Family confirms missing 74-year-old Florida Lyft driver dead
A South Florida Lyft driver who went missing more than a week ago has died, his daughter confirmed Tuesday. Lindsay DiBetta posted on Facebook that the family would be announcing information on services for her father, Gary Levin, in the next few days. “The stories I have received about him from friends, family and complete strangers over the last week have lifted me up more than you can ever realize.”
news.yahoo.comDeSantis, Florida Republican leaders to consider expanding migrant flight program during special session
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state GOP called a special session to consider a bill creating the "Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" months after the Martha's Vineyard flights.
foxnews.com2 abducted Missouri children found in a Florida supermarket
Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year were found in a central Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody, authorities said. Kristi Gilley was arrested last Wednesday on an out-of-state fugitive warrant. High Springs police officers found Gilley and the two children in a Winn Dixie super market after running a routine vehicle tag check that indicated the vehicle's owner was a fugitive, the High Springs Police Department said in a news release.
news.yahoo.comDisney World unions vote down offer covering 45,000 workers
Union members voted down a contract proposal covering tens of thousands of Walt Disney World service workers, saying it didn’t go far enough toward helping employees face cost-of-living hikes in housing and other expenses in central Florida.
Trump Offers $1 Million Bond to Appeal Clinton Suit Sanctions
(Bloomberg) -- Former President Donald Trump is getting ready to write a check to a Florida court for more than $1 million — but he’s hoping to get the money back.Most Read from BloombergWhat You Need to Know About the Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Floating Over the USUS Postpones Blinken China Visit in Uproar Over Alleged Spy BalloonAdani’s $108 Billion Crisis Shakes Investors’ Faith in IndiaMerck Covid Drug Linked to New Virus Mutations, Study SaysUS Weighs Calling Off Blinken Visit to China O
news.yahoo.comThis ranking says Tigers’ farm system is dead-last in MLB
But even amid the gloomy evaluations, one ranking stood out for its pessimism: Keith Law, analyst for The Athletic, has the Tigers’ farm system ranked dead last in baseball. It’s impossible to quibble with Law’s ranking without knowing more about the farm systems of the other 29 clubs in baseball. For one, the Tigers have “graduated” a bunch of top prospects in recent years, including consensus top-10 prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, both of whom debuted in 2022. Depending on who you ask, the Tigers have anywhere from one to four prospects among the top 100 in baseball. THE RANKINGSESPN: Infielder Colt Keith (75th) and right-hander Wilmer Flores (90th)MLB Pipeline: Right-handed pitcher Jackson Jobe (63rd); infielder Jace Jung (83rd); and Flores (95th).
mlive.comBlack history class revised by College Board after criticism
The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies was released Wednesday downplays some components that had drawn criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who said the class would be outlawed in his state.
Wife, husband planned fatal shooting in hospital for weeks
Police say Ellen and Jerry Gilland had a murder-suicide plan in the works for weeks: If his unnamed illness took a turn for the worse, the 76-year-old woman would fatally shoot her terminally ill, 77-year-old husband and then take her own life.
Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis loses bid to get job back
A federal judge has ruled that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by removing an elected state prosecutor, but that the federal courts lack the power to reinstate him because the case centered on state law.