Andrew Pantazi

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Patricia Mazzei |Andrew Pantazi |Kate Selig

Florida State University Shooting His biological mother said in an interview on Friday that she was bewildered by the attack, and had been against the presence of firearms in her son's life.

Nov 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Andrew Pantazi

Jurors’ eyes turned red. Some shook their heads. Some wiped their eyes. Others buried their faces in their hands. As photos showed how mutilated the body of Cherish Perrywinkle, just 8 years old, had become, some jurors even looked away. Monday served as the opening arguments and testimony in the trial of Donald James Smith, charged in the kidnapping, rape and strangulation of Cherish. Her body was found in June 2013 the morning after Smith led her away from her mother at a Jacksonville Walmart.

Nov 14, 2024 | jaxtrib.org | Eric Tucker |Andrew Pantazi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified the Republican’s rallying cry that the criminal investigations into him are “witch hunts.” That kinship was rewarded Wednesday when Trump named Gaetz as his pick for attorney general, turning to a conservative loyalist in place of more established lawyers who’d been seen as...

Nov 14, 2024 | jaxtrib.org | Alanna Durkin Richer |Farnoush Amiri |Andrew Pantazi

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he’s been tapped to lead, and has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct. That probe effectively ended Wednesday, though, when Gaetz resigned from Congress.

Nov 12, 2024 | jaxtrib.org | Thomas Beaumont |Andrew Pantazi

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. His early picks include at least two St. Johns County residents in key roles in his White House. Here’s a look at who he’s selected so far. Wiles, 67, was a senior adviser to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and its de facto manager. Wiles has a background in Florida politics.