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TAMPA, Fla. — Gawain Baxter was 6 years old when he signed a contract agreeing to work for the Church of Scientology for 1 billion years.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida high school teacher who almost lost her job for discussing a student’s gender identity in class should be able to stay in the classroom, a state judge ruled this week.

TAMPA, Fla. — In a blockbuster ruling last week, federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle struck down a requirement that people wear masks on public transportation including planes to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen admitted to being frustrated after his previous start, having pitched his way out of an April 20 game in chilly Chicago after just three innings by throwing too many pitches — 79, to be exact.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A series of elementary school math textbooks previously rejected by Florida won state approval this week and can now be purchased by school districts that want books to match state standards.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting case reversed course Wednesday, preserving the first two weeks of jury selection after tossing them earlier this week.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The name Ida will never again be used to label a hurricane.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A judge’s willingness to strike more than 200 jurors from consideration in the Parkland mass shooting trial was an error so significant, according to lawyers for the defendant, that the state should no longer be permitted to seek the death penalty.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg and his estranged wife, Abby Greenberg, are now officially divorced after a circuit judge on Monday finalized the couple’s break up, according to court documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.