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☆ Miami man charged with killing wife Ana Knezevich Henao in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Carlos Suarez | Denise Royal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —David Knezevich, the South Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain, is now charged with her murder. A federal grand jury in Miami indicted Knezevich, 36, Wednesday on charges of kidnapping resulting in death, foreign domestic violence resulting in death, and foreign murder of a US national. If convicted of the newest charges, Knezevich could face the death penalty. Prosecutors said Knezevich traveled from Miami to Turkey and later to his native home of Serbia, where he rented a car and drove to Spain in late January. The complaint said the vehicle’s license plates were stolen from another vehicle on the street in Madrid where Henao was living.

Persons: David Knezevich, Knezevich, Ana Maria Henao, ” Knezevich “, Henao, “, aforethought, ” Henao, Henao’s, ”, Diego Henao, Aura Henao, Jayne Weintraub, Sanna Rameau, Prosecutors Organizations: CNN, South, Miami, Miami “, Miami International Airport, FBI, Peugeot Locations: South Florida, Spain, Madrid, Europe, Miami, Turkey, Serbia

☆ Miami-Dade Police officer at the center of Tyreek Hill traffic stop has been suspended several times, police records show
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Carlos Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Miami-Dade Police officer placed on administrative duties after the controversial traffic stop of Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill has been suspended multiple times, police records show. Officer Danny Torres was placed on suspension at least six times during his 27-year career, according to his employee profile released late Friday afternoon by the Miami-Dade Police Department. In another incident in 2019, Torres was suspended for 10 days. “We would love to see what the allegations were that led to multiple suspensions for Officer Torres,” Julius B. Collins told CNN. “If you’re suspended at your place of employment six times, you’re terminated.

Persons: Tyreek, Danny Torres, Torres, Hill, ” Julius B, Collins, you’re, ” Organizations: CNN, Miami - Dade Police, Miami Dolphins, Miami - Dade Police Department, Sunday, Dolphins Locations: Miami

CNN —Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill admitted some regrets about his actions during his pre-game detainment on Sunday but called for the officer who restrained him to be taken off the force. Earlier Wednesday, Hill’s attorney representing Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill called for the immediate firing of the officer at the center of Sunday’s controversial traffic stop outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. “Each action that a law enforcement official (takes) is governed by standard operating procedures,” attorney Julius Collins said in a letter shared with CNN. Miami Dade Police DepartmentThe officer puts his right arm around Hill and brings him to sit on the sidewalk. Miami Dade Police DepartmentFinally, the attorney connected Hill’s detainment to broader concerns about how police interact with Black people.

Persons: Tyreek Hill, ” Hill, “, ”, I’ve, Hill, Tyreek, Julius Collins, Danny Torres, ” Collins, Dan Le Batard, Drew Rosenhaus, Collins, Stephanie V, Daniels, “ I’m, ” Daniels, Torres, ” Torres, Ignacio Alvarez, Israel Reyes, Pro Bowler Organizations: CNN — Miami Dolphins, “, Dolphins, NFL, Miami Dolphins, CNN, Miami, Dade Police, Miami Dade Police Department, Miami Dade Police, Miami - Dade Police Department, Jacksonville Jaguars Locations: Miami Gardens , Florida, Hill, Black

☆ Copa América 2024: Federal class action lawsuit seeks refunds on behalf of ticketed fans who weren’t allowed into final
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Denise Royal | Carlos Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Hard Rock Stadium was responsible for implementing the security plans negotiated with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF and implementing protocols designed for fan safety. Hard Rock Stadium hired BEST security for additional assistance,” the complaint states. The class would consist of people who purchased tickets but were not allowed to watch the match in the stadium. Fans try to enter the stadium amid disturbances prior to the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Final match between Argentina and Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on July 14, 2024. Hard Rock Stadium and CONMEBOL told CNN separately that they cannot comment on litigation.

