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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae …
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11/1/22
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden is using a visit to Florida before next week's midterm elections to underline the contrast between the Democratic and Republican agendas, blasting …
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By ZEKE MILLER
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11/1/22
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as "targeted" hit.
A man …
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11/1/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's two-day sentencing hearing begins Tuesday with the families of the 17 people he murdered getting their chance after almost five …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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11/1/22
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PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — Two young children and three adults were killed in a crash along a highway near Tampa, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A Ford Explorer crossed the center line for an …
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10/31/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the families of the 17 people he murdered get the chance to tell …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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10/30/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A shootout in Florida's capital city in which “dozens and dozens of shots were fired” left one dead and eight wounded, and police shot one of three suspects who were …
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10/30/22
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — This summer has been the toughest in decades on Southwest Florida beekeepers, who were hit hard last month by powerful Hurricane Ian.
Ian came at a particularly bad …
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By CHAD GILLIS, Fort Myers News-Press
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10/30/22
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The bell-clanging car rumbled by plots that once held cigar factories but now were glossy developments, and operator Connie Cosme considered how the city had changed since she …
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By OLIVIA GEORGE, Tampa Bay Times
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10/30/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Newly released police bodycam footage shows that three of the 20 people who were arrested in Florida for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election appeared to be …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
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10/19/22
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.
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10/19/22
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FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two men face attempted murder charges for allegedly firing into each other's vehicles on a busy Florida highway and wounding each other's daughters, who were …
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10/17/22
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian's onslaught, and Brenda Palmer's …
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By JAY REEVES
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10/10/22
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Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 22-219, expanding the State of Emergency statewide....
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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9/26/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they …
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9/14/22
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On Sept. 7, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his legislative proposal to provide discounts on tolls...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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9/9/22
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SANIBEL, Fla. (AP) — A New Hampshire man is facing charges in southwest Florida after disguising a camera as a fire alarm and hiding it in a public restroom near the beach, police said.
The …
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8/29/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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8/24/22
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff went on Facebook and berated a animal cruelty suspect as a “despicable excuse for a human being” after she was charged with drowning her Chihuahua.
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8/14/22
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MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors in South Florida announced a second-degree murder charge Thursday against social media model Courtney Clenney related to the fatal stabbing of her live-in boyfriend.
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8/11/22
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