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March 21, 2025

Orlando airport stops Southwest Airlines plane trying to take off from taxiway instead of runway

A Southwest Airlines flight was stopped in Florida after the aircraft tried to take off from a taxiway instead of a runway in Orlando, officials said.

March 21, 2025

Florida executes convicted murderer, child rapist by lethal injection after SCOTUS denies appeals

Edward James, 63, was executed by the State of Florida on Thursday for the 1993 murders of 8-year-old Toni Neuner and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick.

March 21, 2025

Illiterate high school graduates suing school districts as Ivy League professor warns of 'deeper problem'

Two high school graduates from Tennessee and Connecticut are suing their respective public school systems because they still can't read or write after graduating.

March 20, 2025

Wife of Florida doctor found dead in mansion over a decade ago ordered to pay $200M to his children

A prominent Tarpon Springs, Florida, doctor's wife was ordered in civil court recently to pay his three children millions after she was found responsible for his killing.

March 20, 2025

Ron DeSantis: We are 'cutting out the bureaucracy' in education

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighs in on President Donald Trump's move to dismantle the Education Department on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

March 20, 2025

Fort Myers mayor calls tearful Florida city council vote on ICE-local police agreement 'embarrassing'

Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson spoke after his city's council meeting went viral over a memorandum of agreement between city police and ICE that caused tears.

March 20, 2025

Trump admin can't deport Georgetown scholar accused of spreading Hamas propaganda until court rules: judge

The Trump administration can't deport a Georgetown University student detained by ICE until a court makes a final determination, a federal judge said Thursday.

March 20, 2025

Florida woman charged for drowning dog in airport toilet after it was barred from traveling: police

A woman has been charged in connection with an incident late last year after authorities at Orlando International Airport said they found a dead dog inside a bathroom.

March 20, 2025

Cuban-born rep alerts DHS to alleged Castro-connected ‘refugees’ living in US under federal program

Rep. Gimenez says officials and allies of the Communist Miguel Diaz-Canel regime in Cuba are infiltrating the U.S. refugee system intended to help actual exiles from the dictatorship

March 20, 2025

Florida Dems stage town halls in GOP districts featuring 'missing' posters of their colleagues

Florida Democrats launched statewide town halls this weekend as part of a coordinated effort by the Democratic Party to host "People's Town Halls" in all 50 states.