Persons: “, Das Nobel, Megan Briggs, Noble, Maddie Meyer, ticketholders, Jacqueline Martinez, Martinez Organizations: CNN, Copa América, South American Football Confederation, North, Caribbean Association Football, Management, Sunday, CONMEBOL Copa, Hard, Getty, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, Rock, Ticketmaster, Concacaf Locations: Miami Gardens , Florida, Central America, Argentina, Colombia

☆ Copa América: Colombian Football Federation president among dozens arrested at final
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kevin Dotson | Carlos Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún was arrested at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, after Argentina beat Colombia at the Copa América final Sunday. The federation president’s 43-year-old son, Ramón Jamil Jesurún, was arrested on the same battery charges plus one misdemeanor battery charge, in the same altercation, according to another arrest report. Neither the Colombian Football Federation nor CONMEBOL has responded to CNN’s request for more information on the Jesurúns’ arrests. Over 800 law enforcement officers from multiple local agencies were on hand at the stadium, MDPD said in its statement. Hard Rock Stadium will host seven matches in the tournament.

Persons: Ramón Jesurún, Jesurún, ” Jesurún, Ramón Jamil Jesurún, ”, Maddie Meyer, ejections, MDPD, Stephanie V, Daniels, “, Daniella Levine Cava Organizations: CNN — Colombian Football Federation, Hard, Copa América, South, CONMEBOL, Miami - Dade Police Department, Colombian Football Federation, Getty, North, Miami - Dade Police, Dade Locations: Miami Gardens , Florida, Argentina, Colombia, South American, Miami, North America, ” Miami

CNN —American rapper Travis Scott was arrested and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Thursday morning, county jail records show. Scott, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, was booked into jail at 4:35 a.m. and is facing charges of trespassing property after being given a warning and disorderly intoxication, according to jail records. A $650 bond has been submitted for 33-year-old Scott, jail records show. The album was nominated for a Grammy for best rap album, and “Sicko Mode” was nominated for best rap song and best rap performance. Last year, he released “UTOPIA,” which was nominated for best rap album, his 10th Grammy nomination.

Persons: Travis Scott, Scott, Jacques Bermon Webster, ”, Drake, Kylie Jenner, Kardashian, Jenner Organizations: CNN, Miami, Jail, Miami Beach Marina Locations: Dade

☆ David Knezevich: Husband of American woman reported missing in Spain pleads not guilty to kidnapping charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Carlos Suarez | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Before Knezevich’s arrest in May, his attorney, Kenneth Padowitz, told CNN that his client “has never been to Spain” and had nothing to do with the incident. Padowitz, however, told CNN in February that the split was amicable. Prosectors allege video shows a man resembling David Knezevich in a Madrid hardware store on February 2, 2024. She was planning a trip to Barcelona with her friends on February 5, her brother told CNN, but she abruptly stopped communicating and never showed up for the trip. I’ll call you when I get back.”Henao and Rameau had spoken by phone just hours before her disappearance but she had not mentioned meeting a dreamy stranger, he told CNN.

Persons: David Knezevich, Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, Knezevich –, Kenneth Padowitz, “, Spain ”, Knezevich, he’d, Padowitz, Henao, Ana Henao's, Prosectors, Sanna Rameau, ” Henao, Rameau, she’d, Karimi, Al Goodman Organizations: CNN, FBI, Ana, Attorney’s, Peugeot, Investigators Locations: Florida, Spain, Madrid, Salamanca, Serbia, Miami, Turkey, Belgrade, Ana Henao's Madrid, Colombia, Barcelona

☆ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: What we know and where it goes from here
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Lisa Respers France | Josh Campbell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, his life looks very different. But the video could become evidence in an ongoing federal investigation related to Combs and allegations of sex trafficking. Members of law enforcement are seen outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on March 25, 2024. Sean "Diddy" Combs with Cassie Ventura attend the premiere of 'The Perfect Match' at the Arclight Theatre in Los Angeles in 2016. An aerial image of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on March 25, 2024.

Persons: Cassie Ventura, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Ventura, Combs, “, Here’s, HSI, Sean, Diddy, ” Aaron Dyer, Justin, Misa Hylton, Christian, ”, Hylton, Kim Porter, Sean Combs, Jessie, Rodney “, Rod ” Jones, Jones, ” Jones, Chris Delmas, ” Ben Brafman, Shawn Holley, they’ve, Department’s, Kelly, –, Elie Honig, CNN’s Sandra Gonzalez, John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Eric Levenson, Denise Royal, Holmes Lybrand, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Bad Boy Records, Los Angeles County, Attorney’s, US Justice Department, Authorities, Federal, Homeland Security Investigations, US Department of Homeland Security, KCBS, Arclight Theatre, Getty Locations: New York, Miami, Los Angeles, “, AFP

