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August 2, 2020 By: Staff Report PENSACOLA, Fla. – Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashed down safely today, off the coast of Pensacola Florida, from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. A 19-hour descent to earth. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is the…
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July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sources say that President Trump will sign an order requiring ByteDance to sell its ownership of the US-based video-sharing app TikTok, according to Bloomberg. On July 6th, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the administration was “certainly looking…
Read More Trump Administration Plans to Cancel TikTok from its Chinese Owner, Bloomberg Reports
July 31, 2020 By: Staff Report Tampa, Fla. – Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren has filed 30 felony charges against a Tampa resident for scamming people across America, perpetuating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk on…
Read More Tampa Teen Arrested in Twitter Hack Bitcoin Scam
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C.- Nothing was accomplished today for millions of Americans who are struggling financially. “It makes it the pending business for next week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters on Thursday. “And we can keep talking and hopefully making…
Read More ‘We’re nowhere close to a deal’ Republicans and Democrats Play Ping-Pong While Americans Struggle
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report, National ALBANY, GA—Two convicted felons are in custody and are charged by federal criminal complaint after a cache of weapons was found in an Albany hotel room. Daniel Landon Knight, age 29, and Haley Roberts, age 32, both of…
Read More Felons Charged with Illegally Possessing Cache of Weapons
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report Gulfport, Miss – Joseph D. Sonnier, 31, of Gautier, Mississippi, has been charged in an indictment, returned by a Federal Grand Jury on July 28, 2020, with four counts of assault on an officer or employee of the government,…
Read More Gautier Man Charged with Assault on U.S. Marshals Service Task Force Officers
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report FORT MYERS, Fla.- Christopher Gloster, Sr. (57, Fort Myers), aka “OG,” was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Gloster’s son, Christopher Gloster, Jr. (30, Fort Myers), aka “Jitt,” was sentenced to five…
Read More Father And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Dealing
July 30, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA,Fla. – Tropical Cyclone Nine, strengthened Thursday morning into Tropical Storm Isaias. The center of Tropical Storm Isaias was located near latitude 15.8 North, longitude 67.0 West. Isaias is moving toward the west-northwest near 20 mph (31 km/h), and…
Read More Tropical Storm Isaias Forms in The Atlantic
July 29, 2020 By: Deborah Childress TAMPA, Fla. – The gripping, national story of a former local teacher’s secret videotaping of Bloomingdale High School students has progressed with a new lawsuit filed by one of the scandal’s victims. On June 26, 2020, attorneys for a…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board Sued in Sex Tape Quagmire
July 29, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla.- Tropical Cyclone 9 is picking up steam but still has no low-level center, according to the NWS. A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The disturbance has moved into…
Read More Tropical Storm Isaias Likely to Form Wednesday, Track is Up In the Air, Literally