(Washington, DC) -- Rick Scott is behind an effort to stop China from exploiting US surrogacy laws. Senator Scott reintroduced his SAFE KIDS Act yesterday. Its goal is to prevent China from using American surrogates to obtain US citizenship for their children and traffic infants abroad. Scott says the bill is the first of its kind to curb this practice. He says the bill was inspired by terrifying reports on the abuse of newborns, and US surrogate mothers being deceived

In a year where many communities are seeing violence rise, Escambia County is moving in the opposite direction. So far this year, 15 homicides have been reported. That's down from the 32 cases last year. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons says many cases tie back to drug activity or domestic violence, two issues Simmons says his office is trying to tackle. He adds -- support from the community also helped lower the numbers. Sheriff Simmons says the number of calls into the

PENSACOLA, FL — The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) has been named Outstanding Research Organization at the 2025 Humanoid Robotics Industry Awards for its innovative work on the Nadia humanoid robotics platform. Nadia is named after famed gymnast Nadia Comaneci, and has been celebrated for its unique design features, including a large range of motion and a high power-to-weight ratio. The Nadia platform is transitioning to a new generation robot named