Florida State

Tampa, FL

TheDailyBeast

Tropical Storm Debby is currently battering the southeastern United States, causing record-breaking flooding and possibly disrupting international drug trafficking. Samuel Briggs II, the chief patrol agent for Customs and Border Patrol’s Miami sector, shared photos on X, formerly Twitter, after a Florida Keys resident discovered over 70 pounds of cocaine washed up from the storm. “Good Samaritan discovered the drugs & contacted authorities,” Briggs said. “U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million dollars.” Debby made landfall in the Sunshine State on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, but has since been downgraded...

Huge Stash of Cocaine Washes Up on Florida Beach After Tropical Storm Debby

A "dead zone" at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico continues to kill off or drive out aquatic life — and this year it's grown even bigger, scientists working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found. Lying off the coast of Louisiana, the oxygen-depleted or hypoxic...

Scientists Alarmed by Enormous Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

California State

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Former President Trump's recent false attack questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity comes as the number of people in the U.S. identifying as multiracial is surging — particularly in California. Why it matters: Trump's comments illuminate how some Americans consistently misunderstand the complexities of people from multiple racial...

California's multiracial population is soaring

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Washington State

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Denver, CO

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Savannah, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

A-Z-Animals

There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world today and they are some of the best-known predators around. Although most sharks typically swim around at a leisurely pace, some are capable of absolutely devastating bursts of speed which they use to great effect when hunting their prey. Although some sharks are naturally built […]

The 10 Fastest Sharks in the World

Dallas, TX

Several North Texas school districts start classes this week, giving parents a break from summer break. Why it matters: This will be a critical year for public schools, as districts navigate funding shortfalls and teacher vacancies. Driving the news: Dallas and Frisco ISDs start Monday. Fort Worth and Plano start...

How school will be different this year in Dallas-Fort Worth

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Santa Barbara County, CA

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — (AP) — Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday. The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute said that since July...

Sea lions are stranding themselves on California's coast with signs of poisoning by harmful algae

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Fox News

A law firm rated the most dangerous beaches, taking into account shark attacks and rip currents that kill surfers, and there was only one non-Florida beach in the top 25.

Shark Watch: Top 10 most dangerous beaches involving shark attacks, surfer deaths

Have you ever thought about what it costs to be homeless?. Oh, I know, the quick answer is that it doesn’t cost anything. Everything is free. My readers bemoan free phones, Medicaid, food stamps … everything that is provided to people experiencing homelessness. So, they especially didn’t like it when I reported that the Denver Basic Income Project wants more money from the city.

Opinion: Living unhoused proves an expensive pit to be in; Denver Basic Income Project provides exit

Paramount Global on Thursday took a $6 billion write-down on its cable TV business, the day after Warner Bros. Discovery did the same for $9 billion. Why it matters: Both companies are struggling to convince Wall Street that their streaming bets will make up for those losses. Paramount Global's stock...

Cable TV biz crumbles

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Florida estuaries are warming even faster than global oceans

As global ocean temperatures continue to rise, Tampa Bay and other Florida estuaries have warmed even faster, according to new research from University of South Florida...

Florida estuaries are warming even faster than global oceans

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