Articles for Martin County

Inside the fateful 12 hours of an apparent assassination attempt outside the Trump International Golf Club
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the fateful 12 hours of an apparent assassination attempt outside the Trump International Golf Club

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump was walking down the fifth hole of the championship course at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, preparing for his birdie putt, when the all-too-familiar sound of gunfire prompted his Secret Service detail to pounce on the former president. Phone records from T-Mobile that indicated Routh’s phone was “in the vicinity of …

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Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames ‘rhetoric of Biden and Harris’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames ‘rhetoric of Biden and Harris’

LA Times  

A man was taken into custody on Sept. 15, 2024, after allegedly bringing a semiautomatic rifle to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. As Ryan Wesley Routh was charged in federal court Monday, an affidavit written by Secret Service Special Agent Mark A. Thomas said Routh’s cellphone was in the vicinity of the tree line near …

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How a North Carolina city’s hospital closure could hint at trouble for Joe Biden’s campaign
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How a North Carolina city’s hospital closure could hint at trouble for Joe Biden’s campaign

Associated Press  

WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. “Health care is on the ballot this year, and voters will remember that when they reject Donald Trump in November,” said Dory MacMillan, the Biden campaign’s North Carolina communications director. “Those communities that have lost their rural hospitals, they don’t have that.” A …

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Top Authors Speak Out, Slam Florida’s Book Bans As ‘Arbitrary’ And ‘Egregious’
1 year, 9 months ago

Top Authors Speak Out, Slam Florida’s Book Bans As ‘Arbitrary’ And ‘Egregious’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and James Patterson have joined in on calling Florida’s book bans “troubling” and “truly egregious” after their own books — among dozens of others — were recently stripped from one county’s school libraries. Patterson, whose “Maximum Ride” young adult novels were among a list of books recently axed in Martin County’s public schools, …

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Florida Man Steals Car; Train Sends It Crashing Into House
2 years, 11 months ago

Florida Man Steals Car; Train Sends It Crashing Into House

Huff Post  

This photo provided by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows a car destroyed after a collision with a train in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. A Florida man says he jumped from the stolen car seconds before it was hit by a train and sent flying into a nearby home. via Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. …

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Florida man seriously injured after falling off bike and getting bitten by alligator
3 years, 5 months ago

Florida man seriously injured after falling off bike and getting bitten by alligator

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man is seriously …

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Covid-19 cases among Florida children jumped 26% in a month. It’s still hard to know which schools are safe
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 cases among Florida children jumped 26% in a month. It’s still hard to know which schools are safe

CNN  

Martin County, Florida CNN — Since many Florida public schools opened their doors about a month ago, the number of children under 18 who have contracted Covid-19 statewide has jumped 26%, state data show. Rosa Flores/CNN The Martin County School District is one of those districts that releases its own Covid-19 data via the news media. The latest post cites …

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The Candidate Fighting To Save Coal Country From Mitch McConnell
4 years, 10 months ago

The Candidate Fighting To Save Coal Country From Mitch McConnell

Huff Post  

INEZ, Kentucky ― On a spring morning in 1964, hundreds of residents gathered at an old miniature golf course in the center of town as the whirling blades of a presidential chopper brought Lyndon B. Johnson to this tiny Appalachian enclave. The Green New Deal is Booker’s plan to rescue coal country and Kentucky from total ruin ― and from …

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Will she flip? Deputies urge woman to say she was trafficked
5 years, 6 months ago

Will she flip? Deputies urge woman to say she was trafficked

Associated Press  

STUART, Fla. — The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff’s detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa’s ceiling. “Unless you have an adult victim saying what would rise legally to force, fraud or coercion, you don’t have a case even though there is circumstantial evidence” of trafficking, like women living inside the spas, …

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