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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA said Thursday it has finished testing its huge moon rocket and will move it back to the launch pad in late August.
A date for the first flight will be set …
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6/23/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida-based Publix grocery store chain is not offering the COVID-19 vaccine to children younger than 5 but has not explained its decision.
The supermarket …
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By FREIDA FRISARO and BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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6/23/22
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MIAMI (AP) — A judge gave final approval Thursday to a settlement topping $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people, one of the …
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON
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6/23/22
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SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Jonah Handler’s miraculous rescue from one of the deadliest building collapses in U.S. history might seem to have an obvious parallel, given his name.
The teenage boy …
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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6/23/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, is facing 21 federal charges related to a scheme to seek donations and funnel a portion of them back to him …
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6/22/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The final phase of jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began Wednesday with prosecutors and defense attorneys asking candidates …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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6/22/22
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MIAMI (AP) — A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents and was co-opted by Russian agents into surveilling a U.S. government informant residing in …
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6/22/22
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest female Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said.
The python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was …
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6/22/22
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MIAMI (AP) — It's one of the world's highest-fetching wild-caught fish, sold for $32 a pound at Whole Foods and served up as meaty fillets on the menus of upscale eateries across the U.S.
But …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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6/22/22
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MIAMI (AP) — The crash landing of a jetliner that caught fire on the runway at Miami International Airport with 126 people on board had passengers screaming and panicking, witnesses said.
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6/22/22
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board sided with student leaders who asked to change the school's Native American mascot despite emotional testimony from alumni and an online petition with more …
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6/22/22
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MIAMI (AP) — A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after landing Tuesday at Miami International Airport when landing gear collapsed, though no serious injuries were reported, authorities …
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6/21/22
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A child was hospitalized after being stabbed in the chest by a catfish barb, officials said.
The child was injured while on a family fishing trip in New Port …
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6/21/22
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers traded their character costumes for yoga pants early Tuesday and planked, did the downward dog and folded into lotus poses at Walt Disney World in …
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6/21/22
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A child was stabbed in the chest by a barb from a catfish during a fishing trip, sheriff's officials in Florida said.
The child's mother began driving toward a …
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6/21/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time Monday and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak.
This was NASA’s fourth crack at …
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6/20/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a towering Florida amusement park ride said Monday that he fears his son's death will be forgotten, with tragic …
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6/20/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — With about two months before Florida’s primary, the most exciting event to watch outside the Democratic nomination for governor is the mad scramble to fill congressional …
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6/20/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida deputies have each been suspended for about two weeks for leaking news about actor and comedian Bob Saget’s death before his family was alerted, officials …
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6/20/22
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Leslie Freed Price can track some teenage milestones back to the mall.
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By SUE CARLTON, Tampa Bay Times
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6/19/22
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