Florida attorney general announces arrest warrant for Raúl Castro.

'You must be held accountable': Florida attorney general announces arrest warrant for Raúl Castro...

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Oct 19, 2026

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that the Office of Statewide Prosecution and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have secured a state arrest warrant for Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, charging him with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the Feb. 24, 1996, shootdown of two unarmed Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft over international waters

Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US

Madeline Halpert

New York





Watch: Florida thrashed as Hurricane Isaias makes landfall


Four people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power after Hurricane Isaias battered parts of the southern US with powerful winds and heavy rain.

Officials reported two deaths each in the states of Alabama and Florida, which included people who were killed when trees fell on their houses.

An estimated 500,000 people in total were without power in several states as of Saturday evening, according to tracker PowerOutage.

Isaias made landfall in Florida late on Friday with maximum sustained winds of 105mph (168km/h) before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone.

The storm felled trees and ripped the roofs off buildings. Alabama, Florida and Georgia all declared states of emergency ahead of its arrival, while both Florida and Alabama issued mandatory evacuation orders to thousands of people.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Simon is bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast and has strengthened to category four. It is expected to make landfall sometime overnight.

Tropical Storm Rachel, also in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to hit southern California later on Saturday.

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The roof was blown off an apartment complex in Milton, Florida

Hurricane Isaias Strikes Destin | 668K Without Power, 9-FT Surge & Deadly Flash Floods

🔴 Hurricane Isaias Strikes Destin | 668K Without Power, 9-FT Surge & Deadly Flash Floods

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Mrman Extreme Weather  

Oct 10, 2026  

Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Destin, Florida late Thursday night — packing 105 MPH sustained winds, a devastating 9-foot storm surge, and catastrophic flash flooding across the Gulf Coast. As of this morning, 668,000 customers are without power across Florida and Alabama, with Mobile County and Baldwin County taking the hardest hit. Flash Flood Emergencies were issued across southern Okaloosa County as 4–7 inches of rain dropped in just hours. Storm surge warnings remain active from the Alabama-Florida border to Grayton Beach. Isaias is now pushing north through Alabama at 20 MPH — tornado watches, additional flooding, and downed power lines are still active threats RIGHT NOW.

This is the first U.S. hurricane landfall in two years — and it happened fast. Isaias went from a tropical depression to a Category 2 in just 48 hours, thanks to record-warm Gulf waters and collapsed wind shear. The Gulf was basically rocket fuel.

⚠️ Turn Around, Don’t Drown. 12 inches of water can float your car. 2 feet will sweep away an SUV. Do NOT drive around barricades — the road may be completely washed out underneath.

Stay safe. Monitor weather.gov, floridadisaster.org, or ema.alabama.gov for real-time updates.

Lesson learned: hurricane season isn’t over until it’s over. One quiet season can end in 48 hours. Have your go-bag ready, know your evacuation zone, and never wait for the last warning.

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Cuban foreign agent running for Congress claims conflicting residencies

Story by Hudson Crozier, Washington Examiner

Cuban foreign agent running for Congress claims conflicting residencies

A registered foreign agent for Cuba is running for Congress in Rhode Island despite attesting that he lives in both the Ocean State and Florida, documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner show.

GOP House candidate Victor Mellor wrote Englewood, Florida, as his residence in a June filing with the Department of Justice and a Warwick, Rhode Island, address as his "business address" — despite campaigning for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. He also obtained a July marriage license in Florida that seemingly contradicted the DOJ filing by labeling Warwick as his "residence." The city's public property records further complicate the picture, listing a different couple as owners of the property at the Warwick address.

The records raise questions about Mellor's Rhode Island roots as he competes with GOP-endorsed primary opponent Stephen Skoly for incumbent Rep. Seth Magaziner's (D-RI) seat. Mellor has the support of former Donald Trump advisers Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn. He also counts Trump allies Roger Stone and Joseph Flynn, Michael Flynn's brother, as campaign staffers.

Mellor's campaign did not respond to the Washington Examiner's request for comment. A campaign spokesperson told the Providence Journal that the Florida "address discrepancy" in the DOJ filing "stems from a clerical error made by the law firm Vic has used in the past." Mellor is a Rhode Island native who "continues to reside in Warwick," the spokesperson told the paper.

However, Mellor and his female partner's names do not appear in search results in Warwick's property database. Instead, Sarasota County, Florida's property appraiser lists the couple as owners of a parcel at the same Englewood address Mellor reported as his residence to the DOJ. Sarasota County last updated the listing on Sunday.

