South Florida voters ask judge to compel DeSantis to call election to fill Democratic seats the Republican governor is keeping vacant

“This is a nakedly political, shameless move on the part of the governor. And it’s strictly designed to undermine the strength of the Black voters in this state, whenever he can, or however he can, by hook or by crook, pursuant to his aspirations to be the next Donald Trump,” said Don Mizell of Fort Lauderdale, one of the plaintiffs. ... Read More

Florida COVID update: 2,821 more cases added to tally, fewer patients in hospitals

Florida reported 2,821 more COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Thursday, according to Friday’s report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on Miami Herald calculations of … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Biden wants judge to dismiss challenge to Florida’s gambling deal with Seminoles

“In any event, if plaintiffs are correct that certain provisions of this compact are contrary to IGRA, then under their own theory, those provisions are not actually deemed approved. As a result, the secretary could not have made the allegedly unlawful approvals” that the legal complaint alleges, the motion said. ... Read More

Egypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout

Some Copts cheer Sisi’s stance and new five-year reform strategy, while others focus on absence of attention to problematic ID cards and reconciliation committees. Committing Egypt to a five-year program of human rights reform, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not mince words about religion. “If someone tells me they are neither Muslim nor Christian nor a Jew, or that he or she does not believe in religion, I will tell them, ‘You are free to choose,’” he said.... Read More

Miami leaders, cowed by one sector of the Cuban community, prove Chief Acevedo right | Opinion 

The only-in-Miami trial to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo is one for the books. The outcome, his ouster, was preordained. After a 4 1/2-hour, quasi-judicial proceeding Friday at City Hall … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Florida led U.S. in COVID nursing home deaths over 4 weeks this summer, report finds

The state’s rate of staff vaccinations trailed the national average of 67%, and Florida ranked second-to-last in the nation, with only Louisiana lower at 52.8%. The AARP also reported that 12%, or roughly 85, of Florida’s nearly 700 nursing homes, had “met the industry standard and vaccinated at least 75 percent of their staff.” ... Read More

Lawyers: Parkland school shooter to plead guilty to massacre. He still faces death penalty

Defense lawyers for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz indicated Friday that he will plead guilty to massacring 17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High, paving the way for a jury … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Christians Shouldn’t Need a Mandate to Provide Paid Family Leave

There are clear, pro-life reasons why mothers and fathers need time with new babies. When our twins were born in 2019, I took six weeks off work. My husband did too—thanks to his then-employer’s family leave plan, offered equally to new mothers and fathers alike—and it’s impossible to overstate how indispensable his leave became. It wasn’t that I had a difficult physical recovery. Mercifully, I didn’t, especially by the standard of multiples pregnancies.... Read More