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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Co-workers and family of the woman killed in a brutal attack outside of a Fort Myers gas station said they are mourning the loss of the loving mother. Those who knew the victim said her name was Yasmin, a mother to two teenage daughters who hails from Bangladesh. A memorial is now growing outside the gas station where she was killed as police continue to put the pieces together with the suspect in jail. "Everybody, like, right now is sad. You know, you not only me, not only my Bangladeshi community," said M.D. Islam, a member...

Florida Highway Patrol launched into high alert this week after a barrage of 911 calls from motorists who swore they’d just spotted a truck hauling a full payload of missiles down the highway. “They were definitely concerned,” FHP Sgt. Steve Gaskins told The Post of the March 22 incident. The situation escalated quickly when a trooper, already locked and loaded with a description of a blue pickup traveling along Interstate 4, spotted the vehicle. Nipper, a longtime rocket enthusiast, explained to cops he’s part of local groups that regularly gather to have fun, put on exhibitions or teach kids about...

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Members of Congress are demanding 46 military videos from the Department of War which insiders say offer convincing proof that advanced, non-human craft are operating on Earth.Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) requested the long list of explosively titled files on Wednesday, which include 45 previously unreleased military clips.The presence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena “in and around the sensitive airspaces of US military installations poses a threat to the security of the armed forces and their readiness,” according to the April 1 letter addressed to Secretary Pete Hegseth.Those with knowledge of the long list of videos — which include titles like...

Members of Congress are demanding 46 military videos from the Department of War which insiders say offer convincing proof that advanced, non-human craft are operating on Earth. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) requested the long list of explosively titled files on Wednesday, which include 45 previously unreleased military clips. The presence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena “in and around the sensitive airspaces of US military installations poses a threat to the security of the armed forces and their readiness,” according to the April 1 letter addressed to Secretary Pete Hegseth. Those with knowledge of the long list of videos — which...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax his way out of the Big Apple’s self-imposed fiscal crisis is facing a fresh and little-discussed threat, according to well-placed financiers – and it’s coming from artificial intelligence. As I reported earlier this week, investors lately have begun to shun city debt – either selling it in the secondary market or balking at buying its newly issued bonds – over concerns that Mamdani’s numbers aren’t adding up. The worry is that his $127 billion budget still faces a $5.4 billion deficit and that his solutions – like raising taxes on anyone who works –...

According to the campaign, more than 10,000 donors contributed during the quarter, and the $22.2 million raised in the first quarter was “unprecedented for a non-incumbent candidate” in Florida’s gubernatorial race. In January, his campaign reported raising $45 million during 2025, including $13.1 million in the fourth quarter alone. Florida Politics noted at the time that the total was the largest amount ever raised by a gubernatorial campaign at that point in the election cycle in Florida. Donalds has assembled a broad list of endorsements as he campaigns to succeed outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis, who cannot seek another term because...

A South Florida city leader was found dead in her home Wednesday, and her husband was in police custody, authorities said. Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found by police officers at around 10 a.m. Wednesday after they began an investigation into her "well-being," the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Police Chief Brad Mock didn't provide any details about the circumstances of Bowen's death, saying it was being investigated as a "domestic violence incident." Bowen’s husband, Stephen Bowen, was in police custody, Mock said. The chief said there were no other suspects being sought. Bowen was first elected...

Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted little time signing a bill that will rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump. A little more than a year after the two clashed over the Republican presidential nomination, DeSantis on Monday signed legislation (HB 919) delivered to him earlier in the day, which dubs the West Palm Beach airport as “President Donald J. Trump International Airport.” DeSantis didn’t hold a public bill signing event as he continues to mend fences with Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago Club sits east of the airport. Trump’s son Eric Trump praised the signing on X, where he thanked DeSantis,...

A scheduled execution in Florida will not happen on Tuesday. It comes after the Florida Supreme Court refused to lift the stay of execution it granted to the former police officer. James Duckett was convicted of sexual battery and the murder of an 11-year-old girl in 1987. His legal team requested DNA testing, which they hoped would clear Duckett, and the results were inconclusive. Florida’s Attorney General then requested that the stay of execution be lifted, but the Florida Supreme Court refused. Grace Hanna is the Executive Director for Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. “It’s very rare, particularly...

