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☆ Florida jury says man who confessed to Parkland school shooting should be sentenced to death
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Brian Ellsworth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Pool via REUTERSOct 13 (Reuters) - Jurors determined Thursday that Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death for a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. Jurors determined in at least one of the murders that there were aggravating factors that would support a death sentence, but in other cases they did not. Cruz, 24, had pleaded guilty last year to premeditated murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Under Florida law, a death sentence could only have been handed down if jurors had unanimously recommended he be executed. The Parkland shooting had led to renewed calls for tighter gun control in the United States.

☆ As families and 'Parrotheads' flock to campgrounds and RV parks, institutional real-estate investors see their next big score
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-23 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Investors are eyeing profits in campgrounds and RV parks as Americans flock to the great outdoors. Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Cabana Cabins Auburndale, Central FloridaThe trend is also driven by demographics. Sam Zell's Equity Lifestyle Properties, another large REIT that invests in RV parks alongside mobile homes, has also been busy. While it's not clear how much big investors have thrown into RV campgrounds, manufactured housing communities as a whole have seen a burst of Wall Street financing. After looking hard at multifamily and industrial, he settled with RV parks.

☆ Un roi gigantic de țânțari modificați genetic se pregătește să invadeze Florida; Demersul stârnește mari controverse
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: APUn roi gigantic de țânțari modificați genetic se pregătește să invadeze Florida; Demersul stârnește mari controverseUn roi gigantic de țânțari modificați genetic se pregătește să invadeze Florida. În această primăvară, compania de biotehnologie Oxitec intenționează să elibereze țânțari modificați genetic în arhipeleagul Florida Keys. Recent, compania a solicitat din nou aprobarea pentru a elibera o nouă versiune a țânțarilor. Compania susține că nu există niciun risc în utilizarea tetraciclinei pentru reproducerea țânțarilor modificați genetic. Nu există, susțin aceștia, o monitorizare a bolilor în țările în care Oxitec a eliberat țânțari și nici informații despre prețul tehnologiei.

Persons: Oxitec, Țânțarii Organizations: EPA, Compania, Universitatea Yale, Yale Locations: Florida, Florida Keys, Brazilia, SUA

☆ Congressional stock report: Diet Coke-loving Debbie Dingell buys the competition, environmentalist Lois Frankel eyes oil, and Dan Crenshaw gets his move on
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-29 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Members of Congress regularly make stock trades and are required to disclose them. Here's Insider's compilation of the most recent stock trades lawmakers disclosed. Her stock sales include the American Express Company, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc., and oil company Hess Corporation. Dingell this month also sold up to $50,000 worth of stock in the parent company of department store Macy's. These disclosures, which include a range of information about members' income, assets, debt, and financial trades, were originally due May 17.

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