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Video What is it: Squatting, a national phenomenon Daniel Phillips, who specializes in landlord and tenant disputes, said squatting legal battles are prompting long and costly legal battles for tenants. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  on Wednesday signed legislation into law that eliminates squatters’ rights in the Sunshine State and increases penalties against offenders.  "You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody's private property and expect to get away with it. We are in the state of Florida ending the squatter scam once and for all," DeSantis said during a press conference on the signing in Orlando.  The law will take effect July 1. DeSantis noted ahead of the signing that he believes Florida is the first state in the nation to take squatting issues head-on.  Lawmakers in the state overwhelmingly voted in support of the bill earlier this month, sending it to DeSantis’ office. The law outlines that squatters will face criminal charges for illegally mov

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) New Jersey allows winners to remain anonymous and the winnings can be claimed up to a year from when the winning numbers were announced. One of the largest Mega Millions jackpots in history finally has a winner! A Mega Millions player in New Jersey won the jackpot worth $1.13 billion, on Tuesday night, ending the 31-drawing drought.  The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29, 38, and the gold Mega ball 4. With a winning ticket finally being announced the $1.13 billion jackpot is the fifth-largest prize in the lottery’s history.  Additionally, the winner from The Garden State can receive the massive prize in annual payments or a one-time lump sum estimated at $537.5 million.  Meanwhile, thirteen players in California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio were able to match all five white balls for the $1 million prize. A New York player won $2 million while playing the Megaplier.  The odds of winning the Mega

US-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT-ECONOMY Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. The bridge collapsed early March 26 after being struck by the Singapore-flagged Dali container ship, sending multiple vehicles and people plunging into the frigid harbor below. There was no immediate confirmation of the cause of the disaster, but Baltimore’s Police Commissioner Richard Worley said there was “no indication” of terrorism. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) (Photo by KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images) About six workers have been presumed dead, and the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search-and-rescue operation after a Baltimore bridge collapsed.  According to the Maryland State Police, the incident is now a recovery operation.  “We do not believe that we are going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath said. The missing workers were deemed dead, ac

Video Former President Donald Trump selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles In a video shared on his social media platform, Truth Social, the former president said 'Let's Make America Pray Again." (Credit: Truth Social/ @realDonaldTrump) Former President Donald Trump announced  on his Truth Social media platform  , that he is partnering with country musician Lee Greenwood to sell "God Bless the USA" Bibles ahead of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. "H nering with country musician Lee Greenwood to sell "God Bless the USA" Bibles ahead of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. "Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again.  As we lead into Good Friday and Easter,  I encourage you to get a copy of the God Bless The USA Bible," Trump wrote in a post.  The former president said every American needs to have a Bible in their home and added that he has 

Nigerian Army Set To Release 200 Boko Haram Detainees In Borno 'After Clearing Them Of Wrongdoing' During the court sitting over the illegal abduction of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Justice Nyaku rejected the bail application filed for the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Today the FG is set to release  deadly Boko Haram killers back to the society. The detainees were arrested by the military in the heat of insurgency. The Nigerian Army is set to release more than 200 suspected who had been detained over Boko Haram terrorist activities.   The military said the suspects had been cleared of links to the Boko Haram sect.   The detainees will be handed over to the Borno State Government for proper reintegration into the society on Tuesday morning at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the state capital.   The detainees were arrested by the military in the heat of insurgency.   ”Not fewer than 200 cleared Boko Haram suspects that are being cleared of any wrongdoing by security operatives, and they will b

FILE - Jeffrey Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2020. Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could face sanctions, including disbarment in Washington, D.C., if a three-person panel thinks he violated ethics rules in his role in trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File) Much of the hearing before the three-member Board of Responsibility focused on a letter which Clark sent to his superiors at the time, Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue. Clark suggested the letter be sent to  Georgia  indicating that the Justice Department was investigating irregularities in the state’s election and state lawmakers should void Biden’s electoral win. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s efforts to help then-President Donald Trump  overturn the 2020

Released hostage Amit Soussana, kidnapped on the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, talks to the press in front of her destroyed home at the Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, January 29, 2024 (photo credit: REUTERS/ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI) Released Gaza hostage Amit Soussana gave her personal testimony of the   sexual violence and physical abuse   she endured in Hamas captivity in an eight-hour interview with   The New York Times   that was published on Tuesday. She is the first released hostage to give direct testimony of sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. Soussana previously made headlines when a video surfaced of the moment of her capture, when she fought off seven  Hamas terrorists  before being brought to Gaza. In the interview, Soussana recalled being held hostage in a child’s bedroom in Gaza with a chain attached to her left ankle. The Hamas terrorist in charge of guarding her, whom she named Muhammad, occasionally would sit beside her on the bed, lift her shirt