Month: June 2023

new You can now listen to the Insurance Journal articles! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed flood control and other measures in central and western Florida and at least one Republican says it was in retaliation for his support of the governor’s rival in the 2024 presidential race. State Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, said DeSantis “did it in Sarasota County” after Gruters endorsed former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination next year. in accordance with the Orlando Sentinel and other news sites. “Evil” acts like this have defined DeSantis in the public eye, Gruters told the newspaper and news…

The creator of the missing the Titanic submersibleOceanGate, was the target of complaints in 2018 filed by a former employee about the safety of the ship’s hull. According to court documents reviewed by CBS MoneyWatch, OceanGate fired employee David Lochridge in 2018 after he raised concerns about the submersible’s safety. The company sued him that same year, alleging that Lochridge had breached his employment contract by disclosing confidential information to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration when he filed a complaint with the agency. In response to OceanGate’s lawsuit, Lochridge alleged in a 2018 court filing that he had been…

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A New Mexico woman accused of breaking into a couple’s home and assaulting them while claiming the home was hers has been convicted. Josie Abeyta was sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading no contest to criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. A judge said he will have to stay on his medication and continue counseling as part of his probation terms. How Tent Rocks went from a tourist draw to a still-closed National Monument Abeyta is also ordered to pay compensation to the victims. Abeyta will have the opportunity to remove the charges from your…

Fatal drug overdoses surged in Nassau County last year, an increase from 2021 that officials blamed mostly on fentanyl, a cheap and deadly synthetic opioid, although opioid deaths registered a slight decline in Suffolk County. More than 300 people died of fatal drug overdoses in Nassau last year, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said Tuesday in Garden City. Exact numbers for 2022 were not immediately available, but there were 270 overdose deaths in 2021, according to the Nassau County coroner’s office. Fentanyl caused 190 of those deaths, the statistics show. Blakeman reported the jump in fatal overdoses at a press conference…

Five days before authorities say an Idaho man killed four neighbors, one of them allegedly exposed himself to the suspect’s wife and daughter, according to law enforcement documents released Tuesday. Details of the alleged incident were included in an affidavit in support of the arrest of Majorjon Kaylor, 31, on four counts of murder in the weekend killings of Kenneth Guardipee, 65, Kenna Guardipee, 41 , Devin Smith, 18, and Aiken Smith. 16. An attorney for Kaylor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to the affidavit, authorities responded to and investigated a June 13 call about…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A number of Virginia incumbents prevailed over challengers in Tuesday’s primary election, but two of the state’s most controversial political figures, Democratic Sen. Joe Morrissey and Republican Sen. Amanda Chase, lose his party’s nomination. Morrissey, a political centrist and increasingly rare Democrat who supports limits on abortion access, lost to former state lawmaker Lashrecse Aird, who focused her campaign on her unapologetic support and “100 %” to abortion rights. “Joe’s been here too long. It’s time for new blood,” said Gail Coleman, 62, who voted for Aird Tuesday afternoon in suburban Richmond. Chase, a right-wing brand…

RICHMOND, Va. — After more than 30 years in Virginia politics, Joe Morrissey says he’s done. The state senator lost his Democratic primary election Tuesday to former state lawmaker Lashrecse Aird. “I’m moving on to the next chapter in my life, I want to be a full-time parent and coach all my kids in a myriad of sports and I’m really looking forward to it,” Morrissey said. a telephone interview with Jake Burns. “Like I tell them all the time, you always fight to the end. You never quit. You never give up. But in the end, you know, it’s…