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WATCH LIVE: President Obama speaks about Colorado theater shooting
President Barack Obama spoke at a campaign event in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday during which he addressed the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado that killed 12 and injured many more who were at a movie theater to see a late-night showing of “The Dark Night Rises.” Watch live, broadcast…
Obama pumps $80 million into Everglades as some environmentalists ponder motive
Region’s restoration is a popular topic during election years, some say, but more money and attention is still needed Senior loyalists in the Obama administration seized a valuable election-year opportunity to talk up the president’s environmental credentials today as they announced an increase in funding to restore the Florida Everglades.…
Florida to release voter purge list
Florida’s Secretary of State will release the list of 180,000 voters who had been identified in a voter purge aimed at non-citizens, the Tampa Bay Times reports. However, none of those voters are in danger of losing the right to vote in next month’s state primary because the list will…
Florida closes only tuberculosis hospital amid worst outbreak in 20 years
Health officials in Florida hastened their closure of the nation’s only dedicated tuberculosis hospital on cost-cutting grounds as one of the worst outbreaks of the deadly disease in 20 years was taking a grip on the state, it has been revealed. At least 3,000 people in Jacksonville may have been…
Lifeguard fired for saving drowning man
A group of lifeguards in Hallandale Beach, Florida are out of work after one of their coworkers, 21-year-old Tomas Lopez, was fired for rescuing a drowning man outside his company’s zone of protected beach. Several of Lopez’s coworkers have resigned as a show of solidarity or have been fired for…
Judge rules Florida may continue voter purge
A federal judge in Tallahassee on Wednesday rejected a request to force the state of Florida to halt it’s non-citizen voter purge program. Earlier this month, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department had asked the court to block the purge based on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which says that…
Florida cops report another drug-fueled cannibalism attack
A man in Palmetto, Florida ate a chunk of human flesh Wednesday night after becoming intoxicated on an unknown substance, stripping off his clothing and going on a rampage through his girlfriend’s home while visiting his children. 26-year-old Charles Baker reportedly had to be Tasered multiple times before police were…
Alligator bites hand off Florida boat captain
MIAMI — A Florida tour boat operator had his hand bitten off as he was feeding an alligator marshmallows to entertain passengers, officials said Wednesday. The boat was carrying about six tourists late Tuesday when the alligator leapt up and devoured the sweets along with the captain’s hand, according to…
Florida man sets woman on fire at 7-Eleven
A woman in Boynton Beach, Florida was set on fire early Monday morning by a man at a local 7-Eleven gas station, according to WPTV-TV. Police say 59-year-old Roosevelt Monesir set the 40-year-old unidentified woman ablaze after dosing her with gasoline. It was not clear why Monesir was motivated to…
Florida defies DOJ order to stop purging voter rolls
Florida says it will defy an order from the US justice department to stop purging its voter roll of people the state claims may not be American citizens. The justice department has warned that the practice, which critics describe as “voter suppression” by Florida’s Republican administration aimed at stripping the…
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