Mild and humid Friday morning ahead of a hot afternoonIsrael targets air defense system in Syria, state news agency says
NEW YORK (AP) 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates ongoing A jury of 12 people has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Alternates are now being selected.
NEW YORK (AP) First 6 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial; 12 more still needed The first six jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were chosen Tuesday after lawyers grilled members of the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide whether they can sit in fair judgment of the former president.
NEW YORK (AP) News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a “rich tradition” that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.
NEW YORK Donald Trump’s former finance chief sentenced to five months in Rikers Island Donald Trump’s former corporate finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, will spend five months in Rikers Island for lying under oath during Trump’s New York civil fraud case.
MADISON (AP) Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he rallies younger voters President Joe Biden said Monday that college graduates would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease debt burdens for more than 30 million borrowers, the latest attempt by the Democratic president to make good on a campaign promise that could buoy his standing with young voters.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, in a video released Monday declining to endorse a national ban after months of mixed messages and speculation.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Marijuana is now in the people’s hands So far, recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states. Florida may be the next one. Right now, only medical marijuana is legal in the state.
BOSTON (AP) Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue charter flight company Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them to the island off the Massachusetts coast, according to a ruling Monday by a federal judge in Boston.
ISLES OF CAPRI Isles of Capri voting precinct open after major Ian damage The heart of a tiny SWFL community has reopened just in time to host voters for election season.
TALLAHASSEE (AP) Florida Supreme Court upholds state’s 15-week ban on most abortions, but voters will soon have a say The Florida Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases.