## Several Florida jails and prisons refuse to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton

Authored by theguardian.com

Several Florida jails and prisons are refusing to evacuate their residents ahead of Hurricane Milton despite being in the evacuation zone of the storm.

“We do not issue evacuation orders lightly,” said the Manatee county public safety director, Jodie Fiske, Newsweek reported.

“Milton is anticipated to cause more storm surge than [Hurricane] Helene.

Multiple jails and prisons in hurricane-hit states have previously failed to evacuate incarcerated people during a natural disaster, despite being located in a mandatory evacuation zone.

In South Carolina, at least two prisons were not evacuated during Hurricane Florence in 2018.

Other Florida jails and prisons have also said they will not evacuate during Milton.

Reimer told 10 Tampa Bay: “When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence,” she said. »

### Ex-FBI agent on Trump-Putin calls: There are tapes

Authored by nj.com

A former FBI agent suggested that Vladimir Putin likely kept recordings of his phone calls with former President Trump.

Her comment comes after reporting from Bob Woodward’s new book revealed that Trump had phone calls with Putin after leaving office.

“There’s news reporting that Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin. »

### Kremlin claims Trump sent Covid test machines to Putin

Authored by nbcnews.com

The book claims that Trump secretly sent Abbott Covid-19 testing devices to Putin when the machines were in short supply.

Peskov also denied Woodward's claim that Trump and Putin have spoken on the telephone several times since Trump left office.

Trump has referred to Putin as “very savvy” and a “strong man,” and praised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “genius. »

### Disney World Fans Hit Florida Theme Park Hours Ahead of Hurricane Milton

Authored by tmz.com

Even Hurricane Milton can't keep Disney World fanatics away from the theme park ... with tourists still swinging by The Most Magical Place On Earth hours before the storm's landfall.

The decision to still attend Disney World is frankly surprising, given the fact the parks are set to close Wednesday afternoon ahead of Milton's landfall in Florida.

Both Universal Studios Orlando and SeaWorld are shutting down ahead of the hurricane, and plan to remain closed Thursday. »

### Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge

Authored by theverge.com

Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to competition for three whole years.

Stop requiring Google Play Billing for apps distributed on the Google Play Store (the jury found that Google had illegally tied its payment system to its app store).

Epic didn’t quite get everything it asked for: it wanted the judge to crack open Google Play for six years, not three; allow users to sideload apps with a single tap; and for Google to stop being able to tie Android APIs to Google Play. »

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