Florida judge rules against Disney in feud with DeSantis
WILMINGTON, Delaware A Florida judge on Friday rejected a request by Walt Disney Co to dismiss a lawsuit
2023-07-29 04:18
Tim Scott pushes back on DeSantis over Florida curriculum: 'No silver lining' in slavery
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina pushed back Thursday against Republican rival Ron DeSantis over his state's new Black history curriculum, which says middle school students should be taught that enslaved people learned some skills they later used to their benefit.
2023-07-28 21:52
DNA analysis contributes to murder charges in 1993 killing of Tampa-area girl, authorities say
A Florida man has been charged with murder in the 1993 death of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom, a Tampa-area girl who had disappeared after getting off her school bus, authorities said Thursday.
2023-07-28 14:49
College Board responds to comparisons between its AP course and Florida's Black history curriculum
The College Board said Thursday it "resolutely" disagrees with any notion that enslavement was beneficial for African Americans -- a statement coming after some people compared the contents of its Advanced Placement course on African American Studies with Florida's recently approved Black history curriculum.
2023-07-28 10:49
5 Palm Beach County school employees arrested for alleged failure to report student's sexual assault
Five Florida school system employees were arrested and charged with failure to report suspected child abuse after being made aware of the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old student in 2021, according to criminal complaints in the case.
2023-07-28 02:56
The seawater temperatures in Florida are at hot tub levels
The warming waters threaten marine life and ocean ecosystems including by bleaching coral reefs.
2023-07-26 19:55
Florida ocean temps surge to 100 degrees as mass coral bleaching event is found in some reefs
An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across the Florida Keys.
2023-07-26 03:20
Florida court reprimands judge over Parkland school shooting trial actions
By Nate Raymond Florida's top court has publicly reprimanded the judge who presided over the trial of Nikolas
2023-07-25 23:21
US VP Harris blasts Florida 'extremists' over education guidelines about slavery
By Jeff Mason and Brad Brooks U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Florida "extremists" on Friday for backing
2023-07-22 06:27
Florida family found guilty of selling bleach product as Covid-19 'cure-all'
A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records.
2023-07-22 02:21
Harris heads to Florida ready to forcefully condemn state's new Black history standards
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel Friday to Jacksonville in a last-minute trip to forcefully condemn a newly approved set of standards for teaching Black history by the Florida Board of Education, directly wading into one of the cultural flashpoints that have assumed new prominence ahead of the 2024 election.
2023-07-21 23:15
Florida's new black history curriculum 'sanitized', say critics
The revised standards for black history lessons suggest some received "personal benefit" from slavery.
2023-07-21 07:57