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TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — State lawmakers have passed a bill that will crack down on abandoned boats in the hopes of holding the owners financially responsible. The new scale aims to increase penalties for owners of derelict boats. Florida is a sailor’s heaven, and many call it “the world’s boat capital.” However, when tragedy hits like Hurricane Helen and Milton, hundreds of ships are evacuated. “I want him to know the pain”: Victims respond to judgement to judgement Olympus Pool Owner State lawmakers now want to hold these very boat owners accountable in Senate Bill 164. The bill has died…

The cost of building a Major League Baseball Stadium in Orlando could rise to 20% (approximately $300 million) by the time construction begins.The proposed 45,000-seat stadium, originally estimated at $1.675 billion, including a parking garage, could ultimately be close to $2 billion. Jim Schnoff, co-founder and CFO of Orlando City Baseball Dreamers LLC, told Orlando Business Journal that the group tried to consider potential increased costs and design changes, but the rise in costs could potentially result in a higher final price than expected.”We were proactive in estimating, allowing for an increase in unknown emergency response costs along with design…

The plans include rebuilding several centres and installing new ground radar sensors on the airport runways.On May 8, Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced an ambitious plan to overhaul and upgrade the country’s air traffic control system, fulfilling the key policy goals he has advocated since assuming his post to lead the Department of Transport earlier this year.Duffy said the plans include upgrading communication lines to electrical fibers, rebuilding several air traffic control towers and terminal radar approach controls (Tracons), and implementing new radios in the “communication between air traffic controllers and planes.””We’re rebuilding some centres, not all of them, but…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the costs of climate-change-fueled weather disasters, such as floods, heat waves, and wildfires. This is the latest example of agencies limiting federal resources on climate change and the Trump administration’s changes.NOAA belongs to the US Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasting, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. He is also a parent of the National Weather Service.The agency said the National Center for Environmental Information would not update its $1 billion weather and climate disaster database over 2024, and information dating back to 1980 will be…

“We will bring everything we find to the DOJ, fully appreciated and transparently sowed to the American people,” Kash Patel told the Senate hearing.US authorities will soon release the file with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, FBI Director Kash Patel, in Congress’s testimony on May 8.”In the near future,” Patel told Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) at a hearing in Washington after being asked when the FBI thought they would finish processing the materials and release them.”Before I die?” Kennedy stopped.”Senators, we’re working on that, we’re doing it in a way that protects the victims and we’re trying not to put it…

Collier County, Fla. (WFLA) – Two convicted felons are behind the bar after they say they have stole hundreds of tequila from Costco, Florida. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said store surveillance video footage starting May 1 showed 28-year-old Courtney Jerrell Bryant and 40-year-old Nikita Lynn Hicks were hiding eight Don Giulios and silver guardian tequila, valued at $547.92. “Flying Car” Tested in Downtown Tampa Investigators said the pair escaped with a Silver Chevrolet Malibu. On Tuesday evening, deputies said they had a traffic halt in Ginmalibu. Driver Hicks had an aggressive warrant from Polk County. Her passenger, Bryant, was…

Thalia Beaty, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining technical assets to the Gates Foundation. Today, it is worth an estimated $107 billion. This pledge is one of the greatest charity gifts ever. It outweighs the historical contributions of industrialists like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie in line with inflation. Only the pledge of Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett to donate his fortune (currently estimated at $160 billion by Forbes) could grow in response to stock market fluctuations. People will walk through the Gates Foundation’s signatures on the Foundation’s campus in…

The programme is targeted by citizens of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti, officials say.Lawyers for the Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to revoke the situation of temporary immigration among hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaraguan citizens living in the United States.In an emergency petition Thursday, U.S. Attorney General D. John Sauer wrote that nine justice should curb the federal judge’s decision to suspend the government’s decision to end migrant parole granted to Venezuela, Cuban, Haiti and Nicaraguans.In his Supreme Court filing, Sauer-led Justice Department lawyers argued that the lower court order…

SANFORD, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida pastor is facing sexual charges in a child after he attempted a relationship with two minor girls by touching on them, Sanford police said Thursday. On April 10, the police department received reports of an inappropriate relationship between the pastor of Iple Pentecostal Church in Sanford and two young girls. A Florida doctor injected illegal silicon into patients who want false enhancement: DOJ Investigators said 33-year-old Yersson David Solarte Basto “spooked to create and touch on both the victims who were members of the church. Solarte reportedly reportedly sexually assaulted one of the girls.…

Associated Press Business Writer Matt Ott WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week despite growing uncertainty about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect the US and the global economy. The Labor Bureau said Thursday that unemployment claims had fallen from 13,000 to 228,000 for the week ending May 3. This is in line with forecasts from 229,000 new application analysts. The weekly application of unemployment benefits is considered a layoff proxy and has bounced back primarily in the health range of 200,000-250,000 since Covid-19 destroyed the economy and wiped out millions of…