Topline Walt Disney World’s theme parks will be closed for two days due to Hurricane Ian, the company announced Tuesday, as the hurricane shutters tourist attractions throughout central Florida before...
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Walt Disney World, Universal to close Florida parks
Cinderella Castle in Walt Disney World. Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images As Hurricane Ian nears the west coast of Florida, the Walt Disney Company and Comcast‘s Universal Studios...
Hurricane Ian forces airlines to ax west Florida flights
Local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 202...
Hurricane Ian Intensifies Into Category 3 Storm On Approach To Cuba And Florida
Topline Hurricane Ian intensified into a Category 3 storm on Tuesday as it tracked towards Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), where it is expected to unload strong winds, heavy ra...
Hurricane Ian Will Strengthen And Stall
Hurricane Ian on September 26th, 2022 Tropical Tidbits website and NOAA It has been clear to me since a few days ago that Hurricane Ian was going to be a threat for Florida, but there was uncertainty ...
Ian Will Likely Be A Hurricane Soon
Tropical Storm Ian is on approach to the United States, and it is a storm that could make everyone quickly forget the relative calm of the early hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center is moni...
Florida Braces For Major Hurricane As Ian Strengthens Over Caribbean
Topline Forecasters are urging Floridians across much of the state to plan ahead of a potential strike from Tropical Storm Ian, which is expected to become a major hurricane as it moves from the Carib...
Following A Forbes Investigation, Florida A&M Students Sue Florida Over $1.3 Billion In Underfunding
Some dormitories at Florida A&M this year have had flood damage and pest issues, the students’ underfunding lawsuit alleges. The Washington Post via Getty Images Six Florida A&M Universi...
Pickleball Embraces Golf’s Country Club Model With New $180 Million Florida Venture
The Pickleball Club – Lakewood Ranch is a new indoor private club dedicated to the sport of … [+] pickleball that’s set to open in December. With 12 indoor courts and two outdoor cou...
Tom Brady Is Taking On Health Education With TB12 Method In Florida Schools
Tom Brady #12 of the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers answers questions at a press conference following the … [+] 2022 Buccaneers minicamp at AdventHealth Training Center on June 09, 2022 in Tampa, Flor...
Judge Declines To Reinstate Florida Prosecutor Gov. DeSantis Fired—At Least For Now
Topline A federal judge refused to strike down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to suspend a state attorney after he vowed not to prosecute crimes related to abortion or gender-affirming care—at le...
De Santis And Abbot Shuttling Migrants North To Make A Point
Governor Ron DeSantis is leading the campaign of shipping migrants northbound to underline the … [+] problems on America’s southern border. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images) Gett...
Blonde Mystery Woman ‘Perla’ At Center Of Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Controversy
Topline Examples grow of a blonde mystery woman in San Antonio, Texas, who may have misled some of the 50 Venezuelan migrants who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday into thinking they were going s...
DeSantis Breaks Fundraising Record—Will It Fund A 2024 Presidential Run?
Topline Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised over $218 million in his reelection campaign, according to campaign financial disclosures filed Friday, seen by the Financial Times, shatterin...
Florida Warns Residents About the Rise of Auto Warranty Scammers Asking Crypto Payments
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has issued a notice warning local residents to take caution against fake auto-warranty calls that trick them into scams. The regulat...
Florida Alerts Residents to Auto-Warranty Scams Requesting Crypto Payments
Authorities in Florida have warned residents about robocall scams selling auto warranties and asking consumers to pay with various methods, including cryptocurrencies. In the Florida consumer newslett...
Florida govt warns against auto warranty scammers asking crypto payments
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) issued a warning sharing insights into identifying robocall scam marketing auto warranties, which includes being asked to pay for th...
Florida Man Faces Five Years in Prison for Stealing $100M Worth of Crypto
Joshua David Nicholas – a resident of Florida – pleaded guilty that he and other members of the cryptocurrency platform EmpiresX skimmed investors with $100 million worth of digital assets. He now fac...
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $100 Million in Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal district court on Thursday to participating in a cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of approximately $100 million, the Department of Jus...
Florida man pleads guilty to securities fraud charge in $100 million crypto Ponzi scheme
A Florida resident pleaded guilty to a securities fraud conspiracy charge in a case involving a crypto Ponzi scheme said to have netted as much as $100 million from customers. The Department of Justic...
US SEC Accused ‘Mother Teresa’ of South Florida to Run a Ponzi Scheme
On Tuesday, September 6th, 2022, South Florida resident Johanna M. Gracia reported being accused by the US SEC. According to the agency, the lady was responsible for running a Ponzi Scheme. Gracia is ...
She called herself the Mother Teresa of Florida small-business lending, but investigators say she was really running a $194 million Ponzi scheme
Johanna Garcia claimed her merchant cash-advance business was so helpful to small businesses in Florida that she was like the Catholic saint Mother Teresa. But to the 15,400 investors who sank $194.1 ...
As Florida A&M Takes On Jackson State, There Are Important Takeaways From Last Week’s Administrative Debacle
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – SEPTEMBER 05: A FAMU helmet sits atop a table during the Orange Blossom Classic … [+] game between the Florida A&M Rattlers and the Jackson State Tigers on Sunday S...
New “Pig Butchering” Crypto Romance Scam Emerges in Florida
Residents of Florida are being warned about a new crypto romance scam that’s operating under the names “pig butchering” and “pig slaughtering.” The names alone should be enough to make anyone run away...
Hurricane Season Is Suddenly Alive
5-day tropical weather outlook NOAA I suppose Mother Nature decided that she did not want to be upstaged by NASA sending a very large rocket to the Moon. Like many science-attentive folks, my attentio...
Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Narrowly Loses Florida GOP House Primary
Topline Laura Loomer—a far-right pundit and self-described “proud Islamophobe”—lost her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Daniel Webster in a Republican House primary in Florida, the Associated Press proje...
Charlie Crist Wins Democratic Primary—And Will Face DeSantis
Topline Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic primary for Florida’s gubernatorial race Tuesday, defeating Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, as Crist seeks to unseat rising star Gov. Ron DeSantis (...
Here’s how crypto-linked PACs are spending in the New York and Florida primaries
Crypto-linked super political action committees (PACs) have poured $3.6 million into congressional races in New York and Florida, flexing some political muscle on both sides of the aisle ahead of Tues...
BlockchainCom Partners Florida International University to Drive Web3 Education
Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider BlockchainCom has partnered with Florida International University (FIU) to increase cryptocurrency and Web3 education. According to the company, the partner...
‘I thought we were pretty solid’: My girlfriend and I sold our Florida home. The $200,000 profit was wired to her account. She refuses to give me my fair share.
My long-time girlfriend and I moved to Florida three years ago. After renting a home for a year in an area we liked, we bought a home together. I was not working at the time, she was, so we agreed tha...