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In eight days, Crocodile Alcatraz went to an immigration detention facility ready to receive immigrants without permanent legal status from X’s proposal video. Florida Attorney General James Usmiere first proposed building a $450 million annual facility at a small airport in the middle of the Everglades, attracting praise from conservative leaders around the country for the project. Now that construction is complete, he is selling his merchandise. Uthmeier unveiled his Wannial Catraz product on Tuesday hours before President Donald Trump landed in Florida and toured the facility. This morning, I joined President Trump and have been doing one flight and…
O’Copy, Fla. (WFLA) — President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state and federal leaders attended a roundtable Tuesday morning to open a new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in O’Copy. The new facility can hold up to 3,000 detainees and could expand if necessary, said Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Department of Emergency Management. Also present were Homeland Security Director Christie Noem, Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House Stephen Miller, Florida Attorney General James Usmierer and U.S. Rep. Byron Donald (R-FL). Trump praised Florida officials for their efforts. The governor said the operation would begin upon…
AdventHealth has chosen a new leader in its flagship facility in Orlando. Healthcare providers announced on Monday that Abvel Biri will lead AdventHealth Orlando and will carry out executive oversight of AdventHealth for children. He replaces Rob Denninger, who was recently appointed president/CEO of East Florida Advent Health. “Abel is a purpose-driven leader who keeps patient care at the forefront and center,” Kari Vargas, CEO of North Market, AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division, said in a news release. “His leadership not only reflects a deep commitment to our mission, but also builds a stronger and healthier community, making him the right…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The owner of the Florida Ambulance Company has agreed to pay $900,000 to resolve a false claim claim, the Central Florida Department of Justice announced Tuesday. The DOJ said it has agreed to a settlement to resolve allegations that Coursyy Transport Services and its owners Melanie Burger and Dr. John Milanick had fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid due to a claim for ambulance transport services that is not medically necessary. 19 Florida people indicted in the biggest healthcare fraud investigation in DOJ history According to the settlement agreement, from June 1, 2013 to June 30, 2019, Transport…
Hurricane predictors risk losing important tools due to military concerns over cybersecurity in satellite systems of long embarrassment. This is the latest possibility in the Trump administration’s federal weather science program.After criticism and questions from numerous forecasting experts, the Department of Defense announced Monday it was postponing the cut-off of critical satellite imaging for at least a month.Unless that deadline has been extended or military concerns are resolved, predictors have painted accurate pictures of the storm overnight, saying forecasts could delay more than six hours on forecasts, or even delay clocks and warnings to people on the stormy path.”There’s no…
You can’t really get mad while waiting at Sea World Orlando for the “Baby Shark Mini Live Show.” You asked for this. There are many strollers. Wandering children fall into the bushes. No preschool children will watch while they watch moms or while they are filming them over and over again. To be clear, it went viral with ear bug songs and dances 10 years ago, not the show’s newborn, real live shows, swimming sharks. Demand remains. On the first day, 45 minutes before Showtime, a line of young families spread out from the Seaport Theater to the pearl diving…
O’Copy, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said the new immigration detention center in the remote Florida Everglades, surrounded by swamps full of alligators, could be a model for future projects as his administration competes to expand the infrastructure needed to increase deportation. The facility Trump toured on Tuesday has quickly become a symbol of the president’s border crackdown. The immigrants may begin to arrive there shortly after his visit. This includes walking through a medical facility with temporary cubicles as an area of treatment. The detention center, assembled on a remote runway with tents and trailers normally used after…
Wannial Catraz is more than just a moniker designed to sell political goods. In fact, it is the official name of the state-run immigration detention facility that was built by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration to detain more people in the immigration sweep of President Donald Trump.”Yes, that’s the official name,” Jeremy Redfern, spokesman for Florida Attorney General James Usmiere, said in an email to the Times/Herald. The name is already inspirational to sell shirts, hats and coozy in what appears to be an AI-generated image of a prison alongside the Gators and Python. Desantis appointee Uthmeier also sells “Alligator Alcatraz”…
Customers who tried Rite Aid at Gittings Marketplace in the final week of mid-June found themselves 90% off shuttered pharmacies, empty fridge cases, various greeting cards and beauty products, but few others. The Party City Sign, across from the North Baltimore Drugstore on York Road, is above a building left behind by balloon and party supply retailers in February. A vast pocket, three miles away in Towson Place, remains in the previous Bed Bath & Beyond and Walmart stores. This is a recurring pattern in the Baltimore area and elsewhere, where “big boxes” and chain retailers have accelerated store closure…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Highway Patrol wants to defend the best looking cruiser titles. Law enforcement wants to win consecutive contests and charge three peats. This year, FHP took part in the contest with photos taken with the agency’s New Black and Tan Corvette during the sunset in Miami. FHP said the Corvette was seized in a joint crime investigation of a nationwide drug trafficking group with the Drug Enforcement Bureau. The Troopers said it was helping to reduce crashes on Florida roads by using corvettes to focus attention on road safety campaigns. List: Where to watch the…