Florida News (Page 591)

Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to deliver remarks at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at the American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Meeting in Orlando. ALEC is a lobbying group that focuses on issues including taxes and budgets, climate change and the environment, workers’ rights and collective bargaining, health care, telecommunications policy, electionContinue Reading

Part of the ocean circulation system that regulates the planet’s weather and temperature is slowing down at a rate that may be faster than anticipated. This could result in a tipping point that would result in severe weather changes. The Gulf Stream is part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning CirculationContinue Reading

A bicyclist is dead following a crash Wednesday morning on Emerson Street around 9 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said a sedan was heading eastbound on Emerson Street when a bicyclist traveling on the sidewalk crossed into the road. The sedan hit the bicyclist. The driver wasContinue Reading

The attorneys for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a Nassau County deputy in 2021 are set to argue in court that Florida’s newest death penalty law is unconstitutional. Patrick McDowell, who admitted to shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers, is set for trial in the penalty phase inContinue Reading

The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday on “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security Public Safety and Government Transparency.” Witnesses include Ryan Graves, Executive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace; Commander David Fravor (Ret.), formerContinue Reading

It was September 2019 and Jacksonville-based All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was just really starting as a promotion. They had held two pay-per-views and were only weeks away from debuting their new “Dynamite” program on TNT. Chris Jericho (real name Christopher Irvine), the company’s top star, had just become the company’sContinue Reading

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration hopes to meet with the Jaguars to formally discuss stadium renovations by the end of next month. When that happens, the Jacksonville City Council plans to have a representative at the table. The council wants to make sure all of its ducks are in aContinue Reading

Good Morning! Weather today will be HOT HOT HOT, with highs in the low to mid-90′s and heat index temperatures in the triple digits. A change in the wind will carry showers and storms inland later this afternoon. Overall, you will see sunshine with some cloud cover today. A fewContinue Reading