Surfside florida condos

Unemployment in the Sunshine State has dropped to a historic low as job creation soars. Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.7 percent in the month of July — the lowest since the start of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic in February 2020. According to the governor’s office, the state has only reached such a low three times “since Florida began recording unemployment data in 1976.” The current rate reflects a 0.1 percent drop from June’s rate. But overall, Florida’s unemployment rate is 0.8 percent lower than the national unemployment rate, and has been since December 2020. The growth of Florida’s labor force also outpaced the country’s, growing by 0.2 percent over the last month, compared to the 0.1 percent loss nationally. “Florida’s private sector employment grew by an outstanding 70,000 in July 2022, doubling the nation’s job growth rate over the same period,” the governor’s office said: Before July 2022, Florida has reached this level of over-the-month job creation … [Read more...] about Florida Unemployment Drops to Historic Low

close Video Florida swimmer fights off alligator in Lake Thonotosassa A drone video taken over Lake Thonotosassa in Hillsborough County, Florida, shows a swimmer fending off an alligator attack. (Credit: Defeat X Adventure Co./LOCAL NEWS X/TMX) NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Stunning video has emerged showing a man fending off an alligator attack while swimming in a lake outside of Tampa, Florida. The drone footage depicting Juan Carlos La Verde wrestling with the alligator – which he tells TMX News was around 12-feet long – was captured on Aug. 3 at Lake Thonotosassa while he was shooting an instructional video for an upcoming event through his athletic company, Defeat-X. "I was chomped down on this side, like completely," he told Fox13 Tampa. The footage shows La Verde swimming from the left while the alligator approaches from the right. Once the two meet, a struggle ensues before La Verde switches direction and … [Read more...] about Florida drone video captures swimmer fighting off alligator

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 In "Beast," the Universal Pictures thriller released Friday, Idris Elba plays a father locked in a battle with a rogue lion in South Africa. Every time he thinks he's won, his feline foe comes roaring back. Will Packer, the movie's producer, can relate. The 48-year-old is one of the industry's more prolific filmmakers. Among his hits: the two "Ride Along" pictures, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, which took in more than $300 million at the box office, and 2017's "Girls Trip," featuring Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish. The top-grossing comedy that year, the film was the first by a Black female screenwriter to take in more than $100 million. But each triumph for diversity in Hollywood seems to come with setbacks as well. Case in point, the Academy Awards in March, where Packer led the first all-Black production team. People of color captured two of the top acting awards, a deaf … [Read more...] about Oscars producer Will Packer finds fixing Hollywood a never-ending job

A judge temporarily blocked part of the Stop-WOKE Act Thursday, a piece of Florida legislation restricting critical race theory (CRT) in schools and businesses and allowing individuals to sue over failure to comply with state standards, over First Amendment concerns, according to court documents. The legislation banned CRT in schools, barred schools from hiring CRT consultants and banned schools and businesses from leveling guilt or blame on students or employees on the basis of their race and sex, targeting concepts like white privilege . U.S. District Judge Mark Walker took issue with the law’s restrictions on private businesses and imposed a temporary injunction against the latter provisions while a legal challenge brought by Florida corporations plays out. BREAKING: We’re suing Florida over the Stop WOKE Act, which severely restricts discussions of race and gender in college and university classrooms. It’s simple: This unconstitutional censorship law will have a … [Read more...] about Judge Temporarily Blocks DeSantis’ Bill Restricting ‘Woke’ Workplace Trainings

Republicans in the House of Representatives are questioning the appointment of several left-wing activists to an advisory council within the Department of Education (DOE). The Department of Education announced the creation of the National Parents and Families Engagement Council in early June. The council, intended by the DOE “to facilitate strong and effective relationships between schools and parents, families and caregivers,” includes members of groups that defended a letter urging the Department of Justice to open counter-terrorism investigations against individuals who protested at school board meetings. Several conservative groups are currently suing the DOE over the council’s composition, alleging that it violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The House Republicans, led by Florida Rep. Scott Franklin, echo those concerns. (RELATED: US Education Secretary Allegedly Solicited Letter From The National School Boards Association Comparing Parents To Domestic … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Demand Answers About Activists Appointed To Department Of Education Council

