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Florida: Man scared to return to work after horrifying racist attack by neighbors, ‘Terrified for my life’

Hindustan Times · August 3, 2025

A Black man in Florida has expressed his fear of returning to work after a white couple hurled racist slurs at him in an unprovoked verbal attack. The incident was caught on camera. Florida: Man scared to return to work after horrifying racist...

Florida warns schools of ‘divisive’ online platform used to catalog books

Orlando Sentinel - Florida · August 3, 2025

An online reading platform used by school districts to comply with Florida book laws is now under fire by the state’s top education official who accused it, without providing specifics, of trying to “push an ideology” and “subvert parental...

Hurricane fears for Florida's Alligator Alcatraz as critics warn it's a disaster waiting to happen

Irish Star · August 3, 2025

Florida officials have released their hurricane evacuation blueprint for the notorious migrant detention camp dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”, but it is heavily censored . The 33-page document, officially titled the South Florida Detention Facility...

Lake Mary, Florida opens Little League Softball World Series: How to watch

Florida Today ·

Lake Mary, Florida represents the Southeast Region at the 2025 Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina. Lake Mary Little League opens against Mill Creek, Washington. The Little League Softball World Series has a...

It’s The Real Thing: Coke, Florida and the sugar cartel | Opinion

The News Press - Florida ·

President Trump expressed interest in Coca-Cola using real cane sugar in their products, but current U.S. trade policies and sugar quotas limit domestic cane sugar availability. The U.S. government regulates sugar production and pricing, resulting...

Florida Tech’s Bill Jurgens to Be Inducted into Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame

Space Coast Daily - Florida · August 3, 2025

Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2013 inductee Florida Tech‘s legendary Athletic Director and Rowing Coach, Bill Jurgens, has been named to the 2025 Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame class, as announced by the league office. His contributions...

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Florida’s New Non-Compete Law Shakes Up the Sunshine State

National Law Review · August 3, 2025

The Sunshine State just got brighter for Florida employers seeking to enforce non-compete agreements. On April 24, 2025, the Florida legislature passed the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (CHOICE)...

Rick Scott addresses US-Israel relations, Fed leadership, and jobs in series of posts

Duval Times - Florida · August 1, 2025

Rick Scott, U.S. Senator from Florida, used his Twitter account on August 1, 2025, to address issues related to U.S. foreign policy, Federal Reserve leadership, and the job market under President Biden. His posts highlighted his support for...

GOP leaders cheer Susie Wiles’ successes in Florida and national level

Florida Politics · August 3, 2025

The Red Florida Dinner in Orlando served as a celebration of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ consulting career. But Wiles told attendees the most rewarding result of her work wasn’t the ascension of candidates to public office but the...

Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point

KPRC - Texas · August 3, 2025

A video that captured the brutal arrest of a Black college student pulled from his car and beaten by officers in Florida has led to an investigation and calls for motorists to consider protecting themselves by placing a camera inside their...

Meet Florida's 2025 Little League Softball World Series team

Florida Today ·

Lake Mary, Florida won four straight games to win a spot in the 2025 Little League Softball World Series. The Lake Mary Little League softball team features 12 players between 10 and 12 years old. Lake Mary Little League already has a baseball...

Florida man indicted for $2 million fraud scheme, officials say

FOX 35 Orlando - Florida ·

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man has been indicted for a $2 million fraud scheme, officials say. Eric James Stone is being charged with 10 counts of fraud (wire and mail) and five counts of money laundering. If convicted, each fraud charge...

Florida Commit Loses 25 Pounds After 449lb Desmond Watson Pays Consequences at NFL

Essentially Sports · August 2, 2025

Putting forward a great football season doesn’t just involve sharpening your game skills each year. Athletes, from a young age, have to keep an eye on their weight. Because if the staff isn’t happy with where the arrow lands on the weighing...

Central Florida sprinter wins 100m gold at U.S. Track and Field Championships

WKMG 6 - Florida · August 2, 2025

Olympic medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ran a blistering 10.65-second performance in the women’s 100 meters Friday night at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, cementing her position as the world’s fastest woman in 2025. The Central...

South Florida: It's tale of two different summers.. so far

WUFT - Florida · August 3, 2025

The beginning of the summer has been drier than average; the heat, although intense, has not been record-breaking as much as in July 2024. So far this year, southeast Florida has only been under a heat advisory five times. Compared to 2024, by...

Florida woman gets prison time for hiding $90M offshore in decade-long tax evasion scheme

CBS 12 - Florida ·

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Florida woman has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating a decade-long scheme to hide more than $90 million in offshore assets from the IRS. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Gilda...

Andrew ‘called staff member an imbecile for mistitling Queen Mother’

The Times ·

The Duke of York is alleged to have castigated a member of the royal household as a “f***ing imbecile” after he failed to refer to the Queen Mother by her full title. The claim is one of a series of allegations about Prince Andrew’s “cruel” and...

Community groups across South Florida step up to ease back-to-school burden for families

Local 10 - Florida · August 2, 2025

MIAMI — As students across South Florida prepare for the start of the 2025 school year, grassroots organizations and community leaders are stepping in to make sure no child is left behind. Leer en español In Fort Lauderdale, the nonprofit Team of...

Jewish student assaulted at Florida State University over IDF shirt

Ynet · August 2, 2025

A Jewish student at Florida State University was physically and verbally assaulted this week at the campus gym after wearing a shirt with the emblem of the IDF, according to video footage and university officials. A video circulating on social...

This Theme Park Is Ranked No. 1 Above Disney and Universal by Travelers — and It’s Not in California or Florida By Brenton Blanchet

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW Dollywood has been named the No. 1 amusement park in the U.S. by Tripadvisor The theme park co-owned by Dolly Parton has topped the 2025 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Awards’ category for amusement parks "It is all due to the...