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A Florida man is facing kidnapping and assault charges after reportedly attempting to force a lady to upload sexually explicit content to OnlyFans. Demarko Spears, 30, was arrested in Florida after Clearwater police said he kidnapped and assaulted a woman for OnlyFans. Spears allegedly threatened to harm the woman unless …

A Florida dad faces aggravated child abuse and a slew of other charges after authorities say he threw his infant at a deputy following a high-speed chase. According to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, the 32-year-old suspect was tackled by authorities as a deputy cradled the baby. Apparently, the …

Crystal Smith is the mother of Aiden Fucci, the 14-year-old Florida teen who is accused of fatally stabbing his 13-year-old classmate has been charged and arrested for tampering with evidence in her son’s case. First Coast News obtained a statement from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office that said Smith …

In the wake of the death of George Floyd, and the subsequent protests that besieged 2020, Amy Donofrio, a Florida school teacher, decided to use the current events to engage her students in an important dialogue about race in America. According to CNN, the trouble began for Donofrio when she …

On the first day of Pride Month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning transgender girls from playing on girl’s school sports teams. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Governor Ron DeSantis (@flgovrondesantis)   The Republican governor signed the controversial bill on Tuesday, making Florida the …

This week, Miami will be home to the largest cryptocurrency conference in history. According to Fox Business, the conference will run from June 3 to June 5 at the Mana Convention Center in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Some of those who are expected to attend are Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and …

Even though Florida governor Ron DeSantis put a bill into law that stops businesses from forcing patrons to prove vaccination and threatening violators with heavy fines, promoters are charging more to unvaccinated guests anyways. Wyoming’s rock band, Teenage Bottlerocket’s, is paying $18 to attendees who can verify they got the …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on a piece of legislation Monday to crack down on what he calls social media “censorship.” The bill is in response to DeSantis’ beliefs that social media platforms are censoring conservatives. According to NBC Miami, DeSantis touted the bill as safeguarding Floridians’ access to social media platforms. One …

Parents of high school students are upset after female students’ yearbook photos were edited to cover up their cleavage without consent. Bartram Trail High School in northeast Florida is getting called out by parents for humiliating their daughters. USA Today reports the school edited several girls’ photos to cover up …

Parents and students of a Florida high school want answers to what they feel is a double standard in the dress code policy after the school edited several female students’ yearbook photos. NBC affiliate WTLV of Jacksonville reviewed yearbook pictures of several girls at Bartram Trail High School in St. …

On May 11th, Major Crimes detectives from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office were sent to a local high school in response to a student who told a staff member that they had been raped over the weekend. The incident occurred on May 9th, following a teen’s birthday party, at a …

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will allow Florida restaurants to sell cocktails along with delivery and take out food orders even after the coronavirus pandemic ends. DeSantis lifted restrictions on allowing customers to take their alcohol to go early in the pandemic as a way to help …

A Florida elementary school principal who was seen on camera paddling a 6-year-old student will not face any charges. According to Wink News, investigators concluded that Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter did not commit any crime because the girl’s mother consented to the punishment. The incident happened on April …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told state residents receiving unemployment benefits that they will soon be required to prove they are looking for employment. The requirement was waived amid the coronavirus pandemic. The state saw unemployment rates spike to 14% as businesses shut down in April of 2020. However, by March …

The mother of a six-year-old who was paddled on camera by her principal is now under investigation. A video of two women disciplining a student while the child’s mother watched has gone viral online, and now authorities want to know what their home is like. The little girl seen in …

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a contentious voting bill into law on Thursday morning, joining a slew of other GOP-led states in tightening the screws on mail-in voting in the wake of Donald Trump’s false allegations of electoral fraud in 2020. The Florida Republican highlighted aspects of the bill …

A Clewiston, Florida elementary school principal is under investigation for paddling a 6-year-old student that caused damage to a computer. Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter is now being investigated by the Clewiston Police Department and the Department of Children and Families. According to WINK News, the school district does not allow corporal punishment …

On Thursday, Florida Republicans passed an election overhaul bill that will place voting restrictions in the critical battleground state. The bill is another way G.O.P state lawmakers seek to reduce voting access, the New York Times reported. Florida is now the first major swing state won by Donald Trump to …

A Florida teen admitted to following two women home and killing them. Sage Curry, 19, reportedly killed the two women in Largo Monday night after seeing them in public earlier that same day. According to the police, Curry followed the women home and then crawled through a bedroom window while …

Another wild story coming out of Florida: a man used his prosthetic leg to try to smuggle drugs into prison. Keith Adams, 37, is accused of smuggling a gram of fentanyl and several Xanax tablets into a Pinellas County jail on Saturday. After being arrested earlier in the night near …