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Merritt Island – Four-time spaceflight veteran Peggy Whitson made a good excuse not to show up on Saturday for her own guiding ceremony to the American Astronauts Hall of Fame. She is in quarantine to go to space again. Whitson is set to command a private ASIOM Space AX-4 mission flying on the new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will be released as early as June 8th. Astronaut Peggy Whitson’s recorded acceptance speech was taken on the screen in a guided manner along with US astronaut Bernard Harris at the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex on Saturday, May 31, 2025.…
A man was arrested and confessed to a series of thefts of merchandise from Lowe’s Home Improvement Story in Kissimmee, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. In a news release on Saturday, the agency arrested 55-year-old Edwin Ibanetz on Thursday, putting him in prison for grand larceny (felony, two counts), petite theft (mistakes, four counts), and handling stolen property (felony, six counts), and driving license while driving. On Saturday evening, he remained at the Osceola County Jail, with a total bond of $37,250. On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office received delays in a series of retail thefts that occurred at Lowe’s at…
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old Florida girl was seriously injured after an unlicensed driver attacked her while riding a scooter, the Florida Highway Patrol said. NBC affiliate WBBH spoke to the girl’s grandmother. He said the girl named Eden was unconscious at St. Petersburg Hospital as of Friday night and remained severely sedated. Investigators said a crash occurred along Easy Street in Port Charlotte just after 5pm on Thursday. According to FHP, the 12-year-old was on an electric scooter when he entered the minivan road. The dead six-year-old Florida mother was trying to “drift away the devil”: sheriff…
ATLANTA – Before the oppressive summer heat descends in Atlanta, therapist Brittany Sims usually braids thick, curly hair in the salon to maintain her healthy mane. But this year it’s even more expensive. So she only gets a summer hairstyle for her teenage daughter and son. Not having braided hair “makes all the trouble,” said Sims, who relies on millions of herself among the millions of women who regularly spend the black hair care industry. Now she said, she said, “I have to go home and understand what I’m going to do with my hair in the morning after I…
Orange County, Fla. (WFLA) – Blot Disney World is facing a lawsuit after a man was injured on a high-speed water slide at Blizzard Beach Water Park, according to a complaint filed Thursday. The lawsuit alleges that the man, Eugene Strickland, visited the water park in July 2021 and tried a double dipper slide on the downhill. According to the lawsuit, Strickland was around 334 pounds at the time, exceeding the slide’s weight limit of 300 pounds. Buc-Ee’s appeals to its Florida store for imitation products However, Strickland got on the ride and “temporarily went into the air as a…
(Nexstar) – When you visit a national park, you will want to see its natural charm. El Capitan and Yosemite half-domes in Yellowstone, and old-faceful with delicate arches. However, in Florida National Park, it is necessary to hike and take a bus to see some of its beloved features. You’ll be lucky on a boat, or some scuba gear, especially considering the park is 95% underwater. North of Key Largo is Biscayne Bay, south of Miami along Florida’s east coastline. There, within Miami’s view, is the calm Biscayne National Park. Biscayne National Monument, which spans nearly 173,000 acres, was officially…
Darragh: How about spending your vacation alone and getting ready for recovery and games? Nosek: That’s a good thing, as both teams have roughly the same vacation. We get a few days on the ice, so for me, I prepare every practice and do my best to get everything ready. Darragh: Your line had a huge impact on these playoffs. What’s working so well for you guys? Nosek: I think we played a pretty good advancement game. We were able to deepen the puck, put pressure on their D and play physically. We played defensively, and we tried not to…
MIAMI – There is uncertainty in every hurricane season in Florida, but this year there is an astounding source of new questions surrounding federal agencies that have responded to disasters and historically helped pay for large-scale cleanups and recovery costs.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has already cut the thousands of employees led by the Trump administration, has left state and local governments with a larger stake in the bill under a new march order to reduce federal spending on disaster response.Republican state leaders began with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Rick Scott — dismissing serious concerns over the FEMA…
Tim Henderson, stateline.org Like many medium-income workers, public school teachers Julia and Scott Whitnar didn’t expect to become homeowners in their early 30s. Especially in California. “We didn’t feel homeownership was on the card, but we did that!” Julia Whitnall said. “We are very happy.” The couple moved to a $509,000 two-bedroom home in Ripon, east of San Francisco in the Central Valley area, on May 16th. It wasn’t easy. Despite earning a relatively high $140,000 from nearby jobs, they had to compromise on size and do the extra work to pull it apart at summer camp. They then had…
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Ultimate Road Warriors. No team looked more comfortable from home than the Florida Panthers, passing through three difficult rounds to reach the third straight Stanley Cup final. After 7-4 on the road on his way to his first Cup in 2024, the defending champions got even better in 2025, scoring an 8-2 record while averaging 4.8 goals per game. They also sit at 42.9% on power plays and 88.6% on penalty kills. “We’re against the world, that’s how it feels,” defensive man Gustav said of living on the road. His mentality remains the same as…