HIV-positive pastor shocks community, charged with abuse of 14-year-old boy...

HIV-positive pastor shocks community, charged with abuse of 14-year-old boy: 'Jesus don't like that'

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, August 06, 2026

Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd details the charges against Timothy Chaneyfield, a pastor accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy, during a press conference on Aug. 4, 2026. | YouTube/Polk Sheriff

An HIV-positive Florida pastor is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy he met on a dating app, after allegedly going online to target children. The case has left residents shocked and horrified.

Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, the pastor at St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven, is facing several charges and was transferred to the Polk County Jail, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a press conference Tuesday. He is being held on a bond of over $350,000.

Chaneyfield faces the following charges: three counts of lewd battery of a minor, three counts of interfering with custody of a minor, one count of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, three counts of traveling to meet a minor, four counts of an HIV-infected person having sex without informing a partner, one count of possession of cannabis, and five counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Judd said investigators spoke with members of the St. James church, who were “shocked” and said, “they had absolutely no idea their pastor was like that.” The investigation revealed that Chaneyfield had gone online searching for children and met the 14-year-old boy through a dating app.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO), the investigation began on July 28 after a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The tip came from Instagram, where Chaneyfield and the victim continued chatting after meeting on the dating app.

“And then Timothy Chaneyfield picked him up in front of his neighborhood on three different occasions,” Judd said. “And on those three different occasions, he wasn't preaching, but he was messing around.”

Investigators said Chaneyfield picked up the victim on three consecutive days at the entrance to his subdivision, drove him to his house in Winter Haven and sexually abused him.

The pastor allegedly told the victim during a phone call that he wanted to continue having sex with him. He also told the boy he had to travel to Baltimore; investigators later learned he was presiding over a funeral there.

Florida’s no-children-at-drag shows law upheld by federal appeals court

By Christine Sexton-August 4, 2026 5:20 pm



Rose Duvall performing at Drag Brunch of Bay County Florida on Sunday April 26th 2026 (Photo credit: Kassy Byrd)



A federal appeals court has upheld a Florida law banning children from attending drag shows, a measure put in place with the support of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

In an 8-5 opinion handed down Tuesday, the majority ruled the law was constitutional, while those on the dissenting side criticized the measure as overreach.

“The act is a straight forward regulation of obscenity,” wrote Judge Andrew Brasher, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, on behalf of the majority. “Preventing children from attending adult live performances obscene for them is rationally related to Florida’s interest in safeguarding the well-being of minors.”

DeSantis posted on X that “this shouldn’t even be controversial, yet our law protecting kids required to fend off lawsuits and win a case before a divided appellate court.”

The Legislature in 2023 passed SB 1438, the “Protection of Children Act.”

The law threatens fines, loss of operating licenses, and criminal penalties against any venues that expose any “child” to “lewd” performances, even if the child has parental consent.

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PATRICK SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL CUBAN DOUBLE AGENTS IN THE US GOVERNMENT WHO ACT LIKE STAUNCH REPUBLICANS BUT WHO CALL THE UNITED STATES THE "ENEMY" WHEN THEY DON'T THINK THEY'RE BEING RECORDED

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Jul 22, 2026

On Monday afternoon, Patrick Byrne livestreamed an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on his Locals channel, which is behind a $5/mo membership paywall.

AzPinkLady on X.com took the liberty of tweeting-out this 1-minute clip from Patrick’s livestream, where he gives some insight as to how the CIA interfaced with Venezuela to cheat the elections – namely, through a man named Frank Holder.

IMAGE: Frank Holder’s LinkedIn profile.


Frank Holder is a former US Air Force Intelligence Officer (OSI) and the CEO of Holder Partners, LLC, a private company that conducts corporate and financial investigations in Latin America.

Patrick claims that he’s a “CIA double agent” who’s been a Cuban asset since 1980, and that “When the CIA needed to hack 2020, they used him as the go-between to Venezuela and set it up.”

Patrick says that there are several Cuban double agents in and around the US Government, who act like staunch Republicans but who are actually billionaires, like Frank Holder from doing business with Venezuela’s Chavista regime and with the Cubans, as he told Emerald Robinson on The Absolute Truth podcast last April.

One of these Cuban double agents, Manuel Rocha got caught in late 2023. In a video recorded by an undercover agent, Rocha praised Fidel Castro, called the United States the "enemy" and boasted about spying for over 40 years, while working at the State Department.

