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Tourism is a large portion of Florida's economy. Florida is home to the world's most visited theme park, the Magic Kingdom. [245] Florida is also home to the largest single-site employer in the United States, Walt Disney World. [246] PortMiami is the largest passenger port in the world and one of the largest cargo ports in the United States. [247]
The U.S. Supreme Court also upheld a modified lethal-injection protocol in the 2015 case Glossip v. Gross. [75] By the time of that case, Oklahoma had altered its execution protocol to use midazolam instead of thiopental or pentobarbital; the latter two drugs had become unavailable for executions due to the European embargo on selling them to ...
A correctional officer at Corcoran State Prison fatally shot Tate in the head while he reported breaking up a fight. [70] April 29, 1994 Ernest Sayon: 22 New York City, New York: After a firecracker exploded in the Clifton neighborhood of Staten Island, Sayon walked towards officers with his hands in his shirt. Police handcuffed and beat Sayon ...
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (/ ˈ ɛ p s t iː n /, EP-steen; [1] January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. [2] [3] Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional life as a teacher at the Dalton School despite lacking a college degree.
It is a period which sees the rise and fall of the Assyrian empire (twelfth to seventh century) and of the Persian empire (sixth to fourth century), Alexander's campaigns (336–326), the rise of Rome and its domination of the Mediterranean (fourth century to the founding of the Principate, 27 BCE), the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (70 ...
He only paid part of the $850,000 legal bill charged by Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron LLP, who represented him in the case for contempt of Congress for his defiance of the January 6 committee subpoena and in the case for the "We Build the Wall" fraud scheme. The law firm sued Bannon, and in July 2023, he was ordered to pay the remaining balance. [264]
Harris opposed California's ban on affirmative action [15] and filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas (2016), asking that the Court "reaffirm its decision that public colleges and universities may consider race as one factor in admissions decisions". [16] [17]