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Mickey Mouse may have the last laugh
Mickey Mouse may have the last laugh in the ongoing rivalry between Gov. Ron DeSantis and…
Elon Musk wins Twitter accepts buyout deal
Twitter’s board has accepted an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to buy the social media company and…
DeSantis Wages War Against Anti-Racism, Corporate ‘Wokeness’
by Trimmel Gomes, Public News Service (FL) Gov. Ron DeSantis has been confronting a lot of…
Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC Mask Mandate for Planes, Travel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) mask mandate for airplanes and other forms of…
Florida property insurance company goes under leaving policyholders scrambling to find coverage
Just this year, two Florida property insurance companies are liquidating. Florida’s already shrinking property insurance market…
AOC Drafts Legislation Opposing Ghost Guns: ‘Ghosts Don’t Even Need Guns Since They’re Dead Already’
Congresswoman AOC has recently drafted strong legislation designed to unilaterally ban ghost guns. She claims the…
Governor DeSantis signed into law today, NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT.
Click on the link to hear Governor DeSantis speak about this wonderful bill being signed into…
DeSantis ‘receptive’ to calls to change Disney’s self-governing status
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he would be “receptive” to discussions around changing a decades-long…
Citing race, a federal judge strikes down parts of a 2021 Florida election law
A federal judge struck down portions of a Florida election law passed last year, saying in a…
Psaki Reminds Reporters That Biden Doesn’t Speak For the President of the United States
Satire In a tense press conference Monday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced pointed questions about several…
Most medical debt being scrubbed from consumer credit reports
The country’s three major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — announced Friday that…
Walt Disney Co. is suspending its political donations in Florida.
The company’s CEO received huge blowback for not using Disney’s vast influence in the state to…
Marion County CMV Crash I-75
FHP Troopers are investigating a crash involving two tractor-trailers along the northbound lanes of I-75 at…
U.S., Allies To Revoke ‘Most Favored Nation’ Trade Status for Russia
The designation requires a country to treat all countries with that status the same. President Biden…
McDonald’s to temporarily close 850 stores in Russia
McDonald’s said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response…
FDA Rejects Non-mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine for Children: Company
By Jack Phillips Ocugen said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to issue an emergency…
DUI driver goes through a roadblock, hits FHP vehicle on I-275
A Sarasota woman was arrested after crashing into a state trooper’s vehicle while under the influence,…
Bayer Executive Says mRNA Vaccines are Gene Therapy
A speech made last year by a Bayer executive mentioning that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are…
World’s largest cargo aircraft was destroyed during a Russian attack on an airfield, Ukrainian minister says
The world’s largest cargo aircraft, the An-225 Mriya, have been destroyed during a Russian attack, according…
CDC Drastically Alters Key Measure That Influences Mask Mandates Across US
By Zachary Stieber The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Feb. 25 drastically changed a…
Lakeland man shot and killed at wedding
A Lakeland family is mourning the loss of a loved one after a Winter Park wedding…
Israeli strawberry clocks in as world’s heaviest on record
After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books. Weighing a whopping…
Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for COVID-19
Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, Buckingham Palace…
FDA Alerts the Public to Potentially Contaminated Products from Family Dollar Stores in Six States
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting the public that several categories of FDA-regulated…
Man arrested on child porn and bestiality
Volusia County deputies arrested an Ormond Beach man on child pornography charges, after a tip from…
Bird Flu Detected in Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana as Outbreak Spreads: Officials
Authorities with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said bird influenza has now been detected in flocks of…
Disney World To Be CLOSED February 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2022!
Mark your calendars and adjust your travel itinerary as Disney World will be shut down on…
Florida monoclonal antibody sites shutting down after FDA revokes emergency use authorization
The Florida Department of Health announced an abrupt end to monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 after the Food…
White House to give away 400 million N95 masks beginning next week
The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting…
2 Mouthwashes Disrupt the Coronavirus in Lab Tests
By Rutgers University Two types of mouthwash disrupt SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, preventing it from…
KN95 masks distributed to House members stamped with ‘MADE IN CHINA’
Lawmakers were reportedly not happy with the distribution of masks Members of the House of Representatives…
N95 Masks vs. KN95 Masks: Similarities and Differences
Both N95 masks and KN95 masks are made from multiple layers of synthetic material (typically a…