STUART, Fla. (AP) — Maggy Hurchalla, an environmentalist who fought to protect Florida's wetlands ...
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2/20/22
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A deceased former sheriff's deputy in Florida is the only probable suspect in the rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl in 1983
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2/17/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard vessel on Thursday offloaded more than 30 metric tons of cocaine and marijuana reportedly worth over $1 billion that was seized at sea during a …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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2/17/22
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Florida failed for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children
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By KRISTIN BAUSCH, of Fresh Take Florida news service
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2/15/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court told Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman's district is unconstitutional.
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2/10/22
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man says he jumped from a stolen car seconds before it was hit by a train and sent flying into a nearby home. The sleeping residents were unharmed and the man …
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2/6/22
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Attorney General Ashley Moody is enlisting more soldiers and creating new tools in the fight to end human trafficking in Florida.
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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
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1/19/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation that would make it easier for Florida businesses and individuals to challenge local ordinances cleared its first state Senate test Wednesday, with supporters …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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1/12/22
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St. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits, but the dire situation in Florida with more than 1,000 manatees dying from starvation due to manmade …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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12/7/21
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the case of a 14-year-old boy whose body was found alongside an Interstate 95 overpass in Palm Beach County a day after he was reported …
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12/2/21
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — More than 1,000 manatees have died in Florida so far this year, eclipsing a previous annual record as the threatened marine mammals struggle with starvation due to …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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11/17/21
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The Miami-Dade Police Department’s newest crime-fighting tools are baseball-like cards with QR codes on the back, similar to those that have replaced paper menus in restaurants
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By CHARLES RABIN of the Miami Herald
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11/14/21
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A study finds less is more when it comes to poisoning termites.
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By Lourdes Mederos
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Police have charged a convicted murderer who was released from prison last year with the slaying of a South Florida...
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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
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10/17/21
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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 is the last state to submit a plan to the U.S. Department of Education that's required before more than $2.3 billion in federal aid for Florida schools can be …
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10/5/21
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A Central Elementary School student received one of the highest achievements for her grade during the Hendry County School District board meeting ...
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By C. M. Schmidlkofer
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10/5/21
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MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a missing Florida college student who disappeared a week ago.
Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Saturday that authorities found Miya …
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By KELLI KENNEDY
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10/2/21
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have joined a search that spans three counties for a missing Black college student who disappeared a week ago. Miya …
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10/1/21
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CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) — A man wanted in the fatal shooting of a north Florida sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop was captured Tuesday following a wide manhunt, officials said.
Nassau County …
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9/28/21
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