Month: May 2021

The bill, part of years of efforts by lawmakers to clamp down on ballot initiatives, would place a $3,000 cap on contributions to political committees trying to put proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot. It was among 15 bills that DeSantis signed Friday and is scheduled to take effect July 1. ... Read More

The book was published in 2018, two years before the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, an incident that brought widespread international support to the Black Lives Matter movement. The book was removed from a California school district late last year, according to the National Coalition Against Censorship. ... Read More

2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist with his former primary opponent, Nan Rich of Weston, during a party unity rally in Orlando on Aug. 28, 2014. Crist easily won the primary, but faces a tougher path to victory in his attempt to win the party’s 2022 gubernatorial nomination. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More

In this March 30, 2021, photo, young migrants wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File) (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP) ... Read More

Last May, a shooting inside the Nordstrom store t Aventura Mall wounded 2 people who were shot on the first floor of Nordstrom, near the men’s departmen. In that incident, an argument broke out between four people who knew each other and one person was taken into custody. ... Read More

Lt. John Jenkins , who last week resigned as as executive vice president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association, is charged with two counts of sexual battery, according to Palm Beach Sheriff’s jail booking log. An arrest report detailing what happened was not immediately available. ... Read More

Volunteer groups rescue sea turtle hatchlings in Broward County, where many are disoriented by artificial lights. The volunteers catch hatchlings drawn inland by the lights and bring them to the ocean. The Florida wildlife commission wants to end their work, saying their presence on the beach is disruptive to the marine environment. (Sea Turtle Oversight Protection/Courtesy) ... Read More

Greene, R-Georgia, had expressed support for the outlandish QAnon conspiracy theory, supporters of which believe, among other things, that Democrats are child sex traffickers, Hillary Clinton and others drink the blood of children, and JFK Jr. is alive. She has since backed off her support. ... Read More

House sponsor Bobby Payne, R-Palatka, said during a debate before the bill passed that the Constitution is the state’s “fundamental document” and that many of the changes that have been made could have been handled in statutes. The Legislature can more easily change statutes to address “circumstances, knowledge improvement, demographic changes (and) policy preferences,” he said. ... Read More

Joevan Joseph, 23, has pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the June 29, 2017, slaying of Makeva Jenkins, 33, inside her house near Lantana. The victim’s husband, Euri Jenkins, is accused of hiring Joseph for the killing. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office / handout) ... Read More