Australian leaders agree to overhaul national gun control laws after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration
In an email statement, the Florida Holocaust Museum said it is “heartbroken by the terrorist shooting in Bondi Beach, the latest incident in a global wave of antisemitic violence that continues to plague the Jewish community.”
A man who was seen on video appearing to tackle and disarm one gunman has been identified by Australia’s Home Affairs Minister as Ahmed Al Ahmed. He is an Australian citizen who migrated from Syria in 2006. His family said he underwent surgery for a gunshot wound.
DeSantis appoints Bobby Payne to a Florida board that regulates utilities
Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Republican ex-state Rep. Bobby Payne. In 2024, Payne sponsored a bill that deleted the majority of mentions of “climate change” from Florida law.
Detainees at a Florida-run immigration detention camp were pepper-sprayed
The USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida reports that immigrant advocates and documents indicate that in October, officers at Florida’s Baker Correctional Institution used a form of pepper spray on detained immigrants.
Florida’s Board of Governors approves a contract extension for Chancellor Ray Rodrigues
Rodrigues’ new three-year contract includes an annual base salary of $600,000, along with annual allowances of $75,000 for housing and $12,000 for vehicle expenses.
The Florida Board of Governors confirms Moez Limayem as USF’s next president
He’s currently the president of the University of North Florida, and set to start at the University of South Florida early next year.
A native American group faces widespread outrage over plans to profit from a forced removal
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s. Now, fellow Native Americans are criticizing the tribe for a contract tied to President Trump’s campaign of mass deportation.
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