How a simple problem with a printer turned into a two-month nightmare after a tech call involving a supposed Hewlett-Packard pro turned out to be an artful hack job that planted spyware and weeks of anxiety and clean-ups. A cautionary tale by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lucy Morgan.
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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, January 30, 2022
The Cold Weather Shelter open again tonight. The matinee and last showing of City Repertory Theatre stages “Wait Until Dark.” Ernie Pyle looks up people hungry for divorce in Reno.
The Moderate, Pragmatic Legacy of Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer will leave a legacy that reflects the Supreme Court he joined nearly three decades ago – less fractious and less partisan than the bench he is reportedly set to leave at the end of the current term.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, January 29, 2022
Hard freeze watch tonight with temperatures dipping into the upper 20s. The Cold Weather Shelter will open. Palm Coast Historical Society Lecture Series on Florida before the European invasions. City Repertory Theatre stages “Wait Until Dark.”
Sorry, Nick Klufas: The Downside of Driverless Cars
Automated vehicles hold tremendous promise. Cars that handle most or all of the driving tasks could be safer than human drivers, operate more efficiently and open up new opportunities for seniors, people with disabilities and others who can’t drive themselves. But while attention has understandably focused on safety, the potential environmental impacts of automated vehicles have largely taken a back seat.
Secret College Presidential Searches in Florida Would Open the Way to Corruption, Nepotism and Cronyism
Once again, certain legislators want to exert more control — not less — over the thoughts, actions and beliefs of local Floridians who are seeking higher education to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
In Latest Union-Busting Move, Lawmakers Would Bar Payroll Deductions for Dues
A House panel began moving forward Thursday with a controversial proposal that would make changes for public-employee unions, including preventing workers from having dues deducted from their paychecks.
Prosecution Wins Key Ruling to Buttress Alleged Rape Victim’s Testimony in Larry Cavallaro’s Coming Trial
Larry Anthony Cavallaro, the now-74-year-old former Flagler Beach gallery owner who faces a first degree felony rape charge involving a 42-year-old woman at his home in Flagler Beach in December 2017. A judge today ruled in favor of allowing the key testimony of a third party who witnessed the alleged victim’s impairment–and felt it herself, as both women were visiting Cavallaro before the alleged assault.
It’s Groundhog Day at Flagler Beach’s City-Owned Golf Course as Commission Again Issues Lease Ultimatum
The Flagler Beach City Commission is yet again reenacting its recurring drama with Flagler Golf Management, the company that’s been running the city’s nine-hole Ocean Palms Golf Club at the south end of town since 2015, issuing its third threat to end the lease since 2017. Meanwhile, the company’s founding owner is in prison.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, January 28, 2022
The Cold Weather Shelter is open tonight, “Florida History through the Amazing Illustrations of Harper’s Weekly,” a lecture at the Palm Coast library, City Repertory Theatre stages “Wait Until Dark,” Dostoevsky reflects about his first book after a prison term.