WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-522) on the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act (H.R. 1181). The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on Feb. 25, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, was introduced on February 11, 2025, by Republican Representative Riley Moore (WV-02). This bill prohibits payment card networks from requiring the use of or assigning Merc  more

CANTON, Ohio, March 14 -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Falcons DE James Pearce Jr. charged with three felonies, one misdemeanor Grant Gordon, Digital Content Editor Atlanta Falcons defensive end James Pearce Jr. was charged Thursday with three felonies and one misdemeanor by the Miami-Dade (Florida) State Attorney for an incident on Feb. 7 involving WNBA player Rikea Jackson, according to circuit court documents. Pearce, 22, is charged with felony counts of  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, from a March 5, 2026, member day hearing on funding for the restoration of the Everglades: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, for holding this Member Day hearing. I'm here today as a proud Floridian to talk about a few of the many issues that are critical to the Sunshine State in the Interior Ap  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability released the following testimony by St. Lucie County (Florida) Sheriff Richard Del Toro from a March 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Highway Safety Under Threat: Examining Non-Domiciled CDL Issuance to Illegal Aliens." CDL is commercial driver's license. * * * Chairman Brecheen, Ranking Member Thanedar, and members of the subcommittee, I want to thank you for convening this important hea  more

TAMPA, Florida, March 14 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * Statement on the KC-135 Incident * TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command Spokesperson U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins provided the following statement: Out of respect for our Gold Star families, we ask for media outlets and journalists to exercise patience and abstain from publishing reports on fallen service members until the formal investigation and notification processes are completed. We remain ful  more

SARASOTA, Florida, March 10 -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: * * * Step into a World of Wonder -- curiosity leads the way in this virtual reality application designed by a USF team When people hear the term, virtual reality (VR), many quickly conjure up an image -- a person whose eyes are covered by a small, rectangular plastic box that is held on by straps crisscrossing the top of their head. Although popular culture has made it easy for  more

SARASOTA, Florida, March 10 -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: * * * USF hosts inaugural Leadership Council meeting of Master of Social Work program directors The USF School of Social Work hosted seven Master of Social Work (MSW) program directors from across the country for the inaugural Leadership Council meeting of the Association of MSW Program Directors (AMPD), a new national initiative aimed at strengthening leadership and collaborati  more