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South Carolina officials are actively searching for over 40 primates that escaped a facility Wednesday. According to the Yemassee Police Department in South Carolina, 43 Rhesus macaque primates escaped the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center on Castle Hall Road around 1 p.m. The website says the facility provides nonhuman primate products and global bio-research services. A spokesperson for Alpha Genesis said the macaques are described as very young females, weighing about six to seven pounds. Officials said the monkeys have never been used for testing due to their young age and size and are too young to carry disease. Currently,...

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Kamala Harris' campaign said there are still "votes to count" after she canceled her post-verdict speech at Howard University. "We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue, overnight, to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken," Kamala Harris's campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond said. "So you won't hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow." Harris, who has not conceded the election, was expected to host her election night party at Howard University in Washington, D.C., a historically...

Florida voters rejected ballot measures Tuesday to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana, handing victories to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and solidifying the state’s new reputation as a conservative stronghold. "We fought the good fight, we kept the faith, and we finished the race. Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis and our great team for everything they sacrificed over the past months to protect our great state from amendments that sought to attack our families and way of life," DeSantis' chief of staff, James Uthmeier said on X, where DeSantis simply posted that both issues were defeated.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — The wife of a prominent Atlanta attorney accused of killing her husband and burning his body has been found guilty on all counts. A jury convicted Melody Farris in the 2018 death of her husband in Cherokee County. Last week, defense attorneys claimed that there was not enough evidence in this case to convict Melody Farris, but the jury felt otherwise. In 2018, the body of Gary Farris was found in a wooded area behind a house on Purcell Lane. After months of testing, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined Farris was killed by a gunshot.

A women who pleaded guilty in the 1990 murder of her husband's previous wife in Florida has been released from prison. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, spent 18 months in prison over her involvement in the infamous "killer clown" case. Last year, Keen-Warren agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges. Authorities said she shot Marlene Warren while dressed up in a clown costume more than 30 years ago. After years of mystery and intrigue surrounding the killing, investigators tied Keen-Warren to the case and arrested her in 2017, though she maintains her innocence. Keen-Warren was sentenced to 12 years in...

(Gray News) - More than 33,000 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks are being recalled due to concerns over the stability control system. Chrysler reported the trucks may have been built with damaged front wheel bearing encoder rings. According to a notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this can cause a loss of the wheel speed signal which could disable the electronic stability control. NHTSA reported a failure in the electronic stability control system when it is needed could cause the vehicle to crash. The recall impacts 2025 models produced between Oct. 13, 2023, and Aug. 11, 2024.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — After deliberation on Friday, an Orange County jury found Sarah Boone guilty of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr. Torres Jr. died from suffocation in February 2020 after a medical examiner says he spent about 11 hours inside a small suitcase Boone zipped him in. The couple had spent the day drinking before Torres Jr. willingly and playfully got into the suitcase before bed, Boone testified on Tuesday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 62-year-old Jacksonville woman claimed the $1 million top prize from the Loteria Grande scratch-off game. The winner claimed her prize at the lottery’s headquarters in Tallahassee, where she opted for a one-time lump sum payout of $640,000. The Florida Lottery reported that the winning ticket was purchased at Publix located at 7177 Merrill Road in Jacksonville and that the retail store received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

MIAMI — The search for a 66-year-old woman who fell from a Taylor Swift-themed cruise on Tuesday night has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard has announced. According to the USCG, the woman traveling on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas ship that left from Miami Monday went overboard the next night just before 10 p.m. At the time, the ship was about 17 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas.

The skull of an Indiana teen was found in the wall of a home near Chicago. Officials in Kane County have solved a decades-old cold case involving a human skull discovered in 1978. A couple in Batavia found the skull inside a wall while remodeling their home. Initial testing at the time indicated the skull had been there for a significant period. In 2021, the Batavia Police Department and Kane County Coroner reopened the cold case, determined to identify the remains. A Texas company specializing in forensic genetic genealogy employed modern DNA technology to identify the remains as those of...

Speaking at a campaign event - the same event where he pissed off leftists by raffling off a $1 million check funded by his own money to help drive voter registration initiatives (which leftists claim to love) - Musk recounted the story of how his company, SpaceX, had been tasked by the government to study whether their Starship, which was originally designed to land in the ocean, would hit a shark upon splashdown. “Like for instance, SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit a shark,” he explained, as the crowd burst into laughter. “And I’m...

Someone commented that it was a Norman Rockwell painting. Others said that it’s one of those moments that give you confidence heading into the final stretch of an election. Former President Donald J. Trump worked at a McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. Here is where Trump will likely seal the deal in the Keystone State. He must also have solid showings in the collar counties to offset the Philadelphia blue surge. However, there are rumblings that working-class voters in the city are drifting toward the GOP or might stay home, unhappy with the Democratic Party’s abysmal messaging. The...

"About 20 minutes into Harris' speech, a number of attendees were escorted out, while shouting "Jesus is Lord" at those around them. Unfazed, Harris stopped her remarks and countered. "Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally," she said. "No, I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street."

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Several Jacksonville officials are calling on Mayor Donna Deegan to apologize after comments made in an interview with Times Radio. Deegan is currently in London on business, but is also speaking out on the presidential race and former President Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies. Deegan agreed that there are problems with the immigration system, and a “tough border law” should be passed, and then had this to say: “To put people in what would really amount to a concentration camp-type situation, to round them out of the country doesn’t seem to me to be a very American...

The Nevada women's volleyball team will not play its scheduled match against San Jose State, per a report fromOutKick, which quoted a Wolf Pack player confirming the decision. Nevada athletics declined comment Monday morning when contacted by Nevada Sports Net. Four teams recently forfeited games against SJSU, which is believed to have a transgender player on its roster. The Spartans have not commented on individual members of their roster other than to say all are eligible, per NCAA rules. Southern Utah, Boise State, Wyoming and Utah State all forfeited matches against San Jose State in the last month, although Nevada...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — An alligator attacked a tire in North Fort Myers as the vehicle drove through flood water. In the video, you can see the residents driving through the high water when an alligator attacked the tire as it emerged.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide. “Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the DeSantis aide told NBC News. DeSantis has been in direct contact with Federal Emergency Management Director Deanne Criswell. At a press conference Monday afternoon, DeSantis denied that he refused to take Harris' call. "I didn't know that...

Amit Patel is currently serving a six-and-a-half year prison sentence after stealing $22 million from his former employer, the Jacksonville Jaguars. FanDuel is facing a staggering lawsuit. Amit Patel filed a $250 million lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday. He accused the betting site of preying on his gambling addiction. Patel, who previously worked for the Jacksonville Jaguars, is currently serving a six-and-half-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud in March, admitting that he stole more than $22 million over the three years he managed the team’s virtual credit card program.