DeSantis says Florida won't comply with surgeon general's gun violence advisory

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said the state will not follow the Surgeon General’s new public health recommendations on gun violence, calling the measures “unconstitutional.” post X on Wednesday. “We will not comply,” DeSantis wrote. “The State of Florida will always reject the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional power grab.” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday […]
Florida Panthers Are Celebrating Their Stanley Cup Championship In The Most Legendary Way Ever

Palm trees and championships … that’s the standard. We all know the story by now. The Florida Panthers had a 3-0 lead in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, completely blew it to let the Edmonton Oilers force a Game 7, and then the Cardiac Cats (earning their nickname once again) shook out of their funk […]
Gamer Flew from New Jersey to Florida to Attack Online Rival with Hammer

A 20-year-old man from New Jersey allegedly flew to Florida to assault an online gaming rival. This is a case that brings online deathmatches into the real world. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper was perplexed by the case, commenting, “This is a strange case. It makes you go, ‘Hmm.’” CBS12 Reports Edward Kang, a 20-year-old […]
Biden Campaign Scrambles After Chairwoman Gives Up Florida

President Joe Biden’s campaign is scrambling after campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said she doesn’t consider Florida a battleground state for the incumbent Democratic president, with the campaign’s battleground state director now saying it’s “definitely an issue.” O’Malley Dillon caused a stir when he acknowledged on a podcast that the Biden campaign had essentially given […]
Missing Florida paddleboarder’s family urges navigation company to release his location data

The family of a “professional diver and spearfisher” is appealing for help from sailing companies after Luciano Mercenari went missing this week while paddleboarding off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida. Mercenari was wearing a Garmin diving watch with GPS at the time of his disappearance, his cousin Allegra Jacchia said in a social media […]
Florida Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov Epically Shows Up To His Neighbors’ House At 4:00 AM With The Stanley Cup

Damn, it feels good to be a champion. The Florida Panthers won their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history after getting a 4-3 series victory against the Edmonton Oilers, and captain Aleksander Barkov chose an absolutely incredible way to celebrate — by showing up to his neighbors’ house at 4:00 AM with the Stanley […]
Entire HOA board resigns after outrage over vote ordering each homeowner pay $60k assessment in Florida

Residents of a Florida homeowners association forced the entire board to resign after they voted to make each townhouse owner pay an additional $60,000 in special assessments. The HOA sent a letter to residents of Carillon Villas in Feather Sound informing them they need to come up with $60,000 to cover all state-mandated maintenance costs. […]
Sunbather impaled by umbrella in freak Florida beach accident

A woman sunbathing on a Florida beach was recently impaled and killed by an out-of-control umbrella, local authorities said. Sybil Licht was visiting Cocoa Beach with her family when a rented umbrella flew off the sand and toward her family. WESH reportedciting a release from the Cocoa Beach Police Department. Authorities said the umbrella stick […]
Missouri woman becomes fifth victim in four days of Florida beach town’s dangerous riptides

A 60-year-old woman from Missouri has become the fifth tourist to die in four days off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida. Debbie Szymanski, of St. Louis, was found unconscious in the Gulf of Mexico by her family Sunday around 11:30 a.m. They were carrying her to shore when Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputies […]
Florida woman ran over boyfriend with car while he was holding their toddler: sheriff

A Florida woman was jailed Monday after allegedly intentionally running over her boyfriend and his 16-month-old son during an argument, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Grady Judd said Tuesday that the incident began when 27-year-old Aaliyah Ross was arguing with her boyfriend at her home. The boyfriend, who is Ross’s father of […]