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The Florida Springs Council is bringing the bubbling blue springs of North Central Florida into the courtroom in a new lawsuit.A circuit court judge advanced the case on Tuesday, ordering the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to explain why it hasn’t proposed a set of protective rules for the state’s springs nearly nine years after it was ordered to by the Florida Legislature.A law passed by the Florida Legislature in 2016 required the FDEP to create the Springs Harm Rule. The rule was meant to prevent harmful groundwater withdrawals from Florida’s 30 Outstanding Springs. Nearly nine years later, the FDEP…

A South Florida community came together Wednesday to pray after a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed over the weekend. Pastors, teachers, neighbors, Florida City’s Mayor and city commissioners, and others stood with the boy’s family to pray for them and call for justice. “It’s unacceptable and not excusable,” Mayor Otis Wallace said. Police say Antavious Scott was outside an apartment on West Lucy Street with several people Saturday night when shots were fired. The 9-year-old was hit and died at the hospital. Police have not arrested the person or people responsible for his death. Mothers of children who were…

Im Ringen um Sparmaßnahmen bei Volkswagen erhöht die IG Metall den Druck. Zur dritten Tarifrunde heute in Wolfsburg will sie die Konzern-Vertreter mit laustarkem Protest empfangen. Tausende Teilnehmer werden am Vormittag zu einer Demonstration vom Werk zum Verhandlungsort in der Volkswagen Arena erwartet, mit anschließender Protest-Kundgebung direkt vor dem Stadion. Aktuelles Z+ (abopflichtiger Inhalt); Volkswagen: IG Metall und Betriebsrat wollen VW-Werke durch Gehaltsverzicht retten Z+ (abopflichtiger Inhalt); Volkswagen: IG Metall knüpft weitere Gespräche mit VW-Führung an Bedingungen Z+ (abopflichtiger Inhalt); Volkswagen: VW schließt laut Betriebsrat mindestens drei Werke in Deutschland In der seit September laufenden Tarifrunde liegen die Positionen weit…

Draft legislation said to propose establishing a political c’tee to probe Hamas atrocities, would outlaw any other body from investigating failures that led to devastating attack The post Report: Netanyahu looking to ban formation of state committee of inquiry into Oct. 7 appeared first on The Times of Israel. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

An out-of-control passenger onboard an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas Tuesday allegedly charged a flight attendant and tried to open a plane door in mid-air — forcing fellow passengers to restrain him with duct tape. The man got up from his seat on Flight 1915 and told a flight attendant that he needed to get off the plane, according to a police report obtained by local ABC affiliate station WFAA. When the crew member told him that wasn’t possible, he grew louder and angrier and then rushed the staffer to try to reach the cabin door, the report…

Veloso was spared from the firing squad at the last minute in 2015, after Philippine officials asked Joko Widodo, then Indonesia’s president, to let her testify against members of a human- and drug-smuggling ring. The execution of eight other drug convicts went ahead, with Veloso’s reprieve described as a postponement by Widodo, whose presidential term ended last month. People in the Philippines had held protest vigils and celebrated masses in demonstrations against her execution. “After over a decade of diplomacy and consultations with the Indonesian government, we managed to delay her execution long enough to reach an agreement to finally…

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.  The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed efforts to end the war in Sudan, expand humanitarian access, and support a political process to establish a civilian government.  They also discussed ongoing efforts to end the war in Gaza, secure the release of all hostages, and establish security, governance, and reconstruction in the post-conflict period.  On Lebanon, they discussed the latest developments towards an enduring diplomatic resolution that would fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution…

As snow enters the forecast, take a look at drone videos of this year’s fall colors in Central and Eastern Kentucky. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

For years, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department employee was living large, spending lavishly on Santa Ana dinners, West Hollywood bars and a nightclub in Las Vegas. But it wasn’t the department’s payroll footing the bill — it was her unsuspecting grandmother, authorities said. Roxana C. Laub, 33, of Santa Ana, recently pleaded guilty to two felony charges for forging checks and fraudulently using credit cards in her grandmother’s name, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release. She faces up to 30 years in federal prison for the bank fraud count and up to 15 years in federal prison…