Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman • Garden Theatre shares progress as rebuilding continues
 Orlando Morning Report Monday, May 8, 2023 | | |
| | | | Insurance changes | Texas gunman | Garden Theatre progress Good morning. It's Monday, May 8, 2023. Central Florida weather looks to be sunny with a high of 89 and low of 66. Click here for more weather. We launched a new-look website this week. Read our FAQ to read everything you need to know. | | | | Property insurers would face increased scrutiny and higher fines under bills unanimously passed by the Florida House and Senate that now await the governor's signature. Created after reports surfaced of insurers reducing adjusters' loss estimates after Hurricane Ian, the measures are also meant to address criticism that recent reforms were weighed too heavily in favor of insurance companies. | | | | | A law enforcement official says federal investigators are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology as they work to try to discern a motive. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages. Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe Mauricio Garcia, 33, used and posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could note discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. | | | | | The Garden Theatre is using its website to brief the community on the steps it is taking to "make real change and mend relationships." The theater's board of directors came under fire from staff members last summer, and the majority of employees eventually resigned from the Winter Garden nonprofit or were dismissed as the theater took […] | | | | | Police in Brownsville, Texas, say eight people are now dead and at least 10 are injured after a driver struck a group of people waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter. Police confirmed that the latest victim has died Sunday night. The driver was hospitalized and police plan to arrest him when he is released. Brownsville police say the crash happened about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday in the border city. The victims were across the street from a shelter, and the shelter director says the facility's surveillance video shows an SUV running a light before crashing into the victims. Police say they are investigating whether the crash was accidental or intentional and whether the driver was intoxicated. | | | | | By REBECCA SANTANA and VALERIE GONZALEZ (Associated Press) BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Under a set of white tents at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, dozens of Venezuelan men waited. Some sat on curbs and others leaned on metal barricades. When the gates eventually opened, the long line of men filed slowly up the pedestrian […] | | | | | Three progressive groups are spending more than $20 million in a new national ad campaign to promote President Joe Biden's record as he begins his 2024 reelection race. The ads from the groups Future Forward USA Action, Climate Power, Way to Win Action Fund aim to sell voters on Biden's efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs, create clean energy jobs, and support the middle class as inflation takes a bite out of their take home pay. The groups aim to remind Americans of what Biden has done in office, as many Democrats believe their party has not done enough to educate voters about what they have gotten done after 28 months in power. | | | | | Former President Donald Trump has rejected his last chance to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996. Trump let a 5 p.m. Sunday deadline pass without asking to testify. It wasn't a surprise. Trump has not shown up once during the two-week Manhattan federal court trial. Writer E. Jean Carroll has testified at length. She has repeated claims she first made publicly in a 2019 memoir. The jury has viewed excerpts of an October videotaped deposition in which Trump vehemently denied raping Carroll or ever really knowing her. | | | | | The founding director of the FDA's Office of Biotechnology writes that, by manipulating data to claim the danger of COVID vaccines is greater than the disease itself, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has violated the trust of Floridians and should be removed from office. | | | | | The positive impact of responsible zoos and aquariums cannot be overstated. Globally, these certified facilities spend more than $350 million annually on wildlife conservation and help to introduce people to thousands of species including manatees, dolphins, whales and sea turtles. | | | | | A championship title has eluded Donald Payne throughout his football career. From his time at Landmark Christian School outside of Atlanta to his college days at Stetson University to a professional career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the 28-year-old Payne has yet to reap the spoils of winning a championship. "I've never won a ring," said […] | | | |
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