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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A house connected to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is now in the hands of a couple who plans to preserve it.
David Manaute and Patti Barry live near 5480 Atlantic View …
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By SHELDON GARDNER, St. Augustine Record
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10/10/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida activist who led a movement to allow most former felons to vote got more civil rights restored under a new state clemency program.
Desmond Meade, head of the …
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10/9/21
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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida veterinarian has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for sexually abusing dogs, posting bestiality videos online and collecting child pornography.
Court …
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10/9/21
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man exonerated of a 1983 rape and murder after serving 37 years in prison is suing over his wrongful conviction in which a disproven bite mark was crucial …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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10/9/21
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is facing murder charges after a woman riding on his motorcycle died following a high-speed shootout with a rival biker gang, authorities said Saturday.
The …
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10/9/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection found nearly six pounds (2,704 grams) of gold that was painted black being smuggled into a Florida airport on Wednesday.
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10/9/21
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LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — Mementos of her time on the Edward Scissorhands set have been stored in Tandova Ecenia’s attic since shortly after director Tim Burton yelled cut for the final time in …
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By PAUL GUZZO, Tampa Bay Times
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10/9/21
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MIAMI (AP) — A double amputee veteran who opened fire at a Florida hospital, injuring a doctor, was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison on Friday.
Larry Ray Bon was at a Veterans …
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10/8/21
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who investigators say was driving his Tesla at least 116 mph before crashing into a house was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of vehicular …
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10/8/21
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Two motorcycle gang members got into a shootout on a Florida interstate early Friday, leaving a woman riding with the instigator near death from a bullet to the head, …
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10/8/21
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MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio told the director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons he's “deeply concerned" over the failure to protect inmates at a federal prison in Florida.
In a letter to …
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10/8/21
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MIAMI (AP) — For years, Capt. Juan Pablo Mosquera rose through the ranks of Colombia’s national police, earning accolades from his bosses on his way to becoming the trusted supervisor of a unit …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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10/8/21
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl died after being shot in the head at her Jacksonville home, sheriff's officials said.
The shooting happened Thursday morning and the child was later …
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10/8/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is set to dock salaries and withhold funding from local school districts that defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on pandemic mask mandates in classrooms, state education …
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10/7/21
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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a lawyer who represented the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd.
William John Hartnett …
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10/7/21
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a slain college student says a sheriff's deputy dismissed evidence that allowed the man suspected of killing her to drive away two days before he was found dead …
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10/7/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida submitted its plan to draw down its remaining $2.3 billion in federal school relief money late Wednesday, proposing to boost reading and math programs and help …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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10/7/21
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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Department of Transportation road ranger who was setting up a detour following a crash on Interstate 75 early Thursday was hit by an inattentive driver who went …
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10/7/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's wildlife agency is proposing to lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath groupers, arguing that the species' numbers have rebounded.
The …
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10/7/21
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The husband of a slain social media star killed himself in a Florida home when authorities arrived to arrest him on charges in connection with the death of his wife last …
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10/6/21
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