DeSantis takes the fight to school boards with rare endorsements
Florida’s Ron DeSantis is blazing a new trail for GOP governors — putting his muscle behind conservative school board candidates who align with his agenda.Why it matters: School boards have become ground zero for political fights over COVID-19 restrictions, curricula involving racism and the rights of LGBTQ students and transgender athletes. DeSantis, who’s running for…
Canes Announce 2022-23 Regular Season Schedule
RALEIGH, N.C. – The National Hockey League today released the 2022-23 regular-season schedules for its 32 member clubs. The Carolina Hurricanes will open the season against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at PNC Arena. VIEW 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULESome features of the Hurricanes’ 2022-23 regular-season schedule:OPENING AT HOME: The Hurricanes will begin the…
Former NHL Defenseman Bryan Marchment Dead At 53
Bryan Marchment Ex-NHL Defenseman … Dead At 53 7/6/2022 1:56 PM PT Bryan Marchment — a former NHL defenseman and the father of current Florida Panthers forward Mason Marchment — has passed away, the league announced on Wednesday. He was 53 years old. No cause of death has been revealed at this time. “The National…
The Endless Shame of Guantanamo Bay
Thomas Wilner is like any other semiretired person living amid the palm trees in Florida. A lawyer at the giant firm Shearman & Sterling, he returns to Washington, D.C., once a month for a few days to visit the office. But he no longer works any big international cases of the sort that were once…
Newsom Doesn’t Want To Pick a Fight With Florida
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Freedom is under attack in your state, exclaimed California’s Gavin Newsom in an ad that ran in Florida over Fourth of July weekend.Read Full Article »
More than half of Floridians oppose abortion bans. Will they push back at the polls?
ORLANDO, Fla. — For Wendy Vargas, the recent elimination of a constitutional right to abortion — and the banning of the procedure in many Republican-controlled states — is an affront to her values as both a woman and an American.“This is supposed to be a first-world country,” said the 32-year-old Colombian immigrant and independent voter who leans…
Woman captures moment lightning strikes her husband’s truck on interstate in Florida
StoryfulWoman Captures Lightning Striking Her Husband’s Truck in Tampa BayA woman recorded the moment a vehicle was struck by lightning in Tampa Bay, Florida, on Friday, July 1.Michaelle May Whalen, who filmed the footage, told Storyful that her husband and three children were traveling in the vehicle in front of her when it was hit…
Florida oysters found to have toxic ‘forever chemicals’
An oyster analyzed in the lab for toxic chemicals. Credit: Leila Lemos Some say the world is your oyster, but the world—especially human impacts on the environment—can actually be found inside an oyster, according to a new study. When FIU Institute of Environment scientists sampled 156 oysters from Biscayne Bay, Marco Island and Tampa Bay,…
4-star OT names Florida in top 4, will return to the Swamp for another visit
On the day of his 17th birthday, July 1, four-star offensive tackle Tyree Adams narrowed things down to four SEC schools: Florida, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss. Billy Napier and Co. will get at least one more chance to meet with Adams on July 27-28 when he comes into town for another unofficial visit, according…
Man pens unusual obituary for father who lived ‘much longer than he deserved’
While most obituaries are emotional odes to a loved one, a scathing one published in a Florida newspaper over the weekend described the deceased as a “dad to none” whose death “proves that evil does eventually die.”Lawrence H. Pfaff Sr., 81, of Belmont, New York, died June 27. He lived “a long life, much longer…
