Frank Mooney
WASHINGTON — A well-known lawyer in Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration on Monday over the revocation of his security clearance. He said it was “improper political retribution” that makes it impossible for him to keep working as a lawyer for clients in secret national security cases. The case, which was filed in federal court … Read more
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A well-known civil rights lawyer, Ben Crump, says he will sue a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others for the shooting death of U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, in May 2024. Eddie Duran, a former deputy sheriff for Okaloosa County, shot and killed Fortson at the door of his … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Supporters of progressive ideas have sued in federal court against new rules that make it harder for citizen-led proposals to get on the ballot in Florida. The court challenge is being brought by Florida Decides Healthcare, the group working to get a measure on the 2026 ballot that would expand Medicaid in … Read more
The black bear that killed a man and a dog in South Florida was being looked for by police on Monday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement that the attack happened in the country east of Naples, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area. Wildlife police said the … Read more
Democrats in 19 states and Washington, DC have sued the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other federal health officials, saying that the restructuring of the agency puts the public at risk after several public health programs were shut down and thousands of federal health workers were … Read more
An official in Louisiana has said that a conservative judge should be removed from the bench for “egregious unethical conduct” related to lying about her time in the military. It is said that District Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts lied when she said she was a Captain and had been sent overseas to fight in Operation Desert … Read more
Eight people were killed when two cars crashed into each other head-on on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas. Among the dead were a high school student, a teacher-coach, and an Oklahoma school worker, officials said Monday. The accident took place on U.S. 169 around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, just outside the small town of … Read more
ALABAMA — A group of Alabama lawmakers have written to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to ask them to extend the deadline for STAR ID enforcement. Reps. Terri A. Sewell, Bennie G. Thompson, Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Rep. Sydney Kamlager spoke out against the bill. All of them signed a formal letter … Read more
Hundreds of rescuers are searching through the thick forest for two lost children in a rural area of Canada’s Nova Scotia province. The search has now been going on for four days. Lily Sullivan, 6, and her brother Jack, 4, were last seen at their home in Pictou County on Friday morning. Their home is … Read more
The mother from Venezuela, Yorley Inciarte, was sent back to her home country last week without her 2-year-old daughter, and her partner was sent to El Salvador. She is now charging the U.S. government of “kidnapping” her child. The father of the child told ABC News in Spanish, “My daughter was born in Venezuela, not … Read more