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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — President Trump and Gov. DeSantis will be attending the controversial “Wannial Catraz” opening Tuesday morning. The $450 million annual facility can accommodate 5,000 immigrants, and the national detention center is funded by FEMA. Governor DeSantis used the power of emergency to seize control of the site. “You can bring people, they’re processed, they have an order of removal, they can line up, you can have the federal government to fly on the runway right there,” DeSantis said. Blue Spring State Park was destroyed within two weeks of reopening Billy Joel Cancel 2025-2026 due to brain condition,…

In a critical step in the “strict Cuban policy” promised by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Trump administration punishes foreign companies doing business with Cuban military companies as part of a maximum pressure campaign on the Communist Party-run island. A source with knowledge of the new regulations told the Miami Herald that the sanctions would “target companies that provide direct or indirect support to businesses owned directly or indirectly by the Cuban military, and effectively extend US sanctions to affect businesses from third countries. The new sanctions stem from a new national security memorandum signed by President Donald Trump…

Florida Agricultural Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced the results for the first week of Operation Safe Summer and inspected hemp retailers and manufacturers to ensure compliance with new child protection standards for hemp products. “Operation Safe Summer” includes inspections of 20 Florida County HEMP retailers and manufacturers, and has removed approximately 11,000 hemp products packaging due to violations of child protection standards for packaging, labeling and marketing. “We drew a hardline in Florida when it came to protecting children from dangerous, deceptive hemp products,” Commissioner Simpson said. Commissioner Simpson says since July 1, 2023, his department has discovered more than 738,000…

This version of the column first appeared in Stepinitely, columnist Stephanie Hayes’ weekly newsletter featuring bonus columns and behind the scenes chatter. Get it in your inbox every Monday.Discussion suggests that artificial intelligence is stealing both our souls and writers’ ticks. Detectives are beginning to assume that a humble em dash (which appears to be the elongated hyphen surrounding this phrase) conveys that the prose was written by AI.This could probably bring some truth. Because AI steals from writers to write. Professional writers love em dash. Journalists in particular most often use them and abuse them with reckless abandonment when…

Would cruise passengers be willing to spend the night in the biggest suite of brand new luxury ships? Regent Seven Seas Cruise bets that a very wealthy guest will drop $25,000 for one night in the Skyview Regent Suite. Its price tag offers 8,794 square feet of space in the vast two-level suite of Seven Seas Prestige, the latest and largest ship on the Ultra Laxley Cruise Line. The ship is scheduled to sail from Miami to its Caribbean and South American destinations starting December 2026. The newest ship on Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seven Seas Prestige offers shy people…

The measure banning ship searches caused by water safety inspections is one of many new laws enacted in Florida this week.The law ceases long-term practices that state and local maritime law enforcement agencies can stop sailors and board ships without any possible causes. Gov. Ron Desantis said that the long-standing ship searching methods “created unnecessary friction” between sailors and law enforcement. The governor signed a bill called the Boater Freedom Act at a press conference in Panama City Beach in May.”If you’re walking down the street, law enforcement can’t go to you and stop you and search for you,” DeSantis…

By David Mchugh Frankfurt, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank said inflation rates have become more unpredictable due to shocks like the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The world ahead is more uncertain, and that uncertainty is likely to make inflation more uncertain,” ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday in a speech to hold the central bank’s annual meeting in Sintra, Portugal. “It’s pretty basic, but that’s the reality.” One reason she said was that increasingly regular supply disruptions led companies to change prices more frequently, a habit that surpassed recent inflation rates…

Florida lawmakers proposed two bills, SB 1404 and HB 1467, to stop any form of online betting that is not covered by Florida’s Seminole contracts. If passed to the law, they restrict the operation of the state’s online gambling, especially many sweepstakes casinos and sports betting platforms. However, both bills have been withdrawn from consideration until further notice. Under SB 1404, announced by Senator Corey Simon, internet gambling was defined as an external value of a casino-style game or game played to win money. The bill was intended to ban online casinos that are not under the Seminole tribe. The…

MIAMI, Fla. — Florida environmentalists are warning against controversial plans to build a new federal detention facility deep in the Everglades. The proposed facility, which is what is called “Alligator Alcatraz” by opponents and supporters, is scheduled for construction near the area around Big Cypress National Reserve, causing serious concern among environmentalists. “This isn’t about wildlife, it’s not about water,” said Jessica Mendoza, organizer of the Florida Environmental Defense Network. “Building huge prison complexes in sensitive areas like the Everglades risks polluting aquifers that provide clean drinking water to millions of Floridians. Paving wetlands will not bring them back.” Protesters…

TALHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected a project that costs roughly $567 million from Monday’s state budget, including millions of dollars from initiatives sponsored by Republican lawmakers who challenged his administration.In the last time before the state spending plans came into effect, Desantis made statewide cuts. It investigated $14 million in the Hillsboro County Sheriff’s Aircraft Hangar, $1.2 million to investigate the Miami-Dade Homeowners Association fraud, and more than $4.5 million in various county affordable housing initiatives.He cut another $5.7 million in public radio and television station funding and reduced $3.1 million in public advocate pay raises.In addition to local…