American Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Miami airport
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American Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Miami airport

ByNews Polite

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an urgent return to Miami International Airport on Wednesday night after a passenger’s carry-on bag caused a worrying chemical odor. Just before 9 p.m. local time, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the airport after an “issue” onboard the aircraft traveling…

Florida woman Fatiha Marzan arrested for stabbing sister to death for flirting with her boyfriend
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Florida woman Fatiha Marzan arrested for stabbing sister to death for flirting with her boyfriend

ByNews Polite

A 21-year-old Florida woman was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her sister to death after learning she had been flirting with her boyfriend. Fatiha Marzan reportedly killed her younger sister, 20-year-old Sayma Marzan, at 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 26 in the bedroom they shared in the family’s Orlando…

Papa John’s founder slammed for saying he ‘lost a home’ in Florida due to Hurricane Ian
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Papa John’s founder slammed for saying he ‘lost a home’ in Florida due to Hurricane Ian

ByNews Polite

John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s Pizza who was forced to step down as CEO after uttering a racial slur during a conference call, was slammed on Tuesday for telling a cable news channel that he had “lost a home” in Florida as a result of Hurricane Ian. Schnatter,…

Floridians stranded on Pine Island after Ian cuts off road access
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Floridians stranded on Pine Island after Ian cuts off road access

ByNews Polite

The US Coast Guard is organizing a “waterborne operation” to rescue residents of Pine Island, Florida who were cut off from the mainland when Hurricane Ian knocked out its only bridge. Paramedics and volunteers have already removed some of those stranded there, but are asking the remaining residents to arrive…

Florida police intercept 87 pounds of marijuana at UPS facility
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Florida police intercept 87 pounds of marijuana at UPS facility

ByNews Polite

Florida law enforcement officials arrested two suspects this week after intercepting packages containing 87 pounds of marijuana at a UPS in a St. Petersburg suburb last year, according to reports.  Bennie Neely, 41, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of trafficking in cannabis, a first-degree felony, and importation of marijuana, a third-degree…

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office seizes enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 million
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office seizes enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 million

ByNews Polite

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced a drug bust they say contained enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 million adults. “JSO Narcotics Unit seized 3 kilos of fentanyl, 1.26 kilos of cocaine & over 6,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl; enough fentanyl to kill 1.5 MILLION adults,” the Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter Monday. The…

Ukrainian woman Inna Yashchyshyn posing as Rothschild family member infiltrated Mar-a-Lago
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Ukrainian woman Inna Yashchyshyn posing as Rothschild family member infiltrated Mar-a-Lago

ByNews Polite

A Ukrainian woman posing as a member of the Rothschild banking family has been outed as a fraud after she allegedly infiltrated former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to reports. Inna Yashchyshyn, 33, lied to ritzy resort members that she was the heiress to the reputed family’s mass fortune,…

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s siblings to testify on his behalf
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Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s siblings to testify on his behalf

ByNews Polite

The brother and sister of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz are expected to testify on his behalf this week, when the killer’s defense attorneys unveil their case at his sentencing trial. Arguing that his troubled childhood warrants some measure of mercy, Cruz’s counsel will lobby jurors in Florida to give…