FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A Florida judge has issued an arrest warrant for rapper Kodak Black for failing a drug test while on bail for a drug charge, court records show. The warrant was issued Thursday after Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, did not appear for a scheduled drug test in early February and then…
Arrest Warrant Issued for Rapper Kodak Black in Florida
Stealth Issue in Tallahassee: Must DeSantis Resign to Run?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made headlines by introducing bills pushing conservative values. They’re bills designed to make an impact while he’s governor, in a state where Republicans have supermajorities in both legislative houses. He’s sought to crack down on illegal immigration, toughen libel laws, protect teachers and students, roll back woke ideology from college…
Florida Democrats Pick Nikki Fried to Lead Party After Tough Midterms
MIAMI—Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday, hoping to move past a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state where high-profile Gov. Ron DeSantis has helped cement Republican control. Fried, 45, outdistanced former state Sen. Annette Taddeo at a special meeting of party members…
Former Marine Finds Missing Florida Boy Safe in Woods
BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—A former U.S. Marine is being hailed as a hero Friday for finding a 2-year-old boy who had been missing since wandering out of his north Florida home a day earlier. “I said a prayer about 10 minutes before I found him,” Roy Link told Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis in a video the…
Young Gymnast Among 3 Killed in Shootings Near Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla.—At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media. “She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on the fundraising site…
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Supporting ISIS Terrorist Group
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—A Florida man accused in 2020 of plotting terror attacks in the United States and acquiring an arsenal of weapons has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the ISIS terrorist group. Mohammed Al-Azhari, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen, also agreed Thursday to accept an 18-year prison sentence during the plea hearing…
Woman Accused of Killing Ill Husband Seeks Release From Jail
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital is asking to be released from jail. Ellen Gilland was initially charged with first-degree murder in January after police said she shot Jerry Gilland, 77, in a suicide pact that she claimed had been in the work for…
Florida Man Gets 7 Years for $2.6 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
FORT MYERS, Fla.—A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Daniel Joseph Tisone, 35, of Naples, was sentenced Tuesday in Fort Myers federal court, court documents show. He pleaded guilty last August to wire fraud, bank fraud, illegal…
New Political Science Summit Launches After Conservatives Sidelined by Left
After a prestigious academic political science conference sidelined Stop-the-Steal attorney John Eastman and the conservative Claremont Institute in 2021, conservatives decided to organize their own summit. That idea became a reality in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with the first American Politics and Government Summit held by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) on Feb. 23 and Feb….
Florida’s Attorney General Asks Court to Stop Funding to Planned Parenthood
Florida’s Attorney General seeks to stop state money from going to Planned Parenthood. Attorney General Ashley Moody is asking the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee to vacate an injunction it issued in 2016 that stopped the enforcement of a Florida law defunding abortion clinics. The court’s rationale, Moody said, was based on the Supreme Court’s…
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