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Florida woman found guilty of murder for leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase
Read full article: Florida woman found guilty of murder for leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcaseA woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home has been found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in central Florida.
The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contract for 2020 census, watchdog says
Read full article: The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contract for 2020 census, watchdog saysThe Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census.
High school football playoffs ‘23: Bolles, Mandarin, Trinity lead area Metro regional finalists
Read full article: High school football playoffs ‘23: Bolles, Mandarin, Trinity lead area Metro regional finalistsIt’s the third round of the high school football state playoffs and the area still has three teams standing in the regional finals. Bolles, Mandarin and Trinity Christian are all chasing berths in the state semifinals in the Metro division.
Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report says
Read full article: Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report saysA new report says the U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census data
Read full article: Hurricane hit areas led US with missing 2020 census dataTwo Louisiana parishes devastated by two hurricanes and two rural Nebraska counties had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that required the U.S. Census Bureau to use a statistical technique to fill in gaps.
Boys lacrosse: Ponte Vedra heads to the finals, Bolles falls in semis
Read full article: Boys lacrosse: Ponte Vedra heads to the finals, Bolles falls in semisPonte Vedra is the only area boys lacrosse program to make an appearance in the state finals and the only one to win a state title in the sport.
Man shot by police dies, 2 officers injured after fight at Central Florida wedding reception
Read full article: Man shot by police dies, 2 officers injured after fight at Central Florida wedding receptionA man is dead after a fight with police during a wedding reception in Central Florida, News4JAX sister station WKMG reported.
Beautiful Day for a Neighbor: Mister Rogers has a sculpture
Read full article: Beautiful Day for a Neighbor: Mister Rogers has a sculptureA little rain didn’t stop it from being a beautiful day at Rollins College in Florida this week as a bronze sculpture to beloved children’s TV host Mister Rogers was unveiled.
Holiday highlights: Walt Disney World announces entertainment offerings
Read full article: Holiday highlights: Walt Disney World announces entertainment offeringsAs Walt Disney World continues to celebrate the World’s Most Magical Celebration for its 50th anniversary, things are about to get even more festive for the holiday season.
Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data
Read full article: Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census dataPresident Donald Trump on Sunday let slip the target date for transmitting the apportionment numbers to Congress as the U.S. Census Bureau continued to work toward fixing data irregularities from its number-crunching efforts. “The Census Bureau is committed to fixing all anomalies and errors that it finds in order to produce complete and accurate results," said Deborah Stempowski, an assistant director at the Census Bureau, in a court filing last week. Gina Raimondo will be his nominee for Commerce Secretary, which would make her responsible for the final 2020 census numbers instead of current Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, if census data processing continues past Jan. 20. assertions ... can never be fully tested," coalition attorneys said in a court filing. The Department of Justice attorneys have said sanctions are inappropriate.
Victim beaten after asking unmasked man to socially distance
Read full article: Victim beaten after asking unmasked man to socially distanceWINTER PARK, Fla. – A 70-year-old man was beaten after he asked a man who wasn’t wearing a mask to practice social distancing inside a central Florida gas station, police said. The older man paid for his items and went outside the Citgo gas station in Winter Park. Rovester Ingram, 24, followed him outside and began kicking and punching the older man, according to the report. The man went back inside the gas station, and Ingram punched him again, grabbed him by the hair and dragged him back outside where the beating continued, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Winter Park police confirmed the victim's account through eyewitness accounts and security footage.
FDLE arrests man for written threats
Read full article: FDLE arrests man for written threatsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has arrested a man for written threats. The FBI and Winter Park police assisted in the investigation. In a Facebook post described by FDLE, Richard Clayton, 26, wrote "3 more days of probation left then I get my AR-15 back. FDLE says Clayton appears to believe in white supremacist ideology and has a history of posting threats on Facebook using fake accounts. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.