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As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flocked to cheer on their ousted president. That man, …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER and MATT SEDENSKY
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1/9/23
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The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, over the weekend following interdictions off the Florida Keys. Since August more than 4,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti have made …
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1/9/23
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A woman died after she was thrown from a horse at a rodeo in the Florida panhandle. Authorities said Sunday the 56-year-old woman had just finished competing in a barrel race at the Baker Rodeo on …
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1/8/23
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MIAMI (AP) — Alongside runs on hot chocolate and churros, cold-stunned iguanas dropping from trees are one of South Florida’s most iconic winter traditions.
When it gets cold, videos of the …
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By ALEX HARRIS, Miami Herald
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1/8/23
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Joshua Kenneth Allen Johnson steps onto the stage at Jacksonville’s Moran Theater in January, it won’t be his first time.
Johnson is an ensemble player and …
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By TOM SZAROLETA, Florida Times-Union
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1/8/23
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The zip lines rock.
That appears to be the consensus from those who have visited the city’s inclusive all-abilities park behind the New Tampa Recreation Center in Tampa …
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By CHARLIE FRAGO, Tampa Bay Times
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1/7/23
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MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — The banner on the Nov. 28 Facebook video blared: “Breaking news! It’s time to put discipline back in our schools!!”
But when the video opened, rather than fading to …
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By ERIC ROGERS, Florida Today
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1/7/23
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A retired science satellite is about to fall from the sky but NASA says the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” NASA announced the 38-year-old satellite's impending demise late …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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1/6/23
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has mobilized the state national guard to help local officials respond to a large influx of Cuban migrants landing in the Florida Keys. DeSantis, a Republican, activated the …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
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1/6/23
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Florida lawmakers say they will move to increase state control of Walt Disney World’s private government. The Republican-controlled legislature announced its intention in a notice Friday, the …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
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1/6/23
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Migrants and asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries have increasingly found that protections in the United States are available to those with money or the savvy to …
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By GISELA SALOMON, ELLIOT SPAGAT and AMY TAXIN
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1/6/23
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Police say multiple people have been wounded in a shooting between two groups of people outside a restaurant in south Florida. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were hit by gunfire, but …
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1/6/23
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Universal Orlando Resort has filed paperwork and pledged 13 acres for a commuter rail station that could link the seventh busiest airport in the U.S. with the heart of the tourism district in one of …
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1/5/23
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Police say a Florida man fatally poisoned at least three cats and one dog in his neighborhood. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says the 36-year-old man was arrested Wednesday following a …
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1/5/23
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The Coast Guard has removed more than 300 Cuban migrants from a remote island national park off the Florida coast. Homeland Security officials said 337 migrants were taken Thursday by Coast Guard …
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By CODY JACKSON and TERRY SPENCER
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1/5/23
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A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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1/4/23
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As Republicans struggled for a second day to elect a House speaker, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida emerged as the choice of conservative holdouts who are refusing to support Kevin McCarthy’s bid. …
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By MEG KINNARD and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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1/4/23
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More than 500 Cuban immigrants have come ashore in the Florida Keys since the weekend, the latest in a large and increasing number who are fleeing the communist island. The influx is stretching thin …
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By CODY JACKSON and TERRY SPENCER
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1/4/23
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A couple living in a central Florida retirement community was found slain in their home, and a woman who was seen driving the couple’s car has been arrested. The couple, 83-year-old Darryl Getman, …
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1/4/23
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More than six dozen threatened manatees are currently in rehabilitation centers in Florida and elsewhere amid a chronic starvation problem caused by water pollution. Wildlife officials said Wednesday …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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1/4/23
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