NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Thursday halted a lower court judge’s order to end operations indefinitely at the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades. The panel voted 2-1 to stay the judge’s order pending the outcome of an appeal, allowing the facility to…
Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo have announced that Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state. DeSantis also announced on Wednesday the creation of a state-level “Make America Healthy Again” commission modeled after similar initiatives pushed at the federal level by Health and Human Services…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he said owed him money more than 30 years ago was put to death on Thursday, extending the record number of executions carried out in the Sunshine State to 11 so far this year….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A petition urging Florida officials to show leniency toward Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people, has garnered nearly 2.5 million signatures as of Sunday afternoon. The petition — posted on the website Change.org and addressed to Florida…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday blocking Florida from further expanding the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams’ injunction formalized the temporary halt she had ordered two weeks ago. Witnesses continued to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five Floridians, including singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and former Republican and Democratic politicians, with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom. “I’m proud to recognize the legacies of these great Floridians,” DeSantis said in a statement. “Our state is better for their contributions,…
A federal judge on Monday tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration and Florida state officials — though other challenges over “Alligator Alcatraz” are still pending. Civil rights attorneys had sued the Trump administration and…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents before setting their house on fire 35 years ago will be put to death next month, which could extend the Sunshine State’s record number of executions to 12. David Pittman, 63, is set to be…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! From “Alligator Alcatraz” to a new “Deportation Depot,” Florida says it is leading the way in enforcing federal immigration laws. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a shuttered former prison in Sanderson, north…
Florida lawmakers got their first tour of the new migrant detention facility in the Everglades called Alligator Alcatraz. Democratic lawmakers had been asking for a tour for weeks after detainees claimed there were “inhumane” conditions inside the facility. A group of the lawmakers had sued Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to be allowed in. On…
