Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida voters Tuesday rejected creating a constitutional right to abortion, a political win for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that will keep in place the state’s ban on most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy. It’s the first ballot measure victory for abortion opponents in any state since the U.S. Supreme […]
Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920, in the orange grove town of Ocoee, Florida, near Orlando, Norman was turned away by white election officials because of supposed unpaid poll […]
Florida Democrats brought out everything they could on Sunday — music and prayer, a former president, and a retired NBA superstar — in an attempt to motivate Black voters in a final pre-election push. At Souls to the Polls rallies in South Florida and elsewhere, elected Democrats, candidates and party leaders presented starkly different visions […]
(Credit: Caterina Trimarchi/Shutterstock) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On Halloween, tales of black cats often spark thoughts of superstition and mystery. In Gainesville, Florida, however, one ebony-furred feline named Pepper has earned its place in scientific history by leading researchers to an unsettling discovery: the first jeilongvirus ever identified in the United States. The virus, found in […]
The climate emergency was already a hot-button political issue in Florida long before devastating back-to-back hurricanes named Helene and Milton barreled into the state in recent weeks. Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor who considers global warming “leftwing stuff”, angered environmental advocates by signing a bill in May scrubbing the words “climate change” from state statutes […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants in the U.S. legally and illegally are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” But government data show immigrant labor contributes […]
Congress return ‘can wait’ – House Speaker sayspublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 18:18 BST House Speaker Mike Johnson tells CBS News that Congress’s return to session “can wait” amid concerns about funding for hurricane relief. “Before Hurricane Helene made landfall… Congress appropriated $20bn (£15.3bn) to Fema [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] so that they […]
As Hurricane Milton approached Florida’s west coast, tornadoes ripped through the state with one suspected of hitting Connor Ferin’s home in Fort Myers. Drone footage showed his roof torn apart while the rest of his home was heavily damaged. Hurricane Milton lashed Florida’s west coast with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall […]
Good morning. Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward Florida’s west coast and is expected to make landfall as early as Wednesday night. An estimated 6 million people across 11 counties in Florida are now under mandatory evacuation orders, with time running out to make preparations. “If you choose to stay … you are going to die,” […]
Eerie footage from the town of Treasure Island in Florida shows deserted streets as Hurricane Milton approaches. Florida’s western coast was making emergency preparations on Tuesday for the impact of the powerful storm, with thousands of evacuees clogging highways, contending with fuel shortages, and the mayor of Tampa warning residents bluntly ‘you are going to […]