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By Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News On his way to an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stopped by the home of podcaster Gary Brecka. The two spent time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and tried some intravenous nutrition drips that Brecka, a self-avowed longevity and wellness maven, sells and promotes on his show, “The Ultimate Human.” Then the podcast taping started, and Kennedy — who was also on the mic — took aim at Big Pharma’s influence on federal health policy. “We have a sick-care system in our country, and the etiology…
TALHASSEE – Florida’s unemployment rate remained at 3.7% in June, but private sector employment has fallen 21,000 from May, according to a State Department report released Friday. The state was estimated to be eligible for unemployed people in June, up 1,000 from May. Meanwhile, the 11.93 million workforce was reduced by 7,000 at the same time. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in April and May. The lowest unemployment rate in June remained in the Miami Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach Statistics area, from 3.1% in May. Within the area, the Miami, Miami Beach and Kendall region was 2.4%. Jimmy Heckman,…
TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis has even advocated that controversial crocodile Alcatraz detainees will be treated fairly and provide free flights to the home. However, after touring the facility itself, Capitol Hill Democrats want to close Wannial Catraz. “This needs to be shut down now,” said US president Kathy Caster (D-Tampa). Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Frederica Wilson, (FL-24) Royce Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-9), Sheila Chelfils-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Maxwell Moskowitz (FL-23) have been registered. DHS and ICE are attempting to block detention centre operations or funding centres in or near the Everglades.”We honestly want to…
Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is giving coal-fired power plants, chemical makers and other polluting industries two years of regulatory relief to try to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers to be overburdened. Trump issued a series of declarations late Thursday, exempting various industries he calls national security essential. The declaration covers coal-fired power plants, taconite iron ore treatment facilities used in the manufacture of steel, and chemical manufacturers that help produce sterilizers for semiconductors and medical devices. The declaration allows facilities to comply with Environmental Protection Agency standards that were introduced before rules imposed in recent years…
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) – A naked man has been arrested after he said he indicted them and threatened bystanders, including a woman with a baby. Deputies from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of public naked men screaming blasphemy and threatening women carrying babies, according to NBC affiliate WBBH. This happened in the areas of Pracida Road and Florida Avenue. WBBH said officers arrived at the scene and found 40-year-old Justin Gruber Miller screaming completely naked. Deputies told reporters that when they approached him, Miller ignored them and continued walking through the park on Prasida Road before running…
Video above: Reminiscent of Rennie White, Cale Bates’ victim. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The execution of a Florida man has finally been set for the death row inmate after more than 40 years. “It feels like a baby has been abandoned”: Florida mom moves forward after delivering stillbirth plants in shocking surrogacy cases Kayle Barrington Bates was convicted in 1982 of the murder of Lenny White of Lynhaven. She was 23 at the time. According to the Nexstar Sister Station WMBB, Bates attacked White while working at a local insurance office. Authorities said Bates, a paper delivery man at the…
WASHINGTON – Congress has approved the White House’s request to hold off $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting after Republicans bowed to President Donald Trump on an extraordinary surrender in Congressional power. For WUCF, Central Florida news station, that means millions of dollars will be lost dedicated to providing free access to news to community members. Radio stations 90.7 FM Orlando and 89.5 FM Ocala will also lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. The home’s 216-213 votes sent a package to Trump for his signature early on Friday. Two Republicans, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Michael Turner…
McGregor, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida residents were surprised when they spotted a large creature wandering the yard on Thursday. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said residents from a neighborhood near Shadderry Lane in McGregor woke up Thursday morning to spot Blackbears walking around. Inverness man dies after falling from a neighbor’s truck while searching for a dog Photos provided by the sheriff’s office showed him hanging out behind a fence in the backyard of one homeowner. (Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)(Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)(Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office) Lawmakers, along with Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee (FWC), looked…
Lucy, Port St. Fla. (WFLA) – A man has been arrested after hospital reported to authorities when he was found to be three months old after being seriously injured. On March 29, detectives from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital to investigate alleged child abuse cases involving an infant. Credit: St. Lucy County Sheriff’s Office According to the Sheriff’s Office, HCA health workers had notified them after they discovered infant injuries that were consistent with recent and past trauma. Injuries identified by hospital staff included a rib fracture that healed from a…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man was found dead after wandering on a train at the Mount Washington Summit, the Fish and Game Law Enforcement Department in New Hampshire told WMUR. Authorities said they had been searching for 79-year-old William Davis of Jacksonville since Wednesday evening. Fish and Game officials said they were notified about Davis wandering around Mount Washington’s summit after taking the Cog train to the summit. Davis’ wife told authorities that her husband was last seen near the observation deck around 3:20pm Summit in Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Eastern Mississippi and northern Virginia. The signs are…