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FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) – A Delta flight at Fort Lauderdale made an emergency landing Monday after a passenger’s personal batteries set fire to the air during the flight and began filling the cabin with smoke. Flight 1334 from Atlanta was not too far from its destination when the fire broke out. The flight attendant quickly turned off the combustion device. This was a statement provided to NBC affiliate WBBH, which stated that it is considered a personal battery. Watch: Sarasota police rescue unconscious driver’s seat before the car gets burned The crew were forced to detour to Fort Myers’…
Lauren Schwarn, Neldwallet Amazon’s famous Prime Day sale took place from July 8th to 11th and is back this summer. Looking back at the past few years, I noticed patterns when I shopped with great deals. There’s a lot of hype leading up to the sale, but when it’s over, I’m a bit frustrated. The problem is not always the transaction itself, but the way I shop. I have made my temptation and fear of missing out. And I know I’m not the only one. So I asked several of my fellow personal financial writers to join me to share…
TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – More than 100 faith leaders across the state are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt the death penalty as Florida approaches modern records. These leaders walked to the Capitol on Tuesday to deliver a letter to the governor’s office, hoping he would consider their plea.So far, there have been seven executions this year, but now the state is in line with a total of nine records, with two more scheduled runs. “The only one decides who lives and who dies without checks or balance. My friends are not justice. That’s what we call vengeance.” Faith leaders…
Alan Suderman, AP Business Writer President Donald Trump continues to expand his crypto-related offerings with a planned exchange trade fund tied to the prices of five popular cryptocurrencies. Trump Media & Technology Group, a Florida company that operates the Truth Social Media Platform, announced Tuesday that it had filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval to launch the “Crypto Blue Chip ETF” later this year. The proposed ETF has 70% of holdings of Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, 15% in Ethereum, and 8% in Solana, the most popular cryptocurrency in the Meme Coin community. The fund…
President Donald Trump has followed the revelation that there is no clear list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients sitting on their desks, as he previously argued this week on the back of Tampa native Pam Bondy. Trump on Tuesday rejected questions about the list and said they were a waste of Bondi’s time. “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy has been talked about for years. And are people still talking about this guy, this creep? That’s incredible,” he told the White House Cabinet meeting on TV. Conservative commentators and members of Congress are actually still talking about it,…
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) — The man was sentenced to death Monday after being convicted of murdering a 15-year-old boy who was protecting his sister in a 2019 home invasion in South Florida. According to a report by NBC affiliate WBBH, Ryan Clayton Cole, 33, was found to have committed the crime of stabbing 15-year-old Khyler Edman, 15. Daughter blames Leo Gobony for his father’s death after funds for chemotherapy go missing The teenager was home alone with his 5-year-old sister on the night of September 26, 2019, when Cole broke into his Port Charlotte residence. Edman tried to protect…
Michelle Chapman, AP Business Writer For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers may no longer have to remove their shoes during security screenings at US airports. Media reports say the Transportation Security Bureau is trying to abandon additional security steps that have been baffling anyone passing through US airports for years. If implemented, it would put an end to a security screening power of attorney introduced almost 20 years after the failure of Richard Reid, a “shoe bomber” attempting to seize a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001. File – Wednesday, January 10, 2007, file photos,…
AP Business Writer Alex Veiga LOS ANGELES (AP) – Real estate investors are gaining most of the US homes in the market as prices rise and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze many other home buyers. According to a report by real estate data provider BatchData, nearly 27% of all homes sold in the first three months of the year were purchased by investors. It’s the best share in at least five years. Between 2020 and 2023, the average percentage of homes purchased by investors was 18.5%. Investors purchased 265,000 homes between January and March, an increase of 1.2% from the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned Monday that the formation of a third party for Elon Musk would weaken Republican predictions in the mid-term elections. A few weeks after President Trump spent credit rollbacks on taxes and mega-building electric vehicles and spending increased government bonds, Tech Giant announced on Saturday it had launched the “American Party.” “The problem is, when you do another party, especially if you’re running some of the issues he’s talking about, that’s what you know. If he funds Senate and housing candidates with a competitive race, that would probably mean Democrats will win all the competitive…
The distance on the busy road near President Trump’s Mar Arago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, quickly managed to embrace his name. The Palm Beach County commissioner will vote for a resolution Tuesday evening to designate Mar Arago and four-mile South Boulevard, with the honorary sign as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.” The Florida Legislature approved the designation earlier this year, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last month, but local approval is required for the honorary designation to come into effect. White House spokesman Taylor Rogers said in a statement to the Hill that the president pays homage to…