Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A group of flamingos is known as a flamboyance, and they’re looking to add some color to Florida’s state symbols. Florida House Representative Jim Mooney Jr., Key Largo ...

Stan, you happened to send this on the one day last month when that assertion was provably false — my colonoscopy prep day. Scott, loved your column on the Florida native scrub-jay being the ...

Jay-Z has been dealt a legal blow in a case filed by a woman who accused him and fellow music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs of sexually assaulting her as a teen. Judge Analisa Torres ruled on Thursday ...

Jay-Z filed a new motion to dismiss the lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13-year-old girl more than 20 years ago, requesting to impose sanctions on the accuser’s lawyer. Spiro argued that the ...

With breweries and pubs falling like ninepins, the Dorset family brewer has chalked up rising profits, rebadged its famous Badger cask ales and launched a new range of keg beers. In 2023, with an ...

Jay-Z’s legal team isn’t holding back as they called for sanctions against high-profile lawyer Tony Buzbee, accusing him of making unverified allegations against the music mogul. The legal ...

The hip-hop industry was rocked last month when Shawn Carter, better known globally as musician Jay-Z, and infamous rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs were sued for claimed sexual assault that allegedly ...

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Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at the National Review Institute. On the William F. Buckley Jr. Fellowship in Political Journalism at National Review.