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Florida Legislature turns Disney's Reedy Creek reins over to DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Legislature wrapped up a special session Friday passing bills to allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to take over Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District and fix previous actions that have led to lawsuits and charges being dismissed against people accused of voter fraud.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida lawmakers pass bill to boost DeSantis’ voter fraud cases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Faced with a barrage of legal challenges to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ voter fraud cases, the Florida Legislature on Friday passed a bill to give him a leg up in court.

Tribune News Service

Legislature votes to give DeSantis authority to relocate migrants anywhere in the US

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans in the Legislature on Friday gave final approval to the expansion of a secretive immigration program that will authorize Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to relocate migrants anywhere in the country in whichever way it “sees fit.”

Miami Herald

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Lightning pile on Avalanche in Stanley Cup rematch

TAMPA, Fla. — No championships were won Thursday night at Amalie Arena. No team paraded around the ice hoisting the Stanley Cup.

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After dealing Mo Bamba to Lakers, Magic beat West-leading Nuggets at home

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic were finally able to put the NBA’s trade deadline behind them ahead of Thursday evening’s 115-104 home win over the Denver Nuggets.

Orlando Sentinel

Marquez Valdes-Scantling’s rise from St. Petersburg to Super Bowl is the stuff of legend

TAMPA, Fla. — Before burrowing into the backstory of the rangy Chiefs downfield threat, we must first create separation, between myth and reality.

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After 2nd murder arrest, Tampa rapper again claimed self-defense

TAMPA, Fla. — When Billy Bennett Adams III went to trial last month on charges that he killed two men in a Lutz recording studio, he told jurors it was self-defense. They found him not guilty.

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Florida House OKs state takeover of Disney’s taxing district

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House voted 82-31 to reorganize the Reedy Creek Improvement District, removing the Walt Disney Co.’s control of the quasi-governmental agency it’s managed for more than five decades.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida claims about AP African American studies are false, College Board says

TAMPA, Fla. — The College Board is not backing down in its defense of its new AP African American studies course, even as the state of Florida continues to ask questions about its value.

Tribune News Service

Magic trade Mo Bamba to Lakers ahead of NBA’s trade deadline

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic traded fifth-year big man Mo Bamba to the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the NBA’s 3 p.m. trade deadline, multiple sources told the Orlando Sentinel Thursday afternoon.

Orlando Sentinel

How judges in Florida stop teens from having abortions

TAMPA, Fla. — A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Hillsborough County judges denied abortion requests for teens at a higher rate than anywhere else in Florida.

Tribune News Service

As Ron DeSantis remakes education, many look to the long-term impact it’ll have on Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ multifaceted reshaping of education in Florida is accelerating, with implications that could last for generations.

Tribune News Service

Florida’s struggle to teach Black history has become a battle over who controls the past

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For 71 years, the survivors of Rosewood controlled their history. They guardedly discussed their stories only at family gatherings, haunted by the threat of retaliation in their rural Central Florida communities.

Tribune News Service

SeaWorld annual pass deal includes free year of Aquatica water park

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Orlando theme park currently is offering an annual-pass deal that throws in one year’s worth of visits to Aquatica water park for free.

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Tampa musician acquitted of double murder now accused of killing pregnant mom

TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Bennett Adams III, a hip-hop artist who performs as Ace NH and who was acquitted last month of a fatal double shooting, was arrested again Wednesday, this time on charges related to the Jan. 27 death of a pregnant Tampa woman.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As Cardinals prep camp, unpack gear, they load up on lefties, swing trade with Royals

JUPITER, Fla. — The trucks freighting the Cardinals’ gear from Busch Stadium arrived and were unpacked Wednesday, and at the same time the club continued another spring training tradition.

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Tampa musician acquitted of murder now accused of killing pregnant mom

TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Bennett Adams III, a hip-hop artist who performs as Ace NH and who was acquitted last month on two counts of murder, has been newly arrested on two murder charges in connection to the Jan. 27 death of a pregnant Tampa woman.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis decries ‘smear’ after Trump posts alleged photo of governor partying with teens years ago

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis angrily reacted Wednesday to former President Donald Trump posting on social media a photograph of what is purported to be DeSantis as a young teacher partying with teenage girls.

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John Romano: Sifting through quarterbacks looking for the next (eyeroll, please) Tom Brady

TAMPA, Fla. — In the right circumstance, any free-agent quarterback can be a star.

Miami Herald

‘Living legends.’ Fla. man, 101, honored for service as a first Black US Marine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- George J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in the early to mid 1940s.

Newsday

Jalen Brunson comes up big late as Knicks top Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jalen Brunson hasn’t been chosen as an All-Star – yet -- but he is Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau’s choice to control the ball in the waning minutes of a close game.

Tribune News Service

Meier scores in OT as Sharks cap unlikely comeback against Lightning

Timo Meier scored at the 2:19 mark of overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.

Los Angeles Times

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler suffers stroke

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler, 73, was found face down outside his home after suffering a stroke in Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday and is hospitalized, according to Action News 5. Lawler couldn’t speak and had no feeling in the right side of his body, but after…

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1st Florida voter fraud case goes to trial in Tampa, ends with split verdict

TAMPA, Fla. — The trial of the first of about 20 people to be arrested in Florida on charges that they committed voter fraud by casting a ballot in the 2020 presidential election ended with a split verdict in a Tampa courtroom Tuesday night.

Tribune News Service

House oversight panel clashes at hearing on border security

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on a House oversight panel traded barbs Tuesday at a hearing over the Biden administration’s policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, as Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of fueling inflammatory rhetoric against migrants.

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