TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida is on the high of a controversial listing for 2024. The studying advocacy group “Pen America” ranked Florida primary within the nation because the state with essentially the most books banned from native colleges. Family visiting from South Africa calls on City of Clearwater to improve pedestrian safety The controversy on whether or not the Florida Division of Schooling is “banning books” or “difficult books” continues. Moms on either side of the argument, nevertheless, do agree that folks ought to proceed to have a voice on the problem. Tiffany Justice, mom and co-founder of Mothers…
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LONDON – A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on delicate info to the Iranian intelligence service.Daniel Khalife, 23, was discovered responsible by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court docket on violations of Britain’s Official Secrets and techniques Act by amassing info helpful to an enemy — Iran. He was cleared of a cost of planting pretend bombs in his army barracks.Prosecutors mentioned Khalife performed a “cynical recreation” by claiming he wished to be a spy after he had delivered a considerable amount of restricted and…
KYIV – Russia carried out a “large” missile and drone assault towards Ukraine’s power infrastructure on Thursday, officers mentioned, including to fears that the Kremlin goals to cripple the country’s power generation capacity earlier than winter.“Assaults on power amenities are occurring throughout Ukraine,” Vitality Minister Herman Halushchenko mentioned in a put up on Fb. He added that emergency energy outages had been carried out nationwide.Ukrainian officers have warned just lately that Russia was stockpiling cruise and ballistic missiles, presumably for an additional pre-winter aerial marketing campaign towards Ukraine’s energy grid. Ukrainian officers have previously accused Russia of “weaponizing winter.”Round half…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – St. Pete is coming collectively to have fun the group’s resilience after a busy hurricane season. They’re holding the first-ever “Nonetheless Shining Music Competition,” with every little thing kicking off Friday at 6 p.m. Ferdian Jap, Occasion Supervisor for St. Pete Pier stated that is in response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The aim is to convey the group collectively to get pleasure from a free weekend crammed with music and movies. “We wish to rally the group and present the folks outdoors of the group that we’re nonetheless shining, our companies are open, all…
NEW DELHI – India’s Parliament was disrupted for a 3rd day Thursday by opposition events protesting the federal government’s silence over allegations in opposition to billionaire Gautam Adani, who was lately indicted within the U.S. for alleged fraud and a scheme to pay bribes.As Speaker Om Birla convened the highly effective decrease home of Parliament, opposition members shot up from their seats and crowded the aisles, shouting anti-government slogans. The Congress and different opposition events have accused the federal government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of defending Adani, an Indian coal magnate.”I don’t respect the style of protest,” Birla mentioned,…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Within the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no counting on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. However some residents dwelling effectively off the grid nonetheless have turkeys this vacation, due to the Alaska Turkey Bomb.For the third straight yr, a resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and sluggish in a small aircraft over rural elements of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those that cannot merely run out to the grocery store.Alaska is usually wilderness, with solely about 20% of it accessible by highway. In winter, many who dwell in…
TAMPA, Fla., (WFLA) – The Metropolitan Ministries is working to ensure anybody who wants a scorching meal on Thanksgiving can get one. With a view to assist the group, Metropolitan Ministries is asking the group for extra donations to allow them to give scorching meals to those that want them. Based on Metro Ministries, donations are down, however the want has been going up. “Individuals are relying on us and we will not do something with out the group’s help. We’re a real non-profit and in case you go searching right here, you will note the cabinets barely have meals…
NEW YORK – A century after the primary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual vacation custom kicks off Thursday in New York Metropolis with new Spider-Man and Minnie Mouse balloons, zoo and pasta-themed floats, performances from Jennifer Hudson and Idina Menzel, and extra.This 12 months’s star-studded lineup is a far cry from the parade’s preliminary incarnation, which featured floats displaying scenes from Mom Goose, Purple Using Hood and the Wolf, Miss Muffet and the Spider, and different fairy tales.Some issues stay the identical, although. As in 1924, there will probably be loads of marching bands and many clowns, adopted by…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 20-year-old man died Wednesday morning after crashing right into a semi-truck close to Jacksonville’s Naval Air Station, based on the Florida Freeway Patrol. FHP stated the person, who was driving a Suzuki motorbike, was reportedly dashing alongside Roosevelt Boulevard round 11 a.m. north when a semi-truck turned left onto a hundred and twentieth Avenue into the Naval Air Station’s gate on Allegheny Street. The motorcyclist was unable to cease and crashed into the semi-truck, FHP stated. He died on the scene. The crash comes only a day after a 17-year-old girl died after crashing into a…
ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A lacking individuals case out of Orange County reportedly got here to a tragic finish final month after authorities stated they discovered a lady useless and dismembered in a suitcase on the facet of a Georgia freeway. The investigation started with a welfare examine at a house within the Waterford Lakes space on the morning of Oct. 29, in response to NBC affiliate WESH. Florida man arrested in deadly golf club attack after ‘forcibly’ holding victim man underwater: police A buddy instructed Orange County deputies that he had began receiving regarding textual content messages from one…