Sunday, June 8, 2025

Tag: Florida

Parkland school shooter gets life in prison without parole

Jurors in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom "found that mitigating factors, such as disorders described by witnesses as stemming from his biological mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, outweighed aggravating factors," therefore, decided against the death penalty.

How Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts and may have...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made Florida’s congressional map far more favorable to Republicans. Did this violate the state constitution?

The shadowy network of right-wing money and influence behind Moms for...

The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and is expected to provide “foot soldiers” for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Florida’s deadliest hurricane in years may worsen inequality, homelessness amid DeSantis’s...

Are Republicans like Governor DeSantis “more concerned about sticking it to Joe Biden than actually making sure that they can take care of their people?”

Florida approves extension of field trial of GE mosquitoes despite concerns

But scientists, environmental groups and public health experts warned that the Florida Department of Agriculture's (FDAC) approval for Oxitec's continued field trial came despite major health and ecosystem concerns.

‘A win for Civil Rights’: Federal judge blocks Florida GOP’s anti-protest...

"We are glad the court has agreed to suspend enforcement of this key provision while we continue to advocate to ensure that protesters in Florida can safely exercise their right to speak out against injustice."

A dangerous moment for academic freedom

Florida officials say they want to promote “intellectual freedom” — by using political surveys to target university funding.

Florida cop charged with DUI in marked patrol car

“We are emergency suspending him."

House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz

The House Ethics Committee announced that Gaetz is currently under investigation in response to allegations of sexual misconduct and other illicit activities.

‘Shameful’: Florida House passes GOP’s anti-protest bill

"HB1 and SB484 represent a blatant attempt to silence and criminalize speech that runs counter to the political agendas of those currently in power in Florida."

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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide? 

The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.

Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN summit in Nice

With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.

The far right’s tipping point

Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.

Where is the AI safety movement?

There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?