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When Luo Zhifei, an employee of a Chinese local government in the Guangdong region, prepared a fraudulent report on bees in 2023, he was asked by police about whether he had no expectations of visiting, or if there was any foreign contact and threatened to be sent to a mental hospital.Luo, who fled to the US last year, recently spoke to the Chinese version of the Epoch Times how he was forced to supplement animal agriculture statistics to match the communist regime’s GDP targets. He also alleged that his boss and colleagues fined farmers on false charges to meet local…

Merritt Island, Fla. (WFLA) – Two construction workers were killed when a crane collapsed in Florida on Wednesday. Health first told NBC affiliate Wesh that a collapse occurred at the construction site on Bowman Drive. Authorities said the collapse was due to “a serious weather-related incident at the construction site of Cape Canaveral Hospital.” Florida meteorologist warns that a shortage of viewer NWS staff will affect his predictions for hurricanes The National Weather Service said there were reports of gusts of winds about 50 mph at the time of the collapse. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and the Occupational Safety…

By AP Economics Writer Christopher Al Gerber WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Bureau is raising concerns among economists about the quality of inflation numbers, as Trump administration cuts inflation data collected because of hiring freezes and is being closely monitored for the impact of tariffs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the division that generates the most closely monitored inflation measures, the monthly consumer price index, said Wednesday it was “cutting samples across regions across the country,” and in April it stopped collecting price data for Lincoln, Nebraska and Provo, Utah. He also said it stopped collecting data this month in…

As Wall Street momentum slowed after a recent big rally, US stocks drifted over a quiet trading day.The S&P 500 was essentially flat on Wednesday, with an all-time high of 2.8%. Dow Jones’ industrial average slipped by 0.2%, while Nasdaq’s composites rose by 0.3%.In the bond market, this behavior has become stronger, with the Treasury falling after a pair of weaker than expected reports about the economy. Reports on production by the job market and the US services business have raised expectations for the Federal Reserve cuts in interest rates. Stock indexes rose in most of Europe and Asia.on wednesday:The…

Talahassee – More than two years after unfolding amid a major staffing crisis, the National Guard is set to leave Florida prisons this month. In 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to use the National Guard to support prisons of more than 5,000 correctional officers. To close the gap, the Department of Corrections was bombarding millions of dollars in overtime costs. Desantis has reauthored an order to place security guards four times in state prisons. The latest orders and approved funds for security guards will end this month. That means around 400 security members approved for Staff Correctional Facility will…

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — National missing persons and exploited children say they are seeking public help in finding a missing teen who just celebrated their birthday over the weekend. Ava-Colleen Moore disappeared after leaving his Orlando home on March 26, 2025. The Four Dolphins in Florida Park, involved in criminal investigations, have been moved to Clearwater Marine Aquarium Her mother, Shelley Moore, said she hasn’t had contact with her daughter since she disappeared as “very unpersonal.” Shelley said she doesn’t just want to know that her daughter is fine. “Sherry is devastated that she wasn’t on Ava Correen’s side due…

TALLAHASSEE – A federal judge on Wednesday largely denied a request from a petition group to block some of Florida’s laws that change the way citizen-driven amendments reach the ballot. When passing the law earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the bill’s Republican sponsor said the petition process is plagued by fraud and requires reform.But groups like Florida decided on healthcare that is about to obtain an amendment to expand Medicaid access in the 2026 poll, and immediately sued, saying the new laws are suppressing the ability of people to use the petition process. Other groups, including the recreational…

Silver Airways is a financially troubled regional airline serving Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, and was about to sell it at a bankruptcy auction last week. However, no bidders objected to the so-called “stalker horse” offer at the auction on May 28th. The airline is currently working to fill the sale of all assets into private equity groups, its chief executive said in a court filed Wednesday. U.S. bankruptcy judge Peter Rassin lighted up the auction last month after voting for the major creditor of the Hollywood-based airline. However, CEO, president and general advisor Stephen Rossom declared in a…

TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – House and Senate leaders have reached budgetary frameworks, but details are still working behind closed doors. One major proposal appears to be missing. This is Governor Ron DeSantis’s property tax relief plan. However, this can change as negotiations continue. For months, Gov. DeSantis has pushed forward his property tax relief plan, promoting potential savings of around $1,000 per homestead property. “If you do that, you’ll get about $1,000 on Floridian property tax cuts for all your homes,” Gov. DeSantis said. But House Speaker Danny Perez has taken a different approach. Rather than quickly tracking DeSantis’ proposals,…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Hillsboro County Public Schools Principal Van Ayers was burned Wednesday by state education leaders for deleting books from certain libraries. In May, Board of Education Manny Diaz wrote to the district about a specific book on school library shelves. A few weeks later, the Florida Attorney General demanded that Hillsboro County schools quickly pulled several books and called them “patentably porn” and harmful to minors. In response to the letter, the director ordered the state list to remove hundreds of books from the shelf and review them. “These are troubling, disgusting books that have no place…