Brevard County investigators are trying to determine why a woman was on the tracks before she was struck and killed by a Brightline train.
Less than a month after Brightline launched its new high-speed rail service between Orlando and Miami, this is the first fatal crash involving a Brightline train in central Florida.
Melbourne Police said the woman was found dead near the railroad tracks at Aurora Road and Cypress Avenue.
Investigators have not released the woman’s name, but the area is known to be frequented by people experiencing homelessness, so people living nearby believe she may have been a transient. I’m guessing there is.
No one on the train was injured, and police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.
Private universities in Florida will now be required to require students, faculty and staff to use restroom facilities that correspond to the gender assigned at birth.
The Florida Board of Education voted Wednesday to extend rules already in place in the state’s K-12 public schools and prisons to private colleges.
The restrictions go into effect at government buildings across the state starting July 1 under a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that prohibits transgender people from using restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. There is.
This restriction also applies to university-run student residences.
Private universities have until April 1, 2024 to certify compliance with the law to the state.
Meanwhile, a former Florida lawmaker who sponsored what critics called the “Don’t Say I’m Gay” bill has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.
Joseph Harding had nothing to say yesterday after being sentenced to four months in prison.
Harding was elected twice and is best known for authoring Florida’s controversial Parent Rights in Education bill, which banned classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity.
He admitted to fraudulently obtaining nearly $150,000 in COVID-19 relief loans from the Small Business Administration last year.
Mr. Harding must report to prison in late January to begin serving his sentence.
NOAA has already released its winter forecast, so we may just be starting to see fall-like temperatures.
The agency says a strong El Niño pattern could lead to a wet winter in Florida.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says severe weather is possible across the Southeast.
The agency also predicts above-average temperatures in the Northeast this season.
random facts about florida
Bartow’s Wonder House was once a popular tourist attraction in post-Great Depression Florida.
When doctors told Conrad Schuck he had a year to live, he moved to Polk County and built a grand mansion of concrete decorated with glass and mosaics.
Surrounded by lush gardens, the Wonder House opened to the public in 1934, and its new owners are currently working on restoring the mansion.
As for Conrad Schuck, he lived to the ripe old age of 94.
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