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum listed the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago as “another example” why the Convention of States Project (COS) is “so important,” because it will let states propose and vote on their own constitutional amendments that limit the powers of the federal government and their agencies, in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. COS calls for states to propose amendments they claim will give people greater say over their own rights than the federal government. Santorum said the raid will “become the norm if we don’t do something to take power out of Washington and place the checks and balances that we need to restore federalism and freedom in our country.” Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum called the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago “another example” of why America needs a convention of states to propose constitutional amendments that limit federal power in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Only 15 more states are needed to demand a … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: Santorum: Mar-A-Lago Raid Is Another Reason For A Convention Of States

Tisha Campbell has a bruise on her leg. At least, she’s joking that she does. The New York premiere of the Netflix comedy series Uncoupled , in which she co-stars with Neil Patrick Harris , was a few days before, and she had taken her good friend as her date. “She kept squeezing me every time something relatable happened, like from my life,” Campbell tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed over Zoom. Such enthusiastic violence is welcome in this case, the actress laughs. It means the show was resonating, even if in painful ways—in the case of her thigh, quite literally. Campbell has found that the show seems to be having that effect on a lot of other people too. Fan encounters have started to resemble triage at an Urgent Care center, with people showing off the bruises on their own legs and forearms, inflicted by the friends clenching them in disbelief at how close-to-home the series felt. (Campbell and I bond over the one I also received at that New York premiere, for example.) … [Read more...] about ‘Uncoupled’ Star Tisha Campbell Can Laugh About Her Traumatic Breakup… Now

Two swimmers at South Carolina’s popular Myrtle Beach were bitten by sharks Monday but were expected to survive, police said. Myrtle Beach police said in a statement the first attack occurred near the waters of 82nd Avenue North at about 11:17 a.m. A second swimmer was bitten about 12:35 p.m. off the waters of 75th Avenue North, police said. The injuries in both instances “were later confirmed to be caused by a shark,” police said. “Our beach patrol works with the Florida Program for Shark Research at the University of Florida to identify marine animal bites, specifically, sharks." A police spokesperson said Friday the swimmers’ injuries were not life threatening and the victims were a female juvenile and a woman. One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets. The attacks happened about a half-mile apart and police said there is no way to know if they are related. ABC affiliate … [Read more...] about Swimmers survive 2 shark attacks on same day at popular Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, police say

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A museum in New Jersey is giving people a fun and interactive experience from the past. The Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park, New Jersey, holds more than 150 working pinball machines that visitors can play. Some of the pinball machines even date back to the 1950s, Reuters reported. JACKIE ROBINSON MUSEUM OPENS IN MANHATTAN Robert Ilvento and Steve Zuckerman are co-founders of the museum, according to Reuters. Before that, Ilvento built up a collection of pinball machines because his daughter, who has autism, loved playing pinball. In 2009, Ilvento and Zuckerman combined their pinball machine collections and turned it into Silverball Retro Arcade, Reuters reported. WYOMING MAN INVESTS $100M INTO NATIONAL MUSEUM OF … [Read more...] about New Jersey pinball museum takes its visitors back in time

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 19 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The school board in North Dakota's most populous city reversed course Thursday on its decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at its monthly meetings, following complaints from conservative lawmakers and an angry backlash from citizens around the country. Seven of the nine members of the Fargo Board of Education, including four newcomers who took office in June, voted last week to cancel a previous board edict that was approved a couple of months before the election. The new board agreed with member Seth Holden, who said the pledge did not align with the district's diversity and inclusion code in part because the phrase "under God" does not include all faiths. North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum earlier this week promoted new legislation … [Read more...] about North Dakota schools will once again begin the day with the Pledge of Allegiance