Associated Press
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Enrique Tarrios was at a news conference with other Jan. 6 defendants outside the building at the center of the riot that resulted in many of them in prison and later granted clemency by President Trump.
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More than 160,000 Americans across every state signed up to resettle newcomers through the Welcome Corps, a public-private effort launched two years ago.
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Led by Republican state attorneys general in Tennessee and Arkansas, the 17 states - including Florida - sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April challenging its rules on how to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a 2022 bipartisan law requiring employers to make “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant or postpartum employees. The rules say that workers can ask for time off to obtain an abortion and recover from the procedure.
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Florida’s Demographic Estimating Conference decided not to make any updates because of changes to federal and state immigration policies.
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Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in North Florida have been released after being treated at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
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The suit, filed by new Attorney General James Uthmeier, alleges that national chain violated the Securities Exchange Act by failing to disclose “the known risks” of the diversity initiatives.
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Peltier, 80, grew emotional at an events center in Belcourt on the Turtle Mountain reservation. Then-President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement, leading to his release.
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Edward James is scheduled to be executed March 20 for the 1993 slaying of 8-year-old Toni Neuner at the home of her grandmother, Betty Dick, before he killed the 58-year-old woman as well.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis hands the state’s top law enforcement role to his former chief of staff, a trusted aide who has helped orchestrate and defend some of his most divisive initiatives.
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The study was small — just 48 adults — and lasted just over two months, so it’s not the final word. But the results add to evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic might help with cravings for things other than food.