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Florida Governor DeSantis Signs Aerospace and Transportation Legislation
West Orlando News - Florida
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June 29, 2025
Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed two key pieces of legislation that will further solidify Florida’s position as a global leader in aerospace, transportation, and advanced mobility innovation. The Governor signed Senate Bill 1516, establishing...
Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s “Drones For America Act” Seeks To Ground Chinese Threats
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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June 28, 2025
A New Era of American-Made Drones Takes Flight Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled the Drones for America Act on Wednesday, a legislative push aimed at bolstering U.S. national security and championing American manufacturing in the rapidly evolving...
South Florida cities getting millions from settlement in ‘forever chemicals’ legal battle
Boca Raton Forum
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June 29, 2025
South Florida cities from Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton are in line for a mega windfall in the form of multimillion-dollar settlement payouts from manufacturers of potentially toxic “forever chemicals” that have made their way into the country’s...
Tariffs are meant to boost US manufacturing. Is America ready?
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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June 29, 2025
Winton Machine, an Atlanta-based manufacturer, is desperate to hire. So far, there are few takers. CEO and co-founder Lisa Winton has been searching for a salesperson since March. A mechanist job has been open even longer, with less than a dozen...
Meet Athlon Sports' New Senior Golf Writer
Yahoo Sports
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Meet Athlon Sports' New Senior Golf Writer originally appeared on Athlon Sports. My name is Brendon Elliott. I'm a PGA professional based in Central Florida and a new, proud member of AARP—just turned 50 this past May. Starting now, I'll be your...
Electronics maker Jabil plans to add nearly 1,200 jobs with N.C. plant
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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July 1, 2025
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Electronics maker Jabil Inc. aims to create nearly 1,200 jobs in central North Carolina, spending $500 million to create a manufacturing facility that will support cloud computing and artificial intelligence data centers....
New execution methods may soon come to Florida. Here’s why
WKMG 6 - Florida
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June 28, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Next month, the state of Florida will officially be allowed to use new means of executing prisoners on death row — with some caveats. That’s because of a state law (HB 903) that’s set to take effect on July 1, alongside over...
Tornado lifts Florida home off ground with 76-year-old inside: VIDEO
6 ABC Action News
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June 27, 2025
TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- A Florida woman is speaking out after she survived an EF-1 tornado that lifted her house off its foundation while she was inside. Deborah Mettler, 76, described the ordeal to ABC affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay, Florida, likening...
Florida home ripped off ground during tornado, horrifying video captured on cam
Hindustan Times
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June 26, 2025
A doorbell camera captured a terrifying moment on Wednesday evening (local time) when powerful winds ripped a mobile home clean off its foundation in the Ranchero Village area of Largo, Florida, as a tornado tore through the region. Doorbell...
Tesla faces trial over fatal Florida crash involving Autopilot-equipped Model S
Profit by Pakistan Today
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June 27, 2025
Tesla has failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida, where a Model S operating on Autopilot struck and killed a woman and seriously injured another person. U.S. District Judge Beth...
JM Smucker becomes latest food manufacturer to remove artificial colors from popular brands
FOX Business
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Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on RFK Jr.'s efforts to make America healthier as he targets sugar and food dyes and his potential decision to drop COVID vaccines for kids. The J.M. Smucker Co. joined a growing list of...
Tesla fails to end Florida lawsuit over fatal Model S crash
WKZO - Michigan
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Tesla failed to persuade a federal judge to end a lawsuit over the death of a woman struck after an Autopilot-equipped Model S ran off the road in Key Largo, Florida, paving the way for a possible trial next month....
Nike to reduce reliance on China for manufacturing in response to US tariffs
Logistics Manager
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June 27, 2025
During Nike’s Q4 FY25 earnings call, the global sportswear brand confirmed its approach to dealing with recent US tariffs, which includes plans to reduce reliance on China as a manufacturing base for goods imported to the US. Matthew Friend,...
Artist brings antique pigment, textile methods together to honor indigenous peoples
Semafor
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July 1, 2025
A new exhibition in Florida harnesses antique methods of pigmenting and textile production to honor the indigenous peoples of colonial Spanish America. Painter Sandy Rodriguez’s Currents of Resistance at Sarasota’s Ringling Museum of Art is a...
Space Forge makes history with UK's first in-space manufacturing mission
Tech.eu
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June 27, 2025
Welsh spacetech company Space Forge has successfully launched ForgeStar®-1, the UK’s first in-space manufacturing satellite, developed entirely in Wales. ForgeStar-1 launched aboard the Transporter-14 rideshare mission from SpaceX’s facilities at...
Plans for Buc-ee’s off I-75 in Florida move forward
Local 10 - Florida
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June 27, 2025
OCALA, Fla. – Plans for a beaver nugget stop off Interstate75 are one step closer, after a construction company has won a bid to help expand the interstate in Ocala. According to the Florida Department of Transportation, Lane Contruction Company...
HSN Says Goodbye to Florida Studios After 48 Years of Memories
Recently Heard
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June 27, 2025
It’s the tip of a buying period at HSN. On Wednesday, June 26, the buying community filmed their remaining reside broadcast in Florida earlier than shifting their studios to Pennsylvania. “The ultimate Florida farewell. The final broadcast from...
Solar manufacturing is booming. Advocates say it could go bust without incentives
KAWC Colorado River Public Media - Arizona
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June 27, 2025
A couple of years ago, Mick McDaniel started a company in Indianapolis to make solar panels in the United States. Then-President Joe Biden had just signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a law packed with tax incentives for clean energy. America's...
The Biggest Yogurt Recalls In US History
Mashed
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July 1, 2025
There are many things to love about yogurt. It's portable, versatile, creamy, and delicious — then a recall happens and makes us question it all. Yogurt has been around for over 7,000 years, originating in what is now Turkey. In the 1900s,...
People convicted of pot crimes can now lose medical marijuana cards
Florida Politics
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July 1, 2025
If you’ve been convicted of certain crimes involving illegal marijuana possession or distribution, you won’t be able to get a medical marijuana card. As one of the last bills signed this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved SB 2514, which includes...