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Texas woman gets prison for theft of $2.7M; used Naples bank branch account in ruse
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (244+ words) A Texas woman will spend 61 months in federal prison for a scheme involving the theft of more than $2.7 million in government money and using a false Id and a Naples bank account in the ruse. Kristin Cara Kunstler, 43, of Amarillo,…...
Every business wants your review. What's with the feedback frenzy?
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1361+ words) At Good Company Doughnuts in Arlington, Va., Audrey Morris was picking up a BLT. A QR code near the register invited her to rate her experience. But, to her, the idea of leaving a review was unappetizing. "They are excessive,…...
Hendry County in need of space for private, confidential inmate-attorney meetings
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (195+ words) Hendry County in need of space for private, confidential inmate-attorney meetings'WGCU Hendry County in need of space for private, confidential inmate-attorney meetings The Hendry County Board of Commission voted to purchase three stand-alone meeting pods so inmates at the county…...
Volunteers plant 'Power to Care' community garden in Labelle
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (159+ words) Hundreds of Florida Power & Light employees fanned out across 10 counties in the state recently putting man-power and community service to work all in the name of making Florida an even better place to live and work. In Labelle, FPL volunteers…...
Legislation to criminalize dissent in the ‘Free’ State of Florida?
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (851+ words) Floridians could find themselves the target of secretive government surveillance and potential arrest under legislation quietly moving through the 2026 legislative session. he five-page legislation, which would establish a 10-person leadership team by next year that would eventually oversee seven regional…...
‘Bad Faith’ examines Christian nationalism and heads to Southwest Florida
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (126+ words) As debates over religion and politics intensify nationwide, a new documentary asks what religious freedom means in America today. "Bad Faith," a documentary examining the rise of Christian nationalism and its growing influence on American democracy, is coming to Southwest…...
Interfaith Outreach of SanCap presents shared scholar program
1+ week, 1+ day ago (341+ words) Members of the Jewish and Christian communities gathered at Sanibel's Congregational United Church of Christ recently for an annual interfaith program designed to strengthen relationships across faiths on the islands. Now in its 30th year, the Shared Scholar Program unites congregations…...
GOP lawmakers push to ban climate actions in FL cities; Dems fight to preserve them
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1120+ words) Should local governments in Florida be free to pursue local net-zero goals that fight climate change, sea-level rise, extreme heat and worsening weather plaguing their residents? Republicans in the state Legislature are saying no. Three Republican lawmakers sponsored bills this…...
Union and Confederate troops had a Civil War Battle of Fort Myers -- and fought over stolen cattle
1+ week, 3+ day ago (780+ words) This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers. It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken Burn's epic PBS-TV series: The…...
The 'Firehose of Falsehood Propaganda Model' that overwhelms facts with fiction
1+ week, 3+ day ago (352+ words) In 2016 the nonpartisan global policy think tank RAND Corporation published a piece called "The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model: Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It" that outlined ways Russia was flooding the internet and social media…...