Piney Point Live Updates: Full breach could send 'as much as a 20-foot wall of water' surging out

At the press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Manatee County Acting Administrator Scott Hopes said that if there is a full breach of the walls at the damaged Piney Point reservoir, models show that "as high as a 20-foot wall of water" could surge into the area.

"So if you are in an  evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice and follow the orders," Hopes said.

When asked about the Manatee County Jail near Piney Point being affected by potential flooding, Hopes said that current models show only 1-5 feet of water that could affect the jail.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis diverts COVID-19 vaccine from Manatee and other counties to FEMA sites

Gov. Ron DeSantis diverts COVID-19 vaccine from Manatee and other counties to FEMA sites

11,000 doses will instead go to FEMA sites, which will remain open through May 

The state of Florida has diverted 11,000 doses of the COVID vaccine slated for Manatee County to federal vaccination sites.

The move comes just days before the county is due to ramp up vaccinations to include any adult who wants it.

Along with Manatee, the state stopped this week’s shipment of COVID-19 vaccine shots to nearly four dozen county and local sites, Department of Health records show – the same week Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he would extend the life of four federal vaccination sites.

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Yacht clubs, golf courses, gated communities: Florida’s pop-up vaccine clinics raise ethical concerns

When Florida threw open the door for seniors to get COVID-19 vaccines, hundreds camped out overnight, some bundled up in lawn chairs in the January cold to score a shot. 

Thousands more waited in digital lines for their number to come up in county-run vaccine pools.

But for some lucky Floridians, getting a vaccine was as easy as hopping in their golf carts and rolling down to the clubhouse.

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'Antithetical to the Gospel': Ex-Arkansas Gov. Huckabee slammed for racist tweet in attack on MLB, corporations

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee came under criticism Saturday for a tweet attacking Major League Baseball and several corporations that many found bigoted and insensitive.

"I’ve decided to 'identify' as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my 'values' and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to @MLB games. Ain’t America great?" Huckabee wrote.

Huckabee's tweet, which he published amid a year of rising hate crimes against Asian Americans, was quickly condemned as racist, as many Asian Americans and anti-hate speech advocates have pointed to anti-Chinese rhetoric as a key driver in rising anti-Asian hate in the U.S.

  

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Will Biden cancel student loan debt? As college costs spiral, here's what he's considering

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration entered the White House with an eye toward relieving the strain of student loan debt, particularly amid the added financial burden of the coronavirus pandemic.

On day one in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order extending a pause student federal loan payments enacted by the previous administration as part of COVID relief. Progressive activists and lawmakers have urged the president to go further and cancel student loan debt, but he has said firmly that he does not believe he has the authority to do so by executive order.

  

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Three dead, four injured in shooting at North Carolina house party

Three people were killed and four others were injured during an early morning shooting at a house party in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Gunfire erupted at a home on Kidder Street just after midnight Saturday, the Wilmington Police Department said in a series of tweets. When officers arrived they found seven people who had been shot, three of them fatally.

The injured victims were hospitalized in unknown conditions.

"We are still working to notify family members of this tragic event and are, therefore, unable to release the names of the victims at this time," police said.

"Our hearts go out to all affected by this senseless violence, and we ask that anyone with information surrounding this incident please come forward so that we may find justice," the department posted in another tweet.

Saturday's deadly incident comes on the heels of shootings in California, Colorado and Georgia.

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Fallen US Capitol Police officer remembered as highly-regarded, 'wonderful guy': report

The U.S. Capitol Police officer who was killed during a Friday attack outside the U.S. Capitol is being remembered as a "wonderful guy" who was highly regarded by the people he worked with, according to officials and reports.

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officials identified William "Billy" Evans as the officer who died Friday afternoon after a suspect rammed a car into Evans and another officer at the Capitol Building’s North Barricade, officials announced later that day. Evans was an 18-year veteran of the force.

Evans joined USCP on March 7, 2003, when former Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer was at the helm, and worked in the department’s First Responder’s Unit. Evans was "a wonderful guy," Gainer told USA Today on Friday.

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Murder of Michael Jordan's father examined in new doc, raising questions about shocking investigation

EXCLUSIVE: For 25 years, Daniel Green has maintained his innocence in the 1993 murder of Michael Jordan’s father.

Now a new true-crime documentary, titled "Moment of Truth," is examining the problematic investigation behind James Raymond Jordan’s shocking death in North Carolina at age 56.

The five-part series, directed by Matthew Perniciaro and Clay Johnson also promises to present new compelling information with critical court documents and evidence photos from the case, as well as exclusive interviews and never-before-released trial audio.

"I was living in Raleigh, North Carolina when the crime took place," Perniciaro told Fox News. "So it’s something I’ve been aware of for the majority of my life… There were so many unanswered questions about this case, that even at the time, as a young person, I remember elements not fully adding up."

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