Boa constrictor found in carry-on baggage at Florida airport

The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by TSA agents in carry-on baggage at US airports continues into 2023. This time the discovery was an old standby theme popularized in movies: snakes on a plane! Well, it was one 4-foot boa constrictor to be exact, but technically it never made it onto the plane. […]

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Massive $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs in Tuesday drawing

Feeling lucky? You may want to spend a couple of bucks for your shot at Tuesday night’s massive $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. It has a cash value of $568.7 million. The jackpot has been rolling since it was last won on Oct. 14, when tickets sold in California and Florida shared a $502 million […]

Migrant repatriations continue as Florida steps up patrols

The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, over the weekend following interdictions off the Florida Keys. While more than 4,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti have made their way by boat to the state since August, more than 700 migrants arrived in the Florida Keys over New Year’s weekend, officials said. Many […]

Ben Sasse officially resigns from Senate to become University of Florida president

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has officially resigned from the Senate as he heads into his new role as president of the University of Florida. Nebraska’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen will appoint someone to fill Sasse’s vacant seat. Sasse is leaving the Senate just two years into his second term after the University of Florida Board […]

Wounded Warriors end Florida Keys Soldier Ride with dolphins

Interacting with dolphins in the Florida Keys provided physical and emotional therapy Sunday for a group of wounded U.S. military veterans. The activity at Dolphin Research Center ended the Wounded Warrior Project’s annual Florida Keys Soldier Ride that took some 40 participants and their families on a trip down the Florida Keys Overseas Highway to […]

Woman dies after being thrown from horse at Florida rodeo

A woman died after she was thrown from a horse at a rodeo in the Florida panhandle, authorities said Sunday. The 56-year-old woman had just finished competing in a barrel race at the Baker Rodeo on Saturday when she was thrown from the galloping horse on an exit ramp and struck a pole, the Okaloosa […]

DeSantis activates state guard as migrants flow into Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday mobilized the state national guard to help local officials respond to a large influx of Cuban migrants landing in the Florida Keys. DeSantis, a Republican, activated the Florida National Guard and directed state law agencies to assist in the Keys through an executive order in response to the arrival of […]

McCarthy’s next big task: Win GOP support for House rules

After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House. The drafting and approval of a set of rules is normally a fairly routine legislative affair, but in these times, it’s the next showdown for the embattled McCarthy. To […]

Biden inspects busy port of entry along US-Mexico border

President Joe Biden inspected a busy port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans try to blame him for the record numbers of migrants crossing into the country. At his first stop, […]

Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazil’s Congress, other sites

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on roofs, broke windows and invaded […]