A 52-year-old Florida woman was locked up after a day of drinking Mike’s Hard Lemonade then repeatedly hitting a man in the head with an empty bottle. According to Marion County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an Ocala residence for a domestic battery incident. A…
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Apple Temporarily Closes iPhone Factory Over Horrific Living Conditions, Food Crawling With Worms
Ailan Evans Apple placed a Foxconn iPhone factory near Chennai, India, on probation following an investigation into the facility’s substandard living and working conditions, which included crowded barracks and food infested with worms, multiple sources reported. Apple decided to close the plant after an incident…
Read More Apple Temporarily Closes iPhone Factory Over Horrific Living Conditions, Food Crawling With WormsPasco Sheriff Seeks Help Identifying Wesley Chapel Car Burglary Suspect
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL. – Pasco Sheriff deputies are seeking information on a car burglary suspect in Wesley Chapel. According to investigators, from Dec. 22 to Dec. 28, there were several attempted car burglaries reported in the Meadow Point community of Wesley Chapel. The suspect was…
Read More Pasco Sheriff Seeks Help Identifying Wesley Chapel Car Burglary SuspectShooting At Illinois Hotel Leaves One Officer Dead, Another Fighting For Their Life
Harry Wilmerding A shooting at a hotel outside of Chicago on Wednesday left one police officer dead and another fighting for his life, according to a local police department. The two Bradley Police Department officers were responding to a complaint of “dogs barking in an unattended…
Read More Shooting At Illinois Hotel Leaves One Officer Dead, Another Fighting For Their LifePasco County January 6 Planning Commission Meeting, In Person And Online
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – The Pasco County Planning Commission (PC) Meeting Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. in the Historic Pasco County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Boardroom will not be broadcast live on Pasco Television; however, the meeting will be streamed online and members of…
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Ailan Evans Tesla issued recalls for nearly half a million Model S and Model 3 vehicles over potential safety concerns resulting from malfunctioning trunk technology, Barron’s reported. The recalls, submitted on Dec. 21 to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are for issues related to…
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Andrew Trunsky Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday slammed Hong Kong police’s raid of Stand News and the arrest of seven of its employees, calling out China’s “targeting” of free press. “Journalism is not sedition,” Blinken said, calling on the Hong Kong authorities to…
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – The St. Petersburg Police Department is asking for information on the death of 47-year-old Qareeb Muhammad. On December 29, 2021, Muhammad was shot and killed in a vacant lot in the 2100 block of 17th Avenue South. Anyone with information regarding…
Read More $5,000 Reward For Info On Shooting Death Of Qareeb Muhammad55-Year-Old Palm Harbor Man Killed Crossing US-19
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – A 55-year-old Palm Harbor man was killed when he was struck by a car walking across US-19, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say a car, driven by a 28-year-old Clearwater woman, was traveling southbound on US-19, south of Nebraska Avenue,…
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has been almost alone in promoting the idea that we should attack COVID-19 with something besides vaccines, masks, and prayer. Florida’s Republican chief executive and his top medical adviser, state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, have pushed treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies,…
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