☆ A can of paint. Stolen license plates. Odd messages. How the FBI charged a Florida man with kidnapping his wife in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Faith Karimi | Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the FBI said this week they’ve arrested the mystery man who entered her Madrid apartment building that night: her estranged husband. Knezevich’s attorney, Kenneth Padowitz, told CNN in February that his client is innocent and “has never been to Spain.” Padowitz declined to comment Wednesday after Knezevich’s arrest. She was planning a trip to Barcelona with her friends on February 5, her brother told CNN, making her sudden lack of contact more concerning. Spanish firefighters entered her apartment for a welfare check and she was nowhere to be found, court documents said. And they were written with the help of another Colombian woman Knezevich had met on a dating app months earlier, court documents said.

Persons: Ana Maria Knezevich, Henao, they’ve, David Knezevich, he’d, Kenneth Padowitz, “, ” Padowitz, Knezevich, ” Henao, Padowitz, Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, Manu Fernandez, James Marshall, they’re, ” Marshall, ”, Sanna Rameau, ” Rameau, she’d, — Knezevich, Knezevich’s, CNN’s Pau Mosquera, Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, FBI, Miami International Airport, EOX Technology Solutions Inc, Peugeot, AP FBI Locations: Madrid, Spain, Florida, Barcelona, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Serbia, Spanish, Turkey, Belgrade, Salamanca, Colombia, Colombian, Bogota

☆ Husband of American woman missing in Spain arrested, FBI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Denise Royal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The husband of Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, a woman who was reported missing while in Spain in February, has been arrested in Florida, the FBI confirmed Monday. Knezevich Henao, 40, was reported missing in February after she failed to meet a friend in Madrid. Around the time she went missing, Rameau said she received a WhatsApp message from Knezevich Henao which read: “I met someone wonderful!! Two people who know the situation told CNN Knezevich Henao initially rented the apartment in Madrid from January 5 to February 5. It says David Knezevich is Serbian and Knezevich Henao is a native of Colombia and a project manager.

Persons: Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, David Knezevich, James Marshall, Marshall, Knezevich, Knezevich Henao, Juan Felipe Henao, Sanna Rameau, Rameau, “ I’m, ”, “, Henao, CNN Knezevich Henao, CNN’s Pau Mosquera, Al Goodman, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, FBI, Broward County Sheriff's, Diplomatic Security Service, Miami International Airport, Miami Federal Court, Spanish National Police, US Customs, Knezevich, EOX Technology Locations: Spain, Florida, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Broward County, Miami, Madrid, Her, Barcelona, Madrid’s, Salamanca, Serbia, Knezevich, South Florida, Colombia

Navigating an abortion care desertFlynn says A Woman’s Choice will not close the doors to its Jacksonville clinic. Flynn said their clinics, particularly in North Carolina, are seeing patients who cannot access abortion care in states like Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee. “The stark reality is that the fabric of abortion care in our nation cannot absorb 84,000 patients.”“The entire South now, in a month, will be a desert for abortion care,” she added. In the meantime, Florida abortion providers are working to see as many patients as possible before the six-week ban goes into effect. Patients in dangerWith extreme restrictions on abortion care, providers are concerned that patients will take matters into their own hands.

Persons: Kelly Flynn, ”, Flynn, she’s, ” Flynn, what’s, “, ’ ” Flynn, That’s, Alexandra Mandado, Mandado, we’ve, ” Mandado, “ I’ve, ’ ”, “ We’re, they’re, Cherise Felix, Felix, ” Felix, Jamie R, Grosshans, Caroline Mala Corbin, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, ”, Guttmacher Institute, Florida Supreme, ” University of Miami Locations: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Jacksonville, Texas , Louisiana, Tennessee, East, North Florida

