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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Palm Beach County’s shortage of affordable housing has started to affect the growth of its economy, to the point where its recent expansion is in jeopardy, speakers …
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By MIKE DIAMOND, Palm Beach Post
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6/11/22
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POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — M34, a typical black bear who became an inspiration, was stuck.
He had hopscotched north from Sebring between dwindling patches of trees until he came to Celebration.
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By ZACHARY T. SAMPSON, Tampa Bay Times
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6/11/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former handlers or other people who adopt retired police K-9s will get financial help from Florida under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.
The …
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6/10/22
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LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A man found dead in a Florida lake while searching for Frisbees and other flying discs was missing three limbs after a likely encounter with alligators, police said Friday.
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6/10/22
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A homeless man has been found competent to stand trial in the stabbing of a Florida teenager who went missing while riding his bike.
Lawyers for Semmie Williams, …
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6/10/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science.
The space agency announced Thursday that it’s setting up an …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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6/9/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several bills Thursday in an effort to help people who serve in the military get jobs or advance their education once they leave …
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6/9/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years' probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to a celebrity in Los …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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6/9/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law that bans local governments from restricting gun and ammunitions sales goes too far because it also calls for fines against elected officials who seek to …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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6/9/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying …
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6/8/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer died early Wednesday after a crash with a shooting suspect who had fled a home after wounding three relatives, authorities said.
The crash …
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6/8/22
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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — One person was killed when a highspeed commuter train struck their car in South Florida, officials said.
Deputies responded Tuesday afternoon to an Oakland Park train …
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6/8/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rare normalcy returned to jury selection for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's penalty trial Tuesday, one day after his public defenders threatened to withdraw over …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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6/7/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl in central Florida was arrested Tuesday, more than a week after authorities said she shot and killed a woman who had gotten into a fight with her mother.
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6/7/22
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of burning tire marks across a gay pride streetscape in South Florida while participating in a rally for former President Donald Trump last summer has been …
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6/7/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida police officers were charged with manslaughter in the death of a man who was subdued with a stun gun last fall, a state attorney announced Tuesday.
A …
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6/7/22
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MIAMI (AP) — Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s.
Robert Koehler …
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By FREIDA FRISARO
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6/7/22
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MIAMI (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a man who called 911 and warned he was going to kill someone if officers didn't respond immediately to his location.
When officers arrived at the …
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6/7/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical storm warnings were issued early Friday for much of the Florida peninsula, Cuba and the Bahamas as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of …
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By FREIDA FRISARO and CURT ANDERSON
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6/3/22
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On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Surfside, FL, building collapse, the Florida Legislature fully passed a bill...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/26/22
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