In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that MosquitoMate, Inc. had submitted plans to infect live male mosquitoes with a bacteria called "Wolbachia pipientis," which enhances WNV infection.
Heiress of the Disney fortune, Abigail Disney, was arrested in New York after she along with several climate activists blocked an airport servicing private jet departures.
A Keene State College student named Allan Poller has been charged with transmitting a threat to injure the person of another in interstate commerce for threatening to kill Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill allowing residents to carry concealed firearms in the state without a permit, making Florida the 26th state to allow permitless concealed carry.