Florida effectively bans AP Psychology course over LGBTQ content, College Board says
Florida “effectively banned” Advanced Placement Psychology classes in the state due to the course’s content on sexual orientation and gender identity, the College Board said Thursday. The state’s Department of Education informed the College Board that its AP Psychology class is in violation of state law, the higher education nonprofit المزيد
Woman sentenced to 14 years in death of infant found in Florida inlet
A Florida mother who was arrested four years after her child was found dead in an inlet in 2018 pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office said. Arya Singh, 30, was sentenced after she pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child and المزيد
Alpha Phi Alpha’s move out of Florida could be the first of many Black organizations
Statewide policies under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prompted the nation’s oldest Black fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, to pull its 2025 convention out of the state as a form of protest. But now, the group’s president, Willis L. Lonzer III, said he thinks his fraternity’s decision may galvanize other Black organizations المزيد
Leprosy may now be endemic in Florida, report suggests
Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a new report. Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research paper, published in المزيد
College Board pushes back on Florida work group member who likened new Black history standards to AP curriculum
The College Board has refuted claims its Advanced Placement African American Studies course contains the same language as a contested standard in Florida’s new African American history curriculum that says middle schoolers should be taught that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” المزيد
CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job
At the time, Temple declined NBC News’ request for an interview and a spokeswoman for the Level 2 trauma center said Bayonet Point was “appropriately staffed to ensure the safe care of our patients.” The spokeswoman also said, “We rely on feedback from our physicians, and when issues are validated المزيد
Newly indicted Trump employee has not secured Florida counsel
MIAMI, Fl.— The Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in a new indictment alongside former President Donald Trump in the alleged mishandling of classified government documents after Trump left office has not secured a Florida-based lawyer ahead of his first court appearance Monday. Carlos De Oliveira, 56, is set to appear before المزيد
Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed that references in news articles or by the network’s hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as “the Big Lie” was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Trump had been seeking punitive المزيد
Florida woman arrested after biting ear off another woman during fight over vape pens and alcohol
A Florida woman was arrested after biting the top of another woman’s ear off during a fight over vape pens and alcohol on July 4th, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to an assault and battery call at a home in Callaway, a suburb of Panama City, المزيد
Most of Florida work group did not agree with controversial parts of state’s new standards for Black history, members say
A majority of the members of the Florida work group that developed new standards for teaching African American history opposed the sections that have recently drawn criticism, including that middle schoolers be instructed that enslaved people developed “skills” that could be used for their “personal benefit,” three members of the المزيد