Author: admin

Cape Coral, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man has been arrested after police said he was caught putting some compromised counterfeit gift cards on the store’s gift card display. Police were called to Cape Coral Store south of South Prado Boulevard on Wednesday after defeat prevention officers reported someone had placed a fake gift card on a rack. Officials said they found the suspect identified as Sebastian Garcia Gallego in the parking lot. A loss prevention officer told investigators that after seeing Garcia Gallego enter the store, he was prominently placing compromised gift cards across the gift card rack. “I…

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature signed on Wednesday a proposed change to the Mansion Safety Act passed after the 2021 collapse of Champlain Towers Southville, Surfside, which killed 98 people.The measure, unanimously approved by the House and Senate (HB 913), heads towards Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has changed this year’s Condoming Act to one of the top priorities of this year’s legislative meeting.The law passed in 2022 and tweaked in 2023 included the need for “milestone inspections” and “preliminary structural integrity investigations” of older buildings to determine whether savings should be required for major future repairs.Milestone inspections are expected to…

Associated Press Business Writer Matt Ott US applications for unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in two months, but layoffs have historically remained healthy, despite growing fears of a tariff-induced economic slowdown. The Labor Bureau on Thursday said its unemployment claims jumped from 18,000 to 241,000 for the week that ends April 26th. This is the most since late February, with 225,000 new application analysts exceeding forecasts. The weekly application of unemployment benefits has been considered a layoff proxy and has remained primarily in the health range of 200,000-250,000 for the past few years. The total number of Americans…

Before his rise to power, he became a beloved media person. Once he became the leader of his country, he immediately attacked the press, claiming he was engaged in “fake” or fake news. He demonized the New York Times. The New York Times demonized a publication that was one of several publications that he actively wrote about him in his rise. He attacked individual reporters and publicly expelled them. Ralph FernandezHe broke with his traditional allies and aligned himself with Russia. He began to support his former enemies of his country. He praised those who served the Soviet KGB. He…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) – Teachers and coaches at Punta GORDA Middle School are accused of having sex with students on campus and documenting their encounters. According to an arrest affidavit, the victim’s mother discovered an inappropriate text message between the girl and 36-year-old Dagoberto Miguel Pena. “I really love you”: Manatee County teacher accused of sending inappropriate letters from fifth graders In several text messages between the teacher and the student, Pena told her “You look gorgeous,” and requested a photo of the girl, the affidavit said. Pena also read, “We sent a porn video to the victim,” followed…

iPhone makers have been found to be violating an injunction aimed at improving competition among developers in a case currently under the brink of federal prosecutors.Tech Giant Apple violated a US court order requiring that it modify App Store rules to allow greater competition between developers, and a federal judge in California, who now ruled on April 30, has now been referred to federal prosecutors.Auckland Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in the ruling that the iPhone maker was in a “willful violation” of the 2021 injunction, which aimed to ban its suspected anti-competitive conduct and anti-competitive pricing.”Apple deliberately chose not…

Talahassee – The respect from Florida senators, created in honor of longtime Tampa Bay politician Senator Daryl Luson, has transformed into a fight with the Florida home. “We’ll do that right,” said Senator Ed Hooper, Senate spending chair. “Or if not.”Luson, a Democrat who must take office for the 2026 period limit, is open about his struggle with substance use disorder and his long-standing recovery. This year, Luson introduced a bill that implements several proposals from the Florida Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders that he serves. His bill also proposed to create a center at the University…

Associated Press Business Writer Stanchion NEW YORK (AP) – Microsoft and Meta platforms are driving high on Wall Street Thursday as the profits of the big tech companies at the start of the year proved even greater than analysts expected. The S&P 500 rose 1%, heading towards its eighth straight gain. This will be the longest winning streak since August. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 248 points (0.6%) as of 10:20am Eastern time, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.8%. Microsoft has risen 9% after the software giant said its cloud computing and artificial intelligence business had risen 13% from…

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) – Cutter Tampa crews of the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded about 3,750 pounds of cocaine and marijuana during Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale in the Port Everglades on Wednesday. The seized cocaine and marijuana are worth an estimated $12.3 million. According to the USCG, the seized drugs were the result of two engagements to the Caribbean by crew members of USS Minneapolis Saint Paul and by Navy helicopters and Coast Guard law enforcement. “We are trained diligently and ready to carry out a stopping mission at the moment,” CMDR said. Stephen Fresse, Minneapolis St. Paul Command Officer. “The…

Bowman is about to become the first Republican to be elected mayor of southwestern Ohio since the 1970s.Cincinnati, Ohio — King’s Arms Coffee stirs up conversations between customers on Friday morning.Corey Bowman stands behind the counter at a neighboring gathering location on the western edge of Cincinnati, and smiles and laughs when his patron asks about a Spanish drink called Cortado.It consists of being mixed with an equal amount of espresso and warm milk, which reduces acidity, explains Bowman.”I wouldn’t have been able to tell you that five years ago. I was the guy who bought coffee from a gas…