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Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings recalled for possibly containing permanent marker plastic
Read full article: Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings recalled for possibly containing permanent marker plasticMore than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing hard plastic, according to U.S. regulators.
Small business acquisitions leveled off in 2023 as interest rates climbed, but 2024 looks better
Read full article: Small business acquisitions leveled off in 2023 as interest rates climbed, but 2024 looks betterSmall business acquisitions were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market.
Pembroke Pines teacher fired after viral video shows her interrupting Muslim students while in prayer
Read full article: Pembroke Pines teacher fired after viral video shows her interrupting Muslim students while in prayerA Broward County teacher was fired after a video of her interrupting Muslim students while in prayer went viral, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.
Kohl's cuts 2022 outlook, capping mixed week for retailers
Read full article: Kohl's cuts 2022 outlook, capping mixed week for retailersKohl’s has slashed its sales and profit expectations for the year as a result of the department store chain stepping up discounts to get rid of unwanted merchandise.
Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold
Read full article: Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on holdThe Food and Drug Administration and Juul have agreed to put their court fight on hold while the government conducts more review of the company’s electronic cigarettes.
FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettes
Read full article: FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettesThe Food and Drug Administration has issued an administrative stay on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market.
Family of Miya Marcano honored with key to South Florida city
Read full article: Family of Miya Marcano honored with key to South Florida cityThe mayor of a South Florida city presented a special proclamation to the parents of Miya Marcano, who was murdered by a maintenance worker at her Orlando apartment complex.
Teacher leaves classroom on stretcher after 5-year-old student attacks her, police say
Read full article: Teacher leaves classroom on stretcher after 5-year-old student attacks her, police sayA teacher was hospitalized after a 5-year-old Pines Lakes Elementary student attacked her, according to the Pembroke Pines Police Department.
Girl impersonated Florida classmate to make threats, police say
Read full article: Girl impersonated Florida classmate to make threats, police sayA 12-year-old girl is accused of “maliciously” impersonating a fellow student by creating fake Instagram and email accounts to threaten students and staff at their South Florida charter school.
12-year-old Florida boy took slingshot, knives to school, police say
Read full article: 12-year-old Florida boy took slingshot, knives to school, police sayPolice say a 12-year-old South Florida middle school student faces a charge of bringing weapons onto school property after being found with a slingshot, two rocks and four knives in his backpack.
‘It saved me:’ Several Floridians tout monoclonal antibody treatments as more sites open across the state
Read full article: ‘It saved me:’ Several Floridians tout monoclonal antibody treatments as more sites open across the stateFollowing weeks of opening monoclonal antibody clinics across the state, several Floridians touted the treatment following their bouts with COVID-19 during Gov. Ron DeSantis’ news conference Wednesday.
DeSantis vows to keep fighting school mask lawsuit if judge sides with parents
Read full article: DeSantis vows to keep fighting school mask lawsuit if judge sides with parentsAmid closing arguments of a lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order aimed at preventing local school boards from imposing student mask mandates, the governor vowed Thursday he would continue to fight should they lose the lawsuit.
Ring doorbell video captures plane crashing into SUV in Florida neighborhood, killing 3
Read full article: Ring doorbell video captures plane crashing into SUV in Florida neighborhood, killing 3The boy, Taylor Bishop, and two people on the plane died in the Monday afternoon crash, which was recorded by a neighbor's security camera, fire officials said. The boy's mother, Megan Bishop, was also injured, but was released from the hospital later Monday, Pembroke Pines Fire Chief Marcel Rodriguez told news outlets. The Beechcraft Bonanza plane had just taken off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines and was returning just before 3 p.m., the fire chief said. Firefighters eventually freed the trapped child, and they were taken to the hospital, where the boy died. A neighbor's door camera recorded the crash, showing the plane nose-diving into the SUV as the woman was driving down a street.
Naked man carrying Bible shot outside Florida home
Read full article: Naked man carrying Bible shot outside Florida homePEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A naked man knocking on doors at a South Florida apartment complex at midweek was shot by someone who then called 911 to turn himself in, police said. The man was carrying a Bible and knocking on doors Wednesday at the Sunshine Garden Apartments when he was shot, Pembroke Pines police Major Al Xiques told the South Florida SunSentiniel. The newspaper reported that officers found the man bleeding and on the ground. Police said officers were already on their way to investigate calls about a naked man at the complex when a 911 caller said he had just shot the man. “He was detained by police and is being questioned.”The identities of the man and the person who turned himself in were not immediately released.
Police: Man in custody in Virginia after Florida kidnapping
Read full article: Police: Man in custody in Virginia after Florida kidnappingPEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A man wanted in the weekend kidnapping of a South Florida family is now in custody in Alexandria, Virginia, police said Monday morning. Pembroke Pines police said in a social media post that Jaddier T. Sanchez, 37, was taken into custody early Monday. The 18-year-old woman he is accused of kidnapping was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said. The incident began early Sunday morning, when Sanchez confronted the woman and her parents as they returned to their home in Pembroke Pines. They also told news outlets that Sanchez and the woman had “shared a romantic relationship.”Police did not say what charges Sanchez might face.
Pilot killed in small plane crash at Florida airport
Read full article: Pilot killed in small plane crash at Florida airportPEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A pilot died when his single-engine plane crashed while trying to land at a small airport in South Florida. The crash happened shortly after the pilot took off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines on Monday afternoon, officials said. He reported engine trouble and attempted to land while approaching a runway. No one on the ground was injured, Arlene Satchell, spokeswoman for the Broward County Aviation Department, told news outlets. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the crash.