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On Sunday, a South Florida man turned himself into police after allegedly shooting and killing his own mother. According to KMOV4, Investigators say that 29-year-old Luis Pages confessed that “he lost it” following arguments with his mother over orange juice in the fridge, a remote for an air conditioner, and the usage of her car so he could […]
David Klein, the businessman behind Jelly Belly’s version of jelly beans, appears to be tapping into his inner-Willy Wonka before calling it a career. That can mean one of two things (well, probably a lot more). Either he’s enslaved a group of little people, dyed them orange, and taught them how to sing, or he’s running […]
An investigation has been launched after surveillance footage from within a Florida corrections facility showed a deputy hitting and choking a Black teen. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that Terrance Devon Reed III, the 17-year-old featured in the video, was shown getting into a violent encounter with corrections deputy, Neil Pizzo. The incident went down at the Sarasota County […]
Last week, the job of a select group of U.S. Border Patrol agents was made very easy when a cocaine shipment with an estimated value of more than $1 million simply washed onto the shore of a beach in Florida, per CNN. That load of narcotics, which was in 30 packages, was found last Monday by […]
Multiple people were arrest in Miami for allegedly violating safety regulations by hosting illegal bars and gatherings, the local CBS affiliate reports. The first batch of arrests took place on Friday at a warehouse that was converted into a strip club. Per reports, the building was outfitted with a stage, stripper pole, and a bar. […]
An immigration detention center in Florida has reportedly been consistently feeding Muslim detainees pre-packaged pork meals and expired halal food. Forbes reports that civil rights lawyers sent a letter to ICE to address the situation at Krome Service Processing Center, where detainees have been forced to choose between their faith or go without food. The letter […]
Jacksonville rapper Dee Watkins has released his second project of 2020, titled Problem Child 2. Over beats from the likes of Yung Tago and BT Grin, Watkins waxes poetic about his beginnings and hustling to make it to the top. The project boasts features from OMB Peezy, Jackboy, and NoCap, and includes Watkins’ previously released […]
Scientists have just been approved to release 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys in an effort to decrease the natural mosquito population in the region, Fast Company reports. Oxitec, the U.K.-based company that engineered the mosquitoes, will leave boxes of male mosquito eggs in various areas in the Keys beginning in 2021. The mosquitoes have […]
After logging in for her first day of class while remote learning, a young Florida elementary school student watched her mother get shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, according to local authorities. “One of the children, the 10-year-old, is online, getting ready to start the day—it’s early, you know, 8 o’clock,” Martin County Sheriff William […]
Florida is a wild place and now one man can be a living example of this. Justin Stuller from Estero, Florida went to Florida Keys for a fishing trip, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. But things went left when he was attacked by an eight-foot lemon shark. “I put (the fish) in a hole, and right before I surfaced, […]
