February 1, 2023 Florida lawmakers introduce bill to eliminate unanimous jury requirement for death penalty Florida lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would end the requirement for juries to be unanimous in order to sentence a prisoner to death.
February 1, 2023 Divers crack Florida cold case, use sonar to find woman's upside-down car in pond Police said "foul play was suspected" when Karen Moore, 53, mysteriously vanished in 2001 in Davie, Florida. Her car was found submerged in a pond there 22 years later.
February 1, 2023 DeSantis proposes permanent sales tax holiday on baby formula, gas stoves Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his budget proposal Wednesday that would include a permanent sales tax holiday on items like baby formula and gas stoves.
February 1, 2023 Florida mother found dead in street near SUV with her sleeping child inside ID’d, family says she was pregnant Alana Sims, 22, was identified by her family as the woman who was found dead in a residential street in Tampa, Florida, near an SUV where her toddler was sleeping inside.
February 1, 2023 Three dead in apparent murder-suicide at Florida mobile home, sheriff says The Osceola County Sheriff's Office was investigating the deaths of three adults as a murder-suicide after the bodies were discovered inside a mobile home community.
February 1, 2023 Florida police dog finds 76-year-old woman lost in woods after 20-hour search: 'Whew. Thank you!' A Florida police officer and his K-9 partner are being credited with finding an elderly woman who had been lost in the woods for almost 24 hours this week.
February 1, 2023 Arne Duncan claims DeSantis is a racist bully for criticizing CRT in African American Studies course Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan claimed Gov. Ron DeSantis had a "white nationalist agenda" after the College Board revised an AP African American Studies course being considered in Florida.
February 1, 2023 Trump calls DeSantis a 'RINO GLOBALIST' as verbal attacks heat up ahead of potential 2024 campaign showdown The war of words between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis heats up ahead of a likely clash for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
February 1, 2023 Florida sheriff names abandoned newborn 'Angel Grace' after baby found alive in woods Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Saturday about what sounded like "a baby crying outside" in a wooded area in Mulberry, Florida.
February 1, 2023 Joy Reid misleads with uncorrected version of Washington Post article on DeSantis' education law MSNBC host Joy Reid condemned Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education law on Tuesday using a Washington Post article that the paper was later forced to correct with additional context.