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Wrestler Hulk Hogan helps rescue teenage girl trapped after Tampa car crash
Retired wrestler Hulk Hogan and a friend rescued a teenage girl who was trapped in an overturned vehicle after a crash in Tampa, according to Hogan’s social media posts. Hogan said on the social media platform X that he used a ball point pen to puncture the car’s airbag and free the girl after witnessing…
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Confederate monument removed in Jacksonville after years of controversy
“Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be,” Mayor Donna Deegan said in a statement.
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Florida Republican Party suspends chairman, demands his resignation amid rape investigation
The Republican Party of Florida demanded Ziegler’s resignation during an emergency meeting Sunday, Dec. 17, as police investigate a rape accusation against him.
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Supreme Court to decide whether to ban abortion pill nationwide
The abortion pill mifepristone is one of two drugs used in medication abortions, which account for more than half of all abortions in the United States. If the Court approves a ban or other restrictions, it could severely restrict the ability to access abortion care all across the country.
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To lower the cost of expensive drugs, Biden targets Big Pharma’s patents
Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.
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DeSantis wants to cut 1,000 jobs, but asks for $1 million to sue over Florida State’s football snub
The governor wants the money to sue the College Football Playoff committee over its decision to exclude Florida State University Seminoles from the college football championship playoff.
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DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk policy in combative faceoff
DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff that some called “a sideshow” between two White House aspirants.
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National Park Service unveils plan to remove stray cats from El Morro
The agency will contract an animal welfare organization to remove the 200 cats that live on 75 acres surrounding a fortress at the San Juan National Historic Site that the federal agency operates in Old San Juan. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto…
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Florida’s anti-drag law cannot be enforced, Supreme Court says
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to revive a Florida law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis targeting drag shows.
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Florida attorney general wants to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Republican attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the ballot, saying proponents are waging “a war” to protect the procedure and ultimately will seek to expand those rights in future years. But proponents of the proposed amendment said Attorney General Ashley…
