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Just days before the Super Bowl LV game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson performed at a pre-game party featuring dozens of guests in a hangar at Albert Whitted Airport. The following day, the “Candy Shop” rapper received criticism from Florida Mayor …

Sources identified the Florida man who shot two FBI agents fatally and wounded three more in a deadly raid on Tuesday. The New York Post identifies the suspect as David Lee Huber, 55, who was the subject of a child-porn search warrant being carried out by the agents. When he saw the agents …

A Florida teenager is now the prime suspect in a mother’s murder. Fonda Gandy, 41, just celebrated her birthday, and this past Sunday evening, Gandy was fatally shot by a teen boy she was trying to help. According to investigators, the 16-year-old boy allegedly shot Gandy and tried to kill …

A Florida man with a unique love for his home state was arrested after calling 911 multiple times to get a ride home. Matthew Leatham, a 22-year-old man from Port Richey with a Florida-shaped tattoo in the middle of his forehead, allegedly called emergency dispatchers on two separate occasions requesting …

At around 6 a.m., a deadly shooting occurred at a complex called Reflections in Sunrise, FL. According to sources the gunman is believed to have shot and killed himself. The FBI says that two agents are now dead and three are wounded. Agents say that the suspect barricaded himself inside …

A Florida family continues to mourn the loss of their beloved matriarch, who fostered over 300 kids and adopted seven after she passed away due to coronavirus-related complications. Earlier this month, Susan (Sue) Braley, 66, had woken up one morning with a sore throat. Having suffered from a pre-existing condition, chronic obstructive …

On Tuesday in Osceola County, high school teacher Wayne McKenzie Ricks II, 29, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of sexual battery on a student over multiple occasions and locations, including a classroom closet. According to online records, he was booked into Osceola County Jail. Investigators at the Haines …

A Florida school officer shot a female high school student with a taser after a physical altercation. A graphic video shows a violent interaction between a teen student and an officer. In the video posted online, a teen girl is seen fighting an officer as he tries to restrain her. …

A Florida teacher has been reassigned after posting hateful messages about Nancy Pelosi on the Parler app. Art teacher Audrey Betancourt, who taught at Coral Way K-8 Center, spoke to Local 10 about being removed from the school following her comments on the platform. Betancourt says that she was not …

On Tuesday at Liberty High School in Osceola County, Florida, a school resource officer was caught on surveillance slamming a young Black woman’s body to the ground in an outside breezeway. In the video posted to Twitter, you can see the young woman’s head bounce off the pavement with an audible …

A Florida teenager who was kidnapped at gunpoint along with her family has been located safely.  The scary ordeal took place in Pembroke Pines when 18-year-old Nicole Martinez and her parents were forced into the family’s pick-up truck by Jaddier Sanchez early Sunday morning. Investigators said that Martinez’s parents were …

Donald Trump is going to fly himself to Mar-a-Lago right before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office. Trump’s last act of egoism will take place just hours before Biden’s inauguration, People reports. He plans on flying to his South Florida Mar-a-Lago club; this will be his last trip in …

Police officers have been charged in connection to over 700 pounds of cocaine found at Opa Locka Airport.  U.S. Virgin Islands police officers, 26-year-old Teshawn Adams and 29-year-old Shakim Mike, and four others were charged with drug trafficking after more than 700 pounds of cocaine were found when the officers …

A woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for catfishing a Florida boy using her own daughter’s photos.  In October 2019, 45-year-old Linda Paolini pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography and online enticement of a minor for tricking a Florida teen into believing he was interacting with a …

The Sanford, Florida firefighter identified as one of the domestic terrorists involved in the U.S. Capitol attack has been arrested.  Andrew Williams was photographed as one of the domestic terrorists participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week. According to the Orlando Sentinel, federal authorities arrested the man, …

In South Florida, UFC fighter Irwin Rivera has been charged with attempted murder after he confessed to police that he stabbed his two sisters in an almost deadly attack that he blamed on a “higher power.” In an arrest affidavit, police wrote that the suspect told the officers that he …

On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that teachers and other school staff members would not be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccination. “Not at this time,” DeSantis confirmed during his press conference at an Orlando Health hospital in Seminole County when asked if educators would be amongst some of the …

Kodak Black’s attempt to have his sentence reduced has been denied.  According to Complex Media, federal prosecutors denied the Florida rapper’s request to have his sentence reduced. Federal prosecutors reportedly denied the request because his motion failed to follow legal procedures. It did not provide a valid reason for why …

A new strain of COVID-19 that was originally discovered in the United Kingdom has made its way into the United States. On Thursday, the Florida Department of Health reported its first case. A Martin County man in his 20s has contracted the COVID-19 variant. He had no travel history before …

It wasn’t long ago that Malachi Love-Robinson made national news for posing as a doctor when he was just a teenager. Robinson, who is now 23 years old, appears to be up to his old shenanigans, WPTV News reports. According to authorities, Love-Robinson is accused again of fraud and grand …