Publix Bakery – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Mahmoud Suhail The grocery retailer Publix has apologized to an LGBTQ+ customer after an assistant at a Florida store declined to prepare a cake with the word “trans” written on it. Yasmin Flasterstein is the director of Peer Support Space, which helps people in Central Florida who
Oysters – Courtesy: Image by Plateresca from Shutterstock A recent norovirus outbreak related to raw oysters sold in Florida and seven other states is being looked into, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Thursday, 211 norovirus cases had been reported in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Courtesy: Gov. Ron DeSantis Florida is expanding its vaccine eligibility to anyone age 18 and older by next month, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced yesterday. The news comes coupled with the vaccine eligibility expansion for adults age 40 and older beginning next Monday, March 29. Following less demand for the vaccine as the age range has
Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Viacheslav Lopatin The wait is over for another group of Floridians eager to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced from the state capital that the state will be expanding inoculation eligibility efforts to anyone 60 or older beginning Monday, March 15. “I’m happy to announce
Courtesy: Florida Lotto In a perfect world, everyone who buys the minimum $1 lotto scratch-off ticket from the local convenience store or gas station would win at least their money back. However, we don’t live in a perfect world therefore winning your money back or more than that is usually not the case. But two