A speeding car fleeing police slammed into a crowded bar early Saturday, killing four people and injuring 11 in a historic district of Tampa, Florida, known for its nightlife and tourists. An air patrol unit with the Tampa Police Department spotted the car driving recklessly on a freeway at about 12:40 a.m. after police said…
Four people were killed and 11 were injured after a police chase in Tampa, Florida, early Saturday ended with the suspect crashing into a popular LGBTQ bar, police said. Tampa police said that around 12:45 a.m., the Florida Highway Patrol started to pursue Silas Sampson after law enforcement air patrol spotted the 22-year-old driving recklessly…
Former NFL player Antonio Brown will return to Miami from a New Jersey jail after deciding not to contest his extradition to Florida on an attempted murder charge, officials said Friday. Brown, 37, was brought to the jail in Essex County, New Jersey, after his arrest by U.S. Marshals in Dubai. He waived extradition at…
The fight against a Florida law restricting property purchases by Chinese citizens may hinge on finding new challengers – and on persuading a conservative judiciary unlikely to reverse course, legal experts say. In a 2-1 decision on Tuesday, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld two provisions of the 2023 law –…
Researchers at Appknox warn that malicious apps are impersonating popular AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E to trick users into installing malware on their mobile devices. Some of these apps simply collect user data to be sold to advertising services, while others act as full-fledged malware.
Lawyers for Rupert Murdoch and other defendants in Trump v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. have accused President Donald Trump of raising what they called a “red herring” in his latest filing, as part of a defamation case stemming from reporting on a letter linked to Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court for the…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Nexperia fallout: chip spat reignites EU debate over Chinese investments The saga of Netherlands-based and Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, caught up in broader geopolitical tensions between the United States and…
NEED TO KNOW A Florida resident captured footage of a crocodile swimming with a dog in its jaws in a canal on Monday, Oct. 27 Zack Spurlock told local media outlet WESH he saw an “11-foot crocodile swimming with a Golden Retriever-type breed in it’s mouth.” The FWC said after “careful consideration,” the reptile has…
US President Donald Trump said Xi Jinping understands the consequences if China invades Taiwan, while refusing to specifically say the United States would defend the island, according to an extract of a CBS News interview broadcast on Sunday. Trump said Taiwan “never even came up as a subject” when he met the Chinese president in…
A federal judge in Tampa has ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020 after he failed to show up to court for a hearing on whether he should be taken back into custody for violating the conditions of his pre-trial release. Jordan Goudreau, 49, was arrested…