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HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Rigoberto Montesinos, a veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba, was so worried about side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine that he initially wasn't going to get it, …
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By GISELA SALOMON, CLAUDIA TORRENS and ANITA SNOW
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2/16/21
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MIAMI (AP) — Police in South Florida are searching for clues in what they say is the “violent and vicious" death of a 45-year-old transgender woman.
The body of Alexus Braxton was found Feb. 4 …
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2/16/21
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida will extend the standardized testing period in the spring to allow for in-person testing for students who have not yet returned to campus due to COVID-19 concerns, the …
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2/16/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A top Florida official responsible for his state's handling of the coronavirus outbreak is stepping down.
Jared Moskowitz, who heads Florida's Division of Emergency …
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2/15/21
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MIAMI (AP) — For most people, encountering an 18-foot-long python can be a terrifying experience. For Donna Kalil, who left her lucrative job as a real estate agent to become a hunter of the …
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By SONIA OSORIO, The Miami Herald
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2/15/21
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MAITLAND, Fla. (AP) — It is Jan. 26 — officially, “Chris Nikic Day” in the city of Maitland — and the honoree is chilling poolside at his family’s home, plopped in a deck chair, leaning …
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By KATE SANTICH, Orlando Sentinel
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2/15/21
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An explosion and fire destroyed five garbage trucks
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2/15/21
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A tornado in Florida's Tampa Bay region peeled off rooftops, snapped trees and roused residents from bed early Sunday morning.
The National Weather Service said there …
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2/14/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida community in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in …
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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2/14/21
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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A pelican rescue group in Florida wants state wildlife officials to heighten patrols at a popular fishing pier in Manatee County after more than a dozen mutilated birds were …
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2/14/21
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a peaceful corner of the Marine Discovery Center in New Smyrna Beach, between a scenic bike trail and the bright blues and greens of the Indian River, rests a young …
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By ABIGAIL MERCER, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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2/14/21
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Jose Castro, a strapping 19-year-old tennis player who was attending Florida on an academic scholarship, had it all.
He was a former honor student at Coral Springs …
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By CHRIS PERKINS, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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2/14/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The plight of endangered right whales took another sad turn Saturday, when a baby whale, possibly two months old, washed ashore dead on a Florida beach with telltale signs …
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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2/13/21
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A small airplane made an emergency landing on a Florida expressway Saturday, temporarily closing a stretch of the southbound lanes of the toll road in Coral …
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2/13/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — They were baptized by gunfire their freshman year, bonded as they spent hours hiding under desks, inextricably linked by tragedy. For the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Class …
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By KELLI KENNEDY
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2/13/21
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DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — J
The 96-year-old veteran still had his original U.S. Navy uniform ...
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By GABRIELLE CALISE, The Tampa Bay Times
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2/13/21
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ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man stole an engagement ring and wedding bands from a girlfriend and used them to propose to another girlfriend, according to authorities.
Volusia County …
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2/12/21
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A bail bondsman from north Florida who was identified to the FBI by confidential informants who saw incriminating Facebook posts of him in the U.S. Capitol during a riot …
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2/12/21
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A student at the University of Central Florida has been diagnosed with a variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom
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2/12/21
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Singer Ricky Martin will be a spokesman for a foundation that is building a memorial and museum to honor the 49 victims who died during a massacre at a gay Florida nightclub …
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2/11/21
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