‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades Is Testing Environmental Law
Officials building a Florida detention center appear to be skipping environmental reviews made mandatory decades ago after a fight over an airport at the very same spot.
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Conservationists hail US judge’s order to halt building at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail
Temporary halt for facility in Florida Everglades comes as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental lawsA coalition of conservation groups has welcomed a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday that halts construction work on the controversial immi…
British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law in pool in Florida
Mark Raymond Gibbon, in US on holiday, charged with attempted second-degree murder and batteryA British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on h…
Third girl dies after barge collides with Miami sailing camp boat
Death of 10-year-old came nearly a week after accident, with eight-year-old girl still in critical conditionThe US coast guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami.Six people on…
Sydney Sweeney’s Republican voter registration revealed amid jeans ad controversy
Revelation comes amid public fixation on American Eagle’s jeans ad featuring the star and a pun about her genesSydney Sweeney registered as a Republican voter in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won a second US presidency, it has been revealed,…
Sydney Sweeney’s Republican voter registration revealed amid jeans ad controversy
Revelation comes amid public fixation on American Eagle’s jeans ad featuring the star and a pun about her genesSydney Sweeney registered as a Republican voter in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won a second US presidency, it has been revealed,…
SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.
Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
Move comes after Maxwell met with deputy attorney general about those involved in late sex offender’s crimesGhislaine Maxwell, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes, has been tran…
Family pleads for release of Palestinian-American teen held in Israeli prison
Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, 16, has been detained for five months on accusations of rock-throwing and has reportedly developed scabiesThe family of a 16-year-old dual American-Palestinian citizen is trying to secure his release from an Israeli prison where…
Florida executes man convicted of killing his wife and children in 1994
The execution of Edward Zakrzewski is the ninth death sentence carried out in the state this year, a new recordA Florida man convicted of killing his wife and two children in 1994 became the ninth person to be put to death on Thursday in Florida this y…