According to the criminal complaint, Rocha said that he was instructed by Cuba to "lead a normal life", and he created a fictitious persona of a "right-wing person". Rocha's $750 campaign donation to Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar was returned after his arrest.

FULL VIDEO: “Florida’s Elite: Cuban Spies & Venezuelan Deals Hiding in Plain Sight?”

Mass of Consecration of the United States of America to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Mass of Consecration of the United States to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Thursday - June 11th @ 4:00 PM EST

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Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress under cloud, says she’s running to regain seat

Former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, outside a gathering of a group of Broward Democratic clubs at Flamingo Park in Sunrise on Monday, May 11, 2026. Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned in April, said she is running in this year's election to return to Congress. (Anthony Man/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

By Anthony Man | aman@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel

PUBLISHED: May 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM EDT | UPDATED: May 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM EDT


Less than a month after she resigned from Congress in the face of a looming expulsion recommendation, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick said Monday she is a candidate to return to Washington.

Cherfilus-McCormick said she is seeking the Democratic nomination in the reconfigured 20th Congressional District, which is concentrated in central Broward County, after Florida Republicans changed the map of Florida congressional districts.

She said she isn’t deterred by four other candidates who are already running — or by the prospect that U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz might decide to run in the same district. Wasserman Schultz’s Broward district was blown up by the new Republican reconfiguration of the congressional map.

“The strongest candidate in the race is me,” Cherfilus-McCormick said. “I never said I wasn’t running.”

The former congresswoman made it clear she doesn’t care for Wasserman Schultz, the senior Democratic member of Florida’s congressional delegation. When she was first elected, in a 2022 special election to fill the vacancy left by the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, Cherfilus-McCormick said Wasserman Schultz was dismissive when she arrived in Washington.

“One of the first things that ever happened when I came into Congress, she told me I wouldn’t be in Congress for more than 5 minutes, and here we are, five years still fighting. So I wish everyone well, but what I know is that in our district we’ll be fighting and we’ll make sure that the Black voice, as well as everybody’s voice is not diluted, and that’s what this is about, to make sure that everyone’s voice is being heard.”

Cherfilus-McCormick made her comments in response to reporters’ questions just before a gathering of members from about 20 Broward Democratic clubs, organized by Barbara Effman, president of the West Broward Democratic Club. Effman is a longtime Wasserman Schultz supporter.

Wasserman was the evening’s major speaker and arrived at the event as reporters were talking to Cherfilus-McCormick. The two didn’t cross paths.

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Norovirus outbreak reported on Princess cruise ship that departed Fort Lauderdale

By Matthew Ablon

Updated on: May 9, 2026 / 1:04 PM EDT / CBS Miami

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports it is monitoring a norovirus outbreak on board a Princess Cruises ship that departed Fort Lauderdale more than a week ago.

A report from the agency said the outbreak unfolded on the Caribbean Princess, which departed from Port Everglades on April 28. Data gathered by CruiseMapper shows the Caribbean Princess is currently on a 13-day voyage in the Caribbean, with stops in the Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. The ship is set to end its one-way cruise by docking at Port Canaveral in Orlando on May 11.

The CDC report indicates that 102 of the ship's 3,116 passengers reported ill, while 13 of the ship's 1,131 crew members reported ill. The main symptoms shared have included diarrhea and vomiting. The agency said Princess Cruises has responded to the norovirus outbreak by increasing cleaning and disinfection procedures; collecting specimens for testing, isolating ill passengers and crew; and consulting with the agency's Vessel Sanitation Program about cleaning procedures and reporting ill cases.

The CDC notes the VSP is conducting a field response for an environmental assessment and outbreak investigation to help control it. The outbreak was reported on Thursday, May 7.

The outbreak on the Caribbean Princess comes more than a month after another norovirus outbreak was reported on another Princess ship. In March, the Star Princess faced an outbreak that sickened more than 104 guests and 49 crew members. That ship also left Fort Lauderdale and made stops in the Caribbean, albeit in Honduras, Belize and the Mexican Riviera. The Star Princess returned to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale at the conclusion of that voyage. When the outbreak was reported, the Star Princess would have been sailing from Belize City to Cozumel, according to that itinerary.

In early January, the CDC reported that an outbreak on board a Holland America cruise ship had sickened more than 80 people after departing from Fort Lauderdale at the end of December.

In February, the agency said 27 people were sickened in an outbreak of an unknown gastrointestinal illness on board a luxury cruise ship, the Regent Seven Seas, which was sailing from Miami to Honolulu.


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