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Maxwell Frost wins contentious Dem primary battle for Florida’s 10th District

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Maxwell Frost wins contentious Dem primary battle for Florida’s 10th District

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla. emerged with the win in the Democrat primary for Florida’s 10th Congressional District on Tuesday.

Frost now faces the winner of the Republican primary, which features Tuan Lee facing off with Willie Montague.

Frost, who is serving in his first term in Congress, was thought to be the favorite in the race, though some of his controversial positions cracked open the door to his primary challengers, most notably his shift to full-throated support for military aid to Israel.

The incumbent Democrat, who previously worked as the national advance manager for Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, made headlines in 2022 after being the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, including an admission that his credit was too poor for him to qualify for an apartment in Washington, D.C.

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Frost also campaigned on improving the situation at the U.S. southern border, arguing during a candidate forum last month that there needs to be a streamlined process for asylum applicants.

“What we have to understand is we don’t have open borders,” he said, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. “We do have a legal system of asylum, which is a legal right for people to claim asylum. So, what we need to do is pass legislation to get more asylum attorneys, judges, more personnel down there so this process can be sped up.”

But White, one of Frost’s opponents, said at the same forum that the border needs to be secured and that current immigration laws need to be followed.

Candidates in Florida’s 10th Congressional District race Tuan Le, left, Willie Montague, Vibert White and Rep. Maxwell Frost answer questions during a candidate forum in Orlando, Florida, on July 24, 2024. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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“One of the first things that needs to be done is to follow existing laws that are already on the books to secure our border,” White said. “Secondly, we have to understand that we are not an open-door policy any longer, that we cannot afford it. We have other people within the United States who need the resources that can be utilized in their own communities.”

Darius, who worked in business before the congressional run, earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Broward College. He focused his campaign on making life more affordable for low- and mid-income earners, promising to help reduce rent and make health care more affordable.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., made headlines in 2022 after being the first member of Gen Z elected to Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images/File)

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Election experts such as the Cook Political Report, Decision Desk HQ and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rate the district as safe for Democrats.

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Florida attorney general demands nursing board revoke license of nurse who wished injury on Karoline Leavitt

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Florida attorney general James Uthmeier is calling for the Florida Board of Nursing to revoke the license of a woman after she said she hoped White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suffers a severe injury in childbirth. 

“Women shouldn’t have to worry about a politically driven nurse who wishes them pain and suffering being in the delivery room during childbirth,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

“It’s evil,” he added. “The Florida Board of Nursing must take action to keep this person away from patients permanently.”

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is expecting her second child this year. (Andrew Harnik)

In a video posted on TikTok, Lexie Lawler, a former labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, said, “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy to wish Karoline Leavitt a fourth degree tear.”

She continued with explicit language, saying she hoped Leavitt would suffer a permanent injury during childbirth.

“I hope you f——- rip from bow to stern and never s— normally again, you c—,” she said.

In December, Leavitt announced that she and her husband Nick are expecting a baby girl due in May, who will join their first son, Niko, born in July 2024.

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Lawler was subsequently fired from Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

The hospital told Fox News Digital that her comments “do not reflect our values or the standards we expect of healthcare professionals,” but Lawler has since defended her remarks in another video, and appeared to reference an unrelated shooting in Minnesota while responding to criticism over her comments.

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“Women shouldn’t have to worry about a politically-driven nurse who wishes them pain and suffering being in the delivery room during childbirth,” Uthmeier told Fox News Digital in a statement.  (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

“So they just murdered a man in Minnesota, they murdered a man in Minnesota, and you mother——- are coming after me because I used bad language? F— you. I’m on the right side of this. F— you.”

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A “GoFundMe” has been set up for Lawler which has raised nearly $5,000 with a goal of $14,000. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Florida Board of Nursing and Lawler for comment. 

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A GoFundMe has been set up for Lawler which has raised over $4,000 with a goal of $14,000.  (Photo illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

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Grandson charged with murdering retired grandparents found dead in their South Carolina home

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Authorities in upstate South Carolina have arrested the 19-year-old grandson of a retired couple found slain in their home earlier this month, charging him with two counts of murder in a case that has shaken a small rural community.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said Levi Kevin Jones was taken into custody late Friday and charged in connection with the deaths of Larry Moore, 76, and Sandra Moore, 75, who were discovered inside their residence on Cromer Moore Road near Westminster on Jan. 15.

Jones is also charged with two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to arrest warrants obtained by Fox News Digital. He remains in custody pending a bond hearing.

The couple was found after a family member requested a welfare check when repeated attempts to reach them were unsuccessful. Investigators and the county coroner later determined the deaths were homicides.

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Larry and Sandra Moore are pictured during a church gathering at Calvary Church. The couple was later remembered by the congregation following their deaths. (Calvary Church Facebook)

According to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office, Larry Moore died from multiple stabbing injuries, while Sandra Moore died from manual strangulation. Autopsies were conducted the following day.

Arrest warrants allege Jones stabbed his grandfather multiple times in the torso and neck and strangled his grandmother, cutting off her airway and blood flow. Authorities said a knife was used during the attack.

Authorities have not provided a motive for the attack.

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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said the couple’s grandson, Levi Kevin Jones, is charged with two counts of murder in the case, as well as two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. (Oconee County Sheriff’s Office)

The Moores were longtime residents of the area and well known in the community as the former owners of Moore & Moore Fish Camp, a local restaurant that operated for decades before the couple retired.

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They were also active members of Calvary Church, where friends described them as regular attendees.

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“They were always there,” Stacy Brooks, who attended church, told Fox News Digital. “You expected to see them every time you went. They were faithful people.”

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The Oconee County Coroner’s Office, which assisted in the investigation into the deaths of Larry and Sandra Moore, is shown in an exterior view. (Oconee County Coroner’s Office)

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Brooks said the killings have been difficult for residents of the small upstate South Carolina town to process.

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“This is a close community, and something like this just doesn’t happen often,” she said.

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The sheriff’s office previously said the killings appeared to be an isolated incident and that there was no ongoing threat to the public.



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Florida deputies race to save 4-year-old who stopped breathing and had no pulse on interstate, video shows

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Deputies in Florida raced to save the life of a 4-year-old child on Interstate 275 after the boy suffered a medical emergency, authorities said Sunday.

Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies responded at around 5:20 p.m. Saturday to a “person down” call involving an unresponsive child on the highway.

When deputies arrived, the child was not breathing and had no pulse.

Bodycam footage shows deputies rushing to the vehicle on the side of the interstate and pulling the child out of the back seat.

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The child was not breathing and had no pulse when deputies arrived at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

As one deputy picked up the boy, a woman who had been performing CPR could be heard saying, “He’s breathing!”

The deputy carried the child to the side of the interstate, laid him on the ground and began CPR.

Deputies performed CPR immediately and continued until paramedics arrived. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

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“There’s something in the mouth. Pull it out!” one rescuer said.

It was unclear what was blocking the child’s breathing, but once it was cleared, first responders continued CPR until Tampa Fire Rescue crews arrived and took over treatment.

The boy was taken to a local hospital where he was recovering in stable condition. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)

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Officials said the child was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital and is now listed as being in stable condition.

The sheriff’s office credited the deputies’ quick actions with saving the child’s life.

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