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News Articles: Florida

Kinsley White, 6, shows reporters her wound on Thursday in Gastonia, N.C.

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The N.C. man accused of shooting a 6-year-old and her parents was arrested in Florida

Authorities say Robert Singletary turned himself in to the sheriff's office in Tampa on Thursday, two days and some 600 miles away from the shooting. One victim is still in the hospital.

April 21, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks as he stands with Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, during a news conference, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Largo, Fla. DeSantis was keeping residents updated on the track of Hurricane Ian.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Our neighbors to the south: We talk Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida politics

Friday on Political Rewind: We take a moment to look at our neighbors to the south as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting set to visit Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He hasn't declared his bid for president, but he could block frontrunner Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican nomination.

April 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
A group activists gathered outside the Tallahassee City Hall building to protest SB 300, which would place a ban on abortions after six weeks, Monday, April 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla.

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  • Law

Florida has a new abortion ban after 6 weeks, but it can't go into effect yet

The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.

April 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Cars are parked in a flooded street on Wednesday in Dania Beach, Florida.

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  • Weather

Fort Lauderdale airport and schools closed due to 20 inches of rain in some areas

The area received between 14 and 20 inches of rain Wednesday, and a few more inches are possible, according to the National Weather Service.

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

A father is charged with murder after his son was found dead in an alligator's mouth

Two-year-old Taylen Mosley of St. Petersburg, Fla., was declared missing the same day his mother was found stabbed to death in her apartment, police said.

April 03, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters from a window at the Liberal Party headquarters in Brasília on Thursday after arriving back in Brazil on a commercial flight from Orlando, Fla.

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  • Latin America

Former President Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after three months in Florida

The far-right leader went to Florida after losing his bid for re-election, days before his rival was inaugurated. While in Florida, Bolsonaro frequently met with supporters and conservative groups.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn and
  • Kaitlyn Radde
People visit Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on April 18, 2022.

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  • National

Disney World board picked by DeSantis says predecessors stripped them of power

Board members picked to oversee the governance of Disney World said their predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.

March 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
One parent complained about the nudity in the Renaissance sculpture, comparing it to pornographic material.

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  • Education

A principal is fired, invited to Italy after students are shown Michelangelo's 'David'

A picture of the Renaissance statue is shown each year to sixth-grade art students at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, but this month it drew fury. Italians, though, are praising the educator.

March 27, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Researchers at the University of Florida have identified this new breed of mosquito that's infesting the state. Experts are concerned about new diseases that could be transmitted. (Mosquitoes shown are not actual size).

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  • National

Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating isn't good

Little is known about the mosquito species known as Culex lactator. But it belongs to a group of mosquitoes known to carry diseases and researchers are worried about what will happen.

March 22, 2023
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  • Greg Allen
Former Florida lawmaker Joseph Harding has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges related to COVID-19 relief funds. The 35-year-old is scheduled for sentencing in July.

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  • National

Ex-Florida lawmaker behind the 'Don't Say Gay' law pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud

Joseph Harding, who resigned after his December indictment, pled guilty in federal court to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements on small business loans.

March 22, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Assistant State Attorney Pascale Achille gives her closing rebuttal with a photograph of suspected shooting accomplice Dedrick Williams displayed on a courtroom monitor March 8 in the XXXTentacion murder trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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  • National

A jury convicts 3 men of the robbery and murder of rapper XXXTentacion

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were all found guilty and will receive mandatory life sentences at a later date.

March 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the white nationalist group National Socialist Florida use a laser projector to display white nationalist and anti-LGBTQ images on the side of the CSX building and other high-rise buildings in Jacksonville, Fla.

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  • National

In Florida, far-right groups look to seize the moment

A far-right group in Jacksonville, Fla., has been regularly projecting hate symbols onto downtown buildings. Groups like this look to capitalize on what they see as a favorable political climate.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sergio Olmos and
  • Jim Urquhart
Reactor number 3 and it's cooling tower stands at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The nuclear plant has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power Co. said Monday, March 6, 2023, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in the United States.

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  • News

Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors. Georgia Power Co. announced the key step toward reaching commercial operation on Monday. The utility and other owners are building the first two nuclear reactors constructed from scratch in the United States in decades.

March 07, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is expected by many to announce his candidacy for president in the coming weeks or months. Speaking here at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 19, 2022.

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  • Elections

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

March 06, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Infections from <em>Naegleria fowleri </em>are possible when people use contaminated tap water in nasal rinses.

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  • Health

A man dies of a brain-eating amoeba, possibly from rinsing his sinuses with tap water

Florida health officials are investigating the death and urging people to take precautions. Here's what to know if you're planning on breaking out your neti pot or swimming in a lake anytime soon.

March 03, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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