5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (721+ words) A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he sexually abused two boys in Haiti, reaching an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to a prison sentence of at least 25 years. Jeriah Mast, 45, of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1080+ words) Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell said she’s been told Gov. Ron DeSantis is about to remove her from office for a second time in three years, a potential move she claims is meant to avert attention from the Hope Florida…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (705+ words) Daryl Willis Jr. arrived at Mary Martinez’s home in Orlando’s Rosemont North neighborhood on the evening of May 20. He had been there before to sell her crack cocaine, police say, but this time he’d come to settle a dispute over…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (500+ words) Amendment 3, the property tax cut proposal on the November ballot, has sparked intense debate. There are a few facts I found that are interesting, if not troubling. The Florida Legislature normally takes 30-60 days for proposals, but Gov. Ron DeSantis fast-tracked…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (207+ words) Michigan State Police were responding to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 169 miles (272 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, when they found three people dead and another wounded, police said in a statement. The person injured was…...

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (728+ words) Dear Eric: About once a month a group of us from church go out to dinner. At our last dinner, I was sitting next to a woman I know casually. The day after this dinner, the woman complained to the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (668+ words) By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer President Donald J. Trump, Plaintiff, got a welcome break this week in one of his battles with the media — but for the moment, only a temporary one. As his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC proceeds,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1014+ words) Though there was no shortage of levity, a sense of urgency filled the Detroit meeting room as Abdul El-Sayed, a former gubernatorial candidate who is running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, began speaking about how his Muslim…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (447+ words) By JONATHAN J. COOPER A National Guard officer carried out a secret second marriage to a woman he met while posted in Mongolia, using a government travel card and forged documents to facilitate the double life, U.S. prosecutors allege. Maj. Collin Welch,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (527+ words) A man who gave his son the gun used to kill two students and two teachers at Appalachee High School in Georgia is set to be sentenced Thursday after he was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Colin Gray’s…...