☆ Florida six-week abortion ban will soon become law, but voters will consider a constitutional amendment this fall
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Carlos Suarez | Denise Royal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: The ups and downs of a ‘bad boy’ turned businessman
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. With his legacy in question, this particular chapter of the story of Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently punctuated more by an ellipsis than a period. Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, Diddy, D'Lila Combs and Justin Dior Combs attend in September of 2023. Members of law enforcement are seen outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was briefly stopped by law enforcement and subsequently releasedThe source would not reveal Combs’ vacation destination or current whereabouts.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, ”, Combs, he’s, Puffy, Diddy, Love, Christopher Wallace, B.I.G, Wallace, Chance ”, Sean Combs, “, Faith Evans, ” Combs, Wendy Williams, Wallace’s, Justin, Misa Hylton, Kim Porter, Christian, Twin, Jessie James, Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, D'Lila Combs, Justin Dior Combs, Jason Kempin, Chance, Sarah Chapman, Dana Tran, Sean Jean, — Combs, wasn’t, Sean John, Sean John’s, Sean, Shannon Stapleton, “ Sean Combs, Cassie Ventura, ” Aaron Dyer, ” Dyer, Mary J, Blige, MGK, Janelle Monáe, CNN’s John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Eric Levenson, Denise Royal, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Department of Homeland Security, Bad Boy Records, Ciroc, Global Brands Group, Diageo PLC, Reuters, Diageo, Bad Boy Entertainment, Miami Locations: Manhattan, Quincy, Los Angeles, Miami

☆ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is target of investigation carried out by Homeland Security team that specializes in human trafficking, source says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( John Miller | Elizabeth Wolfe | Federal Authorities Swarmed Diddy S Homes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Homes belonging to Sean “Diddy” Combs were searched by authorities Monday because he is a target of a federal investigation carried out by a Department of Homeland Security team that handles human trafficking crimes, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. Agents were authorized to search for documents, phones, computers and other electronic devices that hold data or videos, the second law enforcement source said. A law enforcement source earlier told CNN that Monday’s searches were related to an ongoing sex trafficking investigation. Law enforcement officers ride a vehicle near a property belonging to Sean "Diddy" Combs on Monday in Los Angeles. At least one armored law enforcement vehicle was seen arriving at the Los Angeles property, and agents were processing paperwork on card tables outside the Miami-area home.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, HSI, “, ” Combs, Sean, Diddy, Eric Thayer, Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura, ” Ben Brafman, Mr, Ventura, ” Weeks, ”, videographer Rodney “, Rod ” Jones, Jones, Shawn Holley, Department of Homeland Security’s, –, CNN’s Josh Campbell, Holmes Lybrand, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Homes, Department of Homeland Security, Southern, of, Miami, Star Island, Mobile, Star, Homeland Security, HSI –, Department of Homeland Locations: of New York, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, New York’s, Star

☆ Florida braces for Haitian migrants influx, Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys military personnel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Ron DeSantis, a Republican, to deploy more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to “protect our state” and stop a possible surge of Haitian migrants fleeing the violence. The deployment includes officers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, and members of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard. The US Coast Guard said Tuesday that it had repatriated 65 migrants to Haiti after they were picked up on a boat near the Bahamas. Since October 1, the Coast Guard said, it has repatriated 131 migrants to Haiti. The Coast Guard said it has not seen an increase in migrants from Haiti in recent weeks.

Persons: Eliantes Jean Jacques, Jean Jacques said, Prince, Jean Jacques, “ I’m, ”, “, Ron DeSantis, Tessa Petit, Petit, ” Petit, DeSantis, –, Gepsie Metellus, Sant, Guerinault Louis, Ariel Henry, Santo, Henry, Haiti’s, Jovenel Moïse, who’s, Dotie Joseph, ” CNN’s Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Evelio Contreras, Tara John, Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal Organizations: CNN, Gov, Republican, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Florida Department of Law, and Wildlife Conservation, Florida National Guard, Florida State Guard, US Coast Guard, Coast Guard, The Coast Guard, Haitian Neighborhood Center, Anadolu, Getty, Kenyan, Residents, United Nations, Democrat, North Locations: Haitian, Florida, Port, Haiti, North Miami, ”, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Santo Domingo

CNN —Miami Beach may be breaking up with spring break, but spring break isn’t moving on just yet. Video Ad Feedback Miami Beach wants to break up with spring break 00:50 - Source: CNN“This isn’t working anymore,” a young actor says in a viral YouTube video announcing the “breaking up” campaign. So you become hopeful again.”‘We hope it’s an amicable separation’On a visit to Miami Beach on Tuesday, the Republican governor stood with Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner to announce the deployment of state troopers to enhance security. In 2022, the City of Miami Beach similarly imposed a midnight curfew after two spring break shootings left five people injured on Ocean Drive. The area seemed tame, she said, compared to previous “crazy” spring break stays in Fort Lauderdale, about 35 miles north.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, ”, David Wallack, ” Wallack, Miami Beach’s, Wallack, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner, ” DeSantis, “, “ We’ve, ” Meiner, Wayne Jones, ” Jones, Jones, Black Floridians, weren’t, Katie Ryan, Marta Lavandier, ’ ” Ryan, Avery Caimes, marveled, Mark Evenson, it’s Organizations: CNN, Miami, Florida Gov, Sunshine State, Miami Beach, Republican, Miami Beach Mayor, Miami City Commission, Miami Beach Police Department, Miami Beach police, Black Locations: Florida, Miami Beach, Miami, South Beach, Panama City, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, City of Miami Beach, South Florida, City, Biscayne Bay, Connecticut, Minnesota

Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the woman as Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, saying she “disappeared” on February 2 and requires medication. An image posted on Spain’s National Center for Missing Persons website shows a photo of Knezevich Henao with long brown hair and brown eyes. Around the time she went missing, Rameau said received a WhatsApp message from Knezevich Henao that read: “I met someone wonderful!! The website of a computer services company in South Florida, EOX Technology Solutions, lists David Knezevich as the CEO and managing director. It says David Knezevich is Serbian and Knezevich Henao is a native of Colombia and a project manager.

Persons: Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, “, ”, Juan Felipe Henao, Knezevich, Sanna Rameau, Rameau, Henao, David Knezevich Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Ministry, National, for, Police, EOX Technology Locations: Madrid, Barcelona, Spanish, Madrid’s, Salamanca, Serbia, South Florida, Colombia

☆ Florida GOP chair defies DeSantis, won’t step down as new details of sexual assault allegation emerge
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Steve Contorno | Carlos Suarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Ziegler admitted to having sex with the alleged victim, but said the sex was consensual and that he recorded the encounter. In one alleged exchange on October 27, the alleged victim wrote: “I’m not okay with what happened the other day between us”. “Yeah I know but that was not cool and you didn’t bring her [Bridget] and then did that to me,” the alleged victim responded. In one call, the alleged victim allegedly told Ziegler “he sexually assault her” and Ziegler replied, “Those are big words, please don’t, no I didn’t. Christian Ziegler, 40, has also fiercely defended DeSantis’ agenda against national backlash from LGTBQ groups.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Christian Ziegler, –, ”, Ziegler, Bridget, “, Christian, Christian “, Bridget Ziegler, “ Christian, That’s, Lol, ” Ziegler, Ziegler “, Derek Byrd, ” Byrd, DeSantis, Walt Disney, ” DeSantis, I’ve, They’ve Organizations: CNN, Florida’s Republican Party, Florida Gov, GOP, Sarasota Police Department, Florida Center, Government, Christian, Police, Google, ” CNN, Sarasota County, Liberty, Walt, Washington Examiner Locations: that’s, Florida, Central Florida

CNN —American Airlines said it is reviewing a video posted on TikTok that shows a baggage handler releasing a passenger’s wheelchair to slide down a jet bridge chute, where it crashed into a metal barrier, flipped over and tumbled onto an airport tarmac. In the video, as the first man lets the wheelchair go, a second baggage handler, who is on the ground at the other end of the chute and wearing an American Airlines vest, steps back. American Airlines said in a statement, “We recognize how important it is to support the independence of customers with disabilities by ensuring the proper care of mobility devices throughout their journey with us. In 2022, American Airlines’ rate of damaging, delaying or losing wheelchairs and scooters was 2.00 per 100, DOT statistics show. It also calls on the agency to study whether it is possible for passengers to use wheelchairs in the main cabin.

Persons: Haeley Dyrdahl, Dyrdahl, ”, “, Pete Buttigieg, Sen, Tammy Duckworth, ” Duckworth, “ It’s, Duckworth, John Thune, –, Steve Cohen, Pete Stauber, CNN’s David Williams, Ross Levitt, Gregory Wallace Organizations: CNN — American Airlines, Miami International Airport, CNN, American Airlines, Transportation, Department of Transportation, DOT, United Airlines, Illinois Democrat, Republican, Senate Commerce, Science, ”, Tennessee Democrat, Minnesota Republican Locations: America, American, Illinois, South Dakota, Tennessee, Minnesota

