Florida settles with Miami hotel over drag queen Christmas show

Florida regulators announced that they reached a settlement with a Miami hotel this week, ending a legal dispute over a holiday drag show the hotel hosted last year.Earlier this year, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation sought to revoke the liquor license of the Hyatt Regency Miami after the hotel held a Christmas-themed…
How religion plays into Ron DeSantis’ public image — from ‘armor of God’ to a Bible ordered on Amazon

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made courting conservative evangelical voters a central part of his bid for president. He has invested considerable resources in Iowa, where those voters are a key part of the Republican base. And he has taken up the mantle of a culture warrior, signing a six-week abortion ban…
Florida Woman Charged With Posing as Homeschooler to Prey on Boy

A Florida woman is facing felony charges for allegedly posing online as a homeschooler to sexually assault an underage boy.22-year-old Alyssa Ann Zinger was arrested in Tampa on Nov. 24 and taken to jail; she faces two counts of lewd or lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation. The police don’t believe…
Bengals vs. Jaguars Week 13 Odds, Best Bets and Predictions for ‘Monday Night Football’

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Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo Presents the Third Annual World of Westgate Pro Rodeo Championship Finals

Westgate Resorts is pleased to present the third annual World of Westgate Pro Rodeo Championship at Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo taking place on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Produced in partnership with Double K Rodeo Productions, the event will feature some of Florida’s top rodeo talent. “We are excited for the return of our Pro…
Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1

In the pre-dawn hours on Dec. 2, 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a critical mission to repair NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.Hubble was designed to be serviced in space with components that astronauts can slide in and out of place. But prior to launch, no one expected the…
Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debate abortion, taxes, crime and who’s the bigger bully

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom duked it out in a roughly two-hour debate Thursday that was heavy on contrasts between their leadership of two of the nation’s largest states but lighter on references to the ongoing presidential primaries — the race one of the men is currently running in.“There are profound…
NEWSOM MAKES NATIONAL DEBUT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate. Instead, it was a hard-to-explain 90-minute clash that pitted one struggling Republican presidential hopeful against a Democratic rival who may…
Report: Gov. Ron DeSantis Provided $90K in Tax Relief to a Chinese Subsidiary in Florida Despite Denials

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was the subject of yet another report unflattering to his record on China this week, this time for reportedly providing $90,000 in tax relief to the subsidiary of a Chinese-headquartered solar panel manufacturer with a factory in Jacksonville, Florida. The Washington Examiner reported Thursday that the DeSantis administration provided…
Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures sets two transmedia projects for 2024

Games may be Houser’s background, but Absurd Ventures is starting off its business outside the medium in favor of graphic novels and a podcast…