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a massive new law BANNING judges from releasing serious criminals into the community while they await sentencing LFG!! Do this nationwide! 🔥 Missy's Law is named after a poor 5-year-old girl who got killed by a criminal WHILE he was awaiting sentencing. Because the radical judge RELEASED him. "She's got this stepfather, big-time scumbag. He was convicted, first of all he was abusing Missy, she's like five years old, doing all that, really, really bad what was going on in the home. But then he gets convicted of trying to meet a 15-year-old...

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to get a radical leftist judge IMPEACHED after she RELEASED a known predator who went on to kill an innocent 5-year-old girl YES!! Start a nationwide trend! 🔥 DeSantis is petitioning the State Legislature to impeach Judge Tiffany Baker: “Until you start holding these judges ACCOUNTABLE, they are going to continue to find ways to benefit the criminal element!” “This was an outrage. This was such an easy call to make sure that this guy was put behind bars, and this judge refused to do it!” IMPEACH HER, and start impeaching nationwide 🇺🇸

No Kings protests in Portland, Los Angeles and Dallas grew violent Saturday — and one near Mar-a-Lago in Florida took a lewd turn — as thousands filled streets around the US in angry demonstrations against the Trump Administration. No Kings demonstrations in Portland, Oregon got out of hand in the evening with protesters sporting gas masks attacking police officers who were trying to control the crowd, according to video posted on X by FreedomNews.tv. There was no immediate word on arrests. In Dallas, Police had to separate No Kings demonstrators from “Pro America” counter demonstrators as the two groups engaged...

Wild footage shows three disgruntled women being hauled out of Miami International Airport in handcuffs after refusing to pay for extra luggage and storming onto a Philadelphia-bound flight. Nafisa Dockery, 30, Dionjana Cochran, 21, and Davana Cochran, 26 were all slapped with trespassing after a warning and resisting an officer charges over the Sunday night airport mayhem, according to arrest reports. The trio was waiting to board a Frontier Airlines flight when an employee noticed they didn’t pay for a second carry-on luggage item and asked that they step off the line and fork over the extra fee, authorities said,...

Chaos at Ultra Music Festival time: Miami cops shoot a man in his 20s acting erratically outside the YVE Hotel Saturday morning around 7AM. Taser and pepper spray? Useless. Dude turns violent...

🚨 JUST IN — IT’S OFFICIAL: Palm Beach International Airport is now Donald J. Trump International Airport, following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature on HB919 The name change goes into effect on July 1st. Congrats, 47.

President Trump has shared a video of the design for his Presidential Library in Miami

🚨 BUSTED: Elections Volunteer CAUGHT Stealing Encrypted Access Key Just DAYS Before Trump-Endorsed Candidate “Loses” Florida Seat by 800 Votes! This is the same District as Mar-A-Lago. No way in hell… A Palm Beach County elections volunteer was just arrested for stealing an encrypted access key and sensitive computer equipment from a voter registration terminal — 5 DAY BEFORE the special election for Florida House District 87. • The Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples lost by only ~800 votes to Democrat Emily Gregory. • The theft happened INSIDE the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office during official poll-worker training. Republicans...

WASHINGTON — A security scare at Palm Beach International Airport Sunday prompted the Air Force to scramble F-16 fighter jets and deploy flares — hours before Air Force One was slated to fly President Trump back to DC. Authorities imposed a ground stop at the airport as they rushed to confront the civilian aircraft. The White House said that the security scare took place after authorities lost communication with a general aviation plane. “The civilian aircraft violated the Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) at approximately 1:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The aircraft was safely escorted out of the area by NORAD...

Hernando County Democratic Party Chair Brian Stewart was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge Saturday after an incident at a “No Kings” protest in Spring Hill. The arrest followed a confrontation between Stewart and a counter-protester at the demonstration held near Cortez Boulevard and Mariner Boulevard. Details of exactly what happened are disputed. A statement from the Hernando County Conservatives organization says Stewart shoved a disabled military veteran who had come to the event as a “MAGA supporter” and then struck him in the head with a megaphone. “This highlights the growing intolerance and dangerous radicalism within certain elements of...