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Teresa Cerojano and Matt Ott, Associated Press Wall Street futures are almost unchanged Wednesdays, with few corporate news or revenue reports in the week that was shortened to holidays. There may also be pullbacks ahead of important US employment data arriving Thursday and the looming US tariff deadline next week. The S&P 500 futures were flat in front of the bell, with Dow Jones Industrial Average rising just 0.1%. Nasdaq futures fell 0.1%. Japan’s markets have declined, and before the deadline of July 9th, there has been no progress in trade talks with the US, facing either trading or raising…

A year ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the law on the path to compensation for a boy who endured unspeakable torture. For decades, these boys were beaten and raped, with spirits and bodies broken at the state’s infamous reform schools. Others were murdered in taxpayer dimes, their bodies buried under a dirt covering, and reduced to a horrifying archaeological discovery.Those boys stole things. They were true. They broke the law. But at the time, exactly a year ago, society agreed that their crimes did not justify their fate. No matter how indiscreetly these boys committed, they didn’t deserve that…

Jacob Lundy’s childhood included time spent on a woodsy, three-acre lot in Jacksonville, where his mom, Anjalonette Lundy — who taught kindergarten and first grade for more than 40 years — started a catering company to help fund her four kids’ college education. Soul food, mostly, Lundy tells me. The same sides she’d make when he and his older brother would dig a pit at the back of the property and throw a piece of chain-link fence over the top. Ribs and chicken takeout box from Smokey Jay’s BBQ in East Orlando with mac and cheese and collard greens sides.…

TAMPA — Almost two days after she gave birth in her college dormitory bathroom, Brianna Moore sat in a campus security office with two Tampa police detectives old enough to be her father.“I know things can get pretty big, pretty scary, pretty quick,” Detective Aaron Campbell told the 19-year-old freshman. “Can you tell me about the baby?”“The baby?” Moore said.It had been a few hours since police were directed to the dumpsters outside McKay Hall at the University of Tampa, where they found a lifeless baby girl inside a white trash bag. Campbell told Moore, a marine biology major, that…

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips NEW YORK (AP) – Anne Wojcicki’s bid to purchase 23andMe, a genetic testing company she co-founded nearly 20 years ago, received Court Greenlight. That means Wojcicki’s non-profit TTAM Research Institute will purchase “virtually everything” of San Francisco-based 23Andme’s assets for $305 million. Transactions that arrive more than three months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy will be officially closed in the coming weeks. “We are excited that TTAM can help people access, understand and benefit from the human genome based on the mission of 23andMe,” Wojcicki said in a statement Monday. The sale, approved Friday by US…

100 Florida Councils have released an economic survey of CEOs. Florida employers have shown they are more optimistic than the national outlook. “The economic trajectory of Sunshine State looks brighter than national trends,” the report said. The quarterly index is a measure of future outlook that captures expectations from Top Florida CEOs regarding sales, capital expenditures and employment. It is modeled after the nationally recognized Business Round Table (BRT) index. Florida’s overall CEO Economic Outlook Index score was 83, showing an economic expansion of over 50 compared to the BRT National Index’s 69. “Florida’s top business leaders signal ongoing confidence…

Marathon, FL (WFLA) – Manatee was rescued by Florida Keys, wrapped around a flipper and found on fishing lines carved deep inside her skin. The manatee and her cow were rescued on June 18 by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee and the Dolphin Rescue Center. The fishing line was removed normally and the wound was treated before both the manatee and calves were released on the same day, the Dolphin Rescue Center said. “This incident is a powerful reminder of why it is important to properly dispose of fishing lines and gear,” Dr. Scott Geerhart, a veterinarian at…

By Josh Bork WASHINGTON (AP) – Analysis shows a key group of US employers face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump’s current tariff plans. An analysis by the JPMorganchase Institute is the first to measure the direct costs caused by import taxes on businesses with annual revenues of between $10 million and $1 billion. This is a category that includes about a third of private sector US workers. These companies rely more on imports from China, India and Thailand than others, and the retail and wholesale sectors are particularly vulnerable to import taxes imposed by the…

Over the past few months, President Donald Trump has been moving back and forth to take steps to ensure that some illegals in Florida remain and not be deported. In June, Trump softened comments about illegal deportees working in the agriculture and hospitality industry. “We must protect the farmers,” he added, “change is coming.” However, after these statements, immigration officers rebutted the president’s comments, saying arrests and tort deportation still occur anywhere in the United States. “There is no safe space for industries that have violent criminals or intentionally attempt to undermine ice efforts,” the immigration officer said. Now, the…

A quick question: What can children be able to read and write for Florida’s future, or what can we be able to warehouse undocumented immigrants at the Everglades camp?A simple answer, I know, but I had to ask. Because both made news last week. I’m going to get politics. Demonizes undocumented immigrants and prostrates Donald Trump before it becomes the new routine for elected Republicans. However, the latest snapshot of Florida student performance is worth far more serious attention. That’s especially true when the person in charge is praising themselves in the face of widespread and deep-rooted failure.The Florida Department…