Opinion | Would Pam Bondi Stand Up to Trump as Attorney General?
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Opinion | Would Pam Bondi Stand Up to Trump as Attorney General?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines If anything, Ms. Bondi’s résumé most resembles that of Janet Reno, who spent 15 years as the state attorney for Miami-Dade County (called Dade County at the time) before serving as the U.S. attorney general from 1993 to 2001. That’s not to suggest…

Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84
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Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a robust and flourishing music career, including hit songs like “Paper Roses,” in the 1960s and ’70s, but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an abomination” — virtually destroyed her…

Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts
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Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden announced on Monday what he called a permanent stop to new oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters, saying he was making the move because drilling posed unnecessary risks to the environment, public health…

Florida homeowner shoots two intruders, kills one: sheriff’s office
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Florida homeowner shoots two intruders, kills one: sheriff’s office

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Florida man opened fire on two home intruders, killing one of them, on Thursday night, authorities said. The Lakewood Ranch area homeowner saw two masked men on his motion-activated home surveillance cameras and told his wife to hide, Manatee County Sheriff Rick…

Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh’s trial delayed until September
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Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh’s trial delayed until September

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida golf course earlier this year, won’t stand trial until September 2025, a federal judge ruled on Monday.  US District Judge Aileen Cannon pushed back Routh’s previously scheduled…

Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified as teenage World War I veteran from Georgia
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Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified as teenage World War I veteran from Georgia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The remains of a teenager killed during the Tulsa Race Massacre 103 years ago were identified by genealogists as a young World War I veteran from Georgia. C.L. Daniel, a young man whose exact age is unclear, was one of hundreds murdered when…

‘Alien plant’ fossil unearthed near abandoned Utah town not related to any identified living or extinct species
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‘Alien plant’ fossil unearthed near abandoned Utah town not related to any identified living or extinct species

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month. Paleontologists found the fossilized leaves of the plant later dubbed…

Florida driver hits student with her truck, covers license plate before fleeing: police
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Florida driver hits student with her truck, covers license plate before fleeing: police

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly struck a teenager who was crossing the road with her truck, covered her license plate and sped off. Sarah Wright, 37, was arrested Thursday and charged with leaving the scene of a crash with injuries and driving…

Florida man Denny Dorcey fined M over code violations committed by previous homeowners
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Florida man Denny Dorcey fined $1M over code violations committed by previous homeowners

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Florida man who bought his home in foreclosure was slapped with over $1 million in fines due to code violations committed by the previous owner that the city sat on for 10 years. Denny Dorcey spent the last decade renovating and maintaining…