☆ Florida’s private colleges and universities must comply with rule requiring people to use bathrooms aligning with their sex assigned at birth
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Carlos Suarez Denise Royal | Carlos Suarez | Denise Royal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Private colleges and universities in Florida must now comply with a rule requiring students and faculty to use bathroom and changing facilities aligned with their sex assigned at birth. LGBTQ advocates have slammed the statutes as an effort to erase them from Florida schools and society. “Right now, in the public schools at least, the unisex restroom is the teacher’s restroom. So we have a situation whereby all the nonbinary and transgender (people) and the teachers all line up for this unisex bathroom. The rule does not yet apply to Florida’s state universities like University of Florida, Florida State University and University of Central Florida.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Emma Roy, ” Roy, Yvette Benarroch, ” Benarroch Organizations: CNN, Private, Florida, of Education, Gov, DeSantis, Liberty, University of Florida, Florida State University and University of Central, Governors Locations: Florida, Collier County, Florida State University and University of Central Florida

☆ Bear spotted at Disney World prompts closure of parts of Magic Kingdom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Natasha Chen | Marlon Sorto | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A bear that prompted partial closures at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Monday was captured without incident and is being relocated, according to a news release from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. Nearly a dozen attractions were closed on Monday at the time authorities were trying to locate the bear at Magic Kingdom, according to the My Disney Experience app. WESHIt was not clear if the closures, or how many, were related to the bear sighting. CNN has reached out to Disney for more details about specific closures but has not heard back yet. There are three other major parks at the resort: EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom.

Persons: ” FWC, FWC, Sawyer, Craig Williams, Disney, “, Shawn Nottingham, Carlos Suarez, Melissa Alonso, Kate Conerly Organizations: CNN, Walt Disney World’s, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Ocala National Forest, Disney, Walt Disney World Railroad, Liberty Square, Hall, Presidents, Haunted, Liberty, WESH, Hollywood Studios, Animal Locations: Ocala, Magic, Caribbean, Frontierland, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom

☆ Cedar Key: Hurricane Idalia turned a 'haven for artists' into a flooded wreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesA view of the flooding in Cedar Key, Florida, on August 30, 2023. Julio Cesar Chavez/ReutersPhotos on the Cedar Key Fire Rescue Facebook account showing some of the early destruction. And unlike Key West, Cedar Key has avoided high-end commercial development along its shores and remains a low-key spot. What Idalia did to Cedar KeyA vehicle was partially submerged after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Cedar Key on Wednesday. “Everything is flooded,” Shely Boivin, the manager of a beachfront motel in Cedar Key, told CNN.

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CNN —A jury has acquitted on all counts the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – absolving him of wrongdoing in the rare trial of a law enforcement officer for his response to a mass shooting. His attorney argued the then-Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy didn’t enter the building under attack because he couldn’t tell where the shots were coming from. And even if Peterson had known where the shooter was, speculation he could have made a difference is false, Eiglarsh argued. Eiglarsh emphasized Peterson was at the scene for the last 4 minutes and 15 seconds of the shooting, which lasted about 6 1/2 minutes. Peterson also arrived at the scene without a bulletproof vest or rifle and called for measures to lock down the school, the attorney told jurors.

Persons: Marjory Stoneman, Scot Peterson, “ I’ve, ” Peterson, Peterson, didn’t, Scott Beigel, Meadow Pollack, Jaime Guttenberg, Cara Loughran, Joaquin Oliver, Peter Wang, Stacey Lippel, Anthony Borges, Kyle Laman, Marian Kabachenko, Peterson “, Kristen Gomes, Mark Eiglarsh, Amy Beth Bennett, AP Peterson, ” Eiglarsh, Eiglarsh, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward, Broward County Sheriff’s, Broward Sheriff’s, BSO, Parkland Locations: Parkland , Florida, Broward County, Coral Springs, Florida

CNN —One of the most prominent Latino advocacy groups in the United States is urging people to avoid traveling to Florida ahead of a new immigration law that’s set to go into effect in July. Ron DeSantis’ expected presidential bid announcement, he signed a law last week requiring employers with more than 25 employees to check their immigration status using a federal database known as E-Verify. Employers who don’t comply with the law face fines of $1,000 per day until they provide proof that their workers are legal citizens. People who transport undocumented people living in the United States could face steep fines and possible imprisonment. “Laws like this, that do nothing more than harass immigrants, are bad for a state’s economy.” said Lydia Guzmán, who leads LULAC’s immigration committee, on Wednesday.

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