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Former county commissioner, environmental advocate Nancy Higgs dies at age 75
Nancy Noel Higgs — a former Brevard County commissioner, environmental advocate and business owner — has died at age 75 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Higgs, a longtime resident of Brevard's south beaches area, served on the Brevard County Commission for three four-year terms, from 1992 to 2004, representing District 3 in South Brevard. ...
Atlas 5 blasts off on final classified military mission
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified U.S. Space Force satellite — the booster's final national security payload — blasted off from Cape Canaveral two minutes after sunrise Tuesday and streaked into space to kick off a secrecy-shrouded mission.Powered by a Russian-built RD-180 first stage engine and five Northrop Grumman strap-on solid-fuel boosters, the Atlas 5 roared to life at 6:45 a.m. EDT and majestically climbed away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop 2.7 million pounds of thrust.Putting on a spectacular early morning show, the five strap-ons boosted the rocket and its...
SpaceX Dragon recovery will return to the West Coast for good
SpaceX announced last week that the company will be moving its Dragon recovery operations to the West Coast of the United States due to trunk debris surviving reentry, even though computer models said it wouldn’t. This will be a return to form as the company started out recovering its Dragons from California.
Florida sheriffs, police chiefs oppose marijuana initiative
- Pointing to issues such as traffic safety, the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida Police Chiefs Association have announced opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the use of recreational marijuana. The sheriffs association said its members approved a resolution opposing the initiative during a meeting last...
OneBlood ransomware attack could affect Florida hospital blood shortages
Blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood, which serves hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern U.S., has been hit with a ransomware cyberattack that is affecting Florida hospitals, according to a release. Although OneBlood remains operational and continues to collect, test and distribute blood, the release said, the impact to the organization's software has significantly slowed their processes and shipments to hospitals. ...
Gov. DeSantis seeks to nix legal challenge to Monique Worrell's suspension
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to end a legal challenge to his controversial decision last year to suspend Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell. State lawyers Friday filed a 25-page motion arguing that a federal judge should dismiss a lawsuit filed by two residents and the group Florida Rising Together that alleges DeSantis violated voters’ due-process and First Amendment rights in the suspension.
Riverview family pushing for legislation to help fentanyl addicts
TAMPA, Fla. — According to the latest report from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, fentanyl caused the most deaths in the first half of 2023. As it continues to be a crisis impacting many across the state of Florida, some families want something to be done to help addicts and their families.
Judge Permanently Blocks Portion Of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act As A Violation Of Free Speech
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker permanently blocked part of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis' Stop WOKE Act. The post Judge Permanently Blocks Portion Of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act As A Violation Of Free Speech appeared first on NewsOne.
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