A Florida sheriff's office has concluded that two of its deputies were justified when they opened fire on a driver who sped through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump's home. Palm Beach …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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12/8/23
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An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as …
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12/8/23
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One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish. That's because an asteroid will pass in front of it in a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare event will occur late Monday …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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12/8/23
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In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf coast facing a major precipitation …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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12/8/23
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A Florida woman whose 11-year-old is accused of shooting two teenagers at a football practice in October is now charged with a felony. Sharell Johnson was charged Thursday with negligence by leaving …
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12/7/23
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Police say a 14-year-old is now facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a 20-year-old during a Halloween weekend mass shooting that left two people dead and 16 injured in Tampa’s Ybor …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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12/7/23
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Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on cocaine possession and other charges. Broward County jail records show Bill Kapri in custody on Thursday. That's Kodak Black’s legal name. He was …
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12/7/23
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A lawyer for a suspended Florida prosecutor told the state Supreme Court that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority when he removed a Democratic state attorney from her elected office. The court …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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12/6/23
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Categories for entry include: sculpture, painting (including oil, acrylic, collage, watercolor and mixed media), photography...
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News from Alliance for the Arts
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12/6/23
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The anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro has died in Miami at age 90. Juanita Castro died Monday, nearly 60 years after she fled their communist revolution. She said in a 2009 …
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By TERRY SPENCER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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12/6/23
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Fifty-two endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private jet from the New England Aquarium in …
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12/6/23
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district have released a series of reports justifying their takeover of the government and accusing their Disney-controlled …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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12/6/23
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Preparing for Hanukkah feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the Jewish communities in and around Miami Beach. These South Florida towns for decades have been a welcoming home for Orthodox, …
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By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
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12/6/23
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A convicted murderer already on Florida's death row for the slaying of one woman 25 years ago is now charged with a second killing. Broward County detectives announced Tuesday that 64-year-old …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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12/5/23
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The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against a restaurant chain, claiming its caffeine-filled lemonade drink led to his death. David Brown had …
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12/5/23
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The Republican Party of Florida chairman is facing mounting pressure to resign as police investigate a rape allegation. Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott joins Gov. Ron DeSantis in saying Christian …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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12/5/23
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Lawyers and family members of three Black people who were fatally shot during a racially motivated attack at a north Florida Dollar General blamed the national chain for not providing security to …
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12/5/23
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A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose killing in 2021 caused …
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By GISELA SALOMON
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12/5/23
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Wildlife officials say a two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions have improved for the threatened marine mammals and …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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12/5/23
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Family members of three Black people who were killed this summer at a Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings have filed a lawsuit. They allege negligence, saying that lax …
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12/4/23
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