. According to critics in the medical field, his edits suggest that he was trying to exaggerate the risk of cardiac death from mRNA vaccines in males 18 to…


Florida Surgeon General Faces Criticism Over mRNA Vaccines Survey Editing

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is facing criticism after a public record request showed that he had edited a state-commissioned study (pdf) on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccinations. According to critics in the medical field, his edits suggest that he was trying to exaggerate the risk of cardiac death from mRNA vaccines in males 18 to…


IN-DEPTH: Florida Set to Approve Medical Freedom Bill Targeting Vaccines, Masks, and Mandates—Some Activists Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough

The Florida Legislature is poised to pass a medical freedom bill vastly expanding Floridians’ protections against what Governor Ron DeSantis has called “medical authoritarianism.” But even as that’s happening, some of the medical freedom movement’s leaders in the state are denouncing the bill as a sellout and a sham. They decry the substitution of another…