Topic
Florida
BBN has covered 20 stories about Florida, mostly in U.S. and World, as reported by Yahoo News Canada, UPI, Washington Examiner, The Guardian and others. Newest first.
- Weird News
Speedman's Florida verdict meets a biker's box-crushing drop
An Austrian mountain biker set a world record with a 12.46-foot vertical drop onto a cardboard box, which did not survive the impact.
Reported by Yahoo News Canada, UPI - U.S.
Outages near 900,000 across Florida, Alabama and Georgia
Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Florida on Friday evening; Florida alone accounted for about 430,000 of the outages.
Reported by Washington Examiner - U.S.
Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall in Florida
The Guardian reports severe effects from the hurricane are expected to spread across multiple states beyond Florida's initial impact.
Reported by The Guardian - U.S.
Isaias hits Florida; judge blocks DOJ voter list push
The storm surge is hitting Florida's Gulf Coast hard, and a separate federal ruling blocked the Justice Department's voter-list program; it was a busy Friday.
Reported by BBC, The Hill - Tech
Florida Paper Ran Op-Ed That Was an Iranian AI Fake
The Iranian-produced piece appears to be part of a foreign information warfare campaign that went undetected by the publication's editorial staff.
Reported by The Washington Post - World
Guardian Op-Ed Ties Florida Pause to Execution Debate
Governor DeSantis withdrew the death warrant for William Lee Thompson, 74, marking his first such cancellation in eight years; The Guardian columnist draws parallels to Iran's public executions.
Reported by The Guardian - Your Money
Florida Votes on Slashing Property Taxes
Amendment 3 could spark similar tax-cut efforts across other states, though MarketWatch notes the plan would benefit some Floridians while hurting others.
Reported by MarketWatch - U.S.
Florida Withdraws Death Warrant; Trump Accounts Enroll Kids
William Thompson, 74 and reportedly suffering from dementia, was 50 years into his sentence for a torture murder when the execution was halted.
Reported by New York Post, The Washington Times - World
Kyiv Residents Leave as Strikes Hit Energy Grid; Florida Torture Suit
Russian strikes on power infrastructure are forcing families to decide whether to flee Kyiv ahead of winter; the judge also rejected the defendant's attempt to dismiss the case.
Reported by BBC, The Guardian - Sports
Golf Retreat Pitch: Cost and Taxpayer Benefit Still Unclear
Reported by NPR, CBS News, NBC News - World
Consulate Closure Adds Risk Premium; Isaias Strengthens
Reported by AP News - U.S.
Florida Emergency Declared for 25 Counties as Isaias Nears
Reported by WESH - U.S.
Florida Emergency Declared for Tropical Storm Isaias
Reported by Washington Examiner - Sports
Falcons Rout Saints 45-24; Dodgers-Braves Scoreless
Reported by ESPN - Your Money
SPY 1:25 PM Candle: Up 0.06%, Twice the Average Size
Reported by Washington Examiner - Tech
Kenya Ebola Death; SpaceX Pipeline Plan
Reported by Benzinga, BBC - U.S.
Hooters Closes Another Florida Location After 40 Years
Reported by New York Post - U.S.
Florida Bus Crash Kills Two; White House Ornament Drops
Reported by The New York Times, Washington Examiner - Tech
SpaceX Seeks Florida Gas Pipeline for Cape Canaveral
Reported by Reuters
Related topics
All topics →BBN is a parody news network: the headlines are real and credited to the outlets that reported them; the anchors are fictional and their lines are written by AI. How BBN works.