David Fischer, Author at The Rapid City Post

Dogs are seen at Animal Care and Control on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla. The shelter is educating the public on how to protect animals from dangers like heat stroke and dehydration. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

Keeping animals of all sizes, from cats to horses, cool during record heat

July 17, 2025

With record temperatures hitting the U.S., pet owners have to protect their four-legged family members from dangers like heat stroke and dehydration. But keeping an animal the size of a small car cool isn’t as easy as bringing it inside to the air conditioning. That’s why Alicia Grace, owner of Pink Flamingo Stables, has to take extra steps to keep her horses safe and healthy in South Florida’s hot and humid climate. And while house pets are easier to keep cool, Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control spokeswoman Arielle Weinberger says pet owners still have to remain vigilant during the summer.

FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, file)

Florida man who killed 2 people outside a bar is scheduled to be executed

July 14, 2025

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing is scheduled to be executed. Michael Bernard Bell is set to receive a lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison, barring a last-day reprieve. He was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to death for the 1993 murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith. Bell would be the eighth person put to death in Florida this year. A total of 25 men have already been executed in the U.S. this year, tying last year’s total.

FILE - In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Wesley Routh, a man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case

July 10, 2025

A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump says he wants to fire his lawyers and represent himself. Ryan Routh asked a federal judge in court Thursday to let him serve as his own attorney. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon questioned Routh for about 30 minutes but did not rule during the hearing. Cannon said she will issue a written order later. Prosecutors have said Routh plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as Trump played golf in September at his West Palm Beach country club. Routh has pleaded not guilty.

Florida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman outside of a bar

June 23, 2025

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar is scheduled to be executed. Barring a reprieve, 51-year-old Thomas Lee Gudinas is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted in the killing of Michelle McGrath, who was last seen at a bar called Barbarella’s shortly before 3 a.m. on May 24, 1994. Her body was found in an alley next to a nearby school hours later. A school employee who found McGrath’s body later identified Gudinas as a man who was fleeing the area shortly before the body was discovered.

David Fischer.

Keeping animals of all sizes, from cats to horses, cool during record heat

Florida man who killed 2 people outside a bar is scheduled to be executed

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case

Florida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman outside of a bar

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