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NASA’s Artemis moon launch will be historic. And a group of blind veterans will get to witness it

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Anyone who’s ever heard the deep rumble of a spaceship’s takeoff knows a rocket launch is a sensory-rich experience.

Tribune News Service · Aug 27, 2022

Tropics heat up as forecasters track 3 systems for possible development

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three areas of disturbance — one gaining organization in the central Atlantic Ocean, one in the Caribbean and a third off western Africa that popped up on the 2 p.m. update on Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Aug 27, 2022

Charlie Crist explains why he chose Karla Hernandez-Mats as his running mate at South Florida rally

HIALEAH, Fla. — Karla Hernandez-Mats stood beside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist as his running mate for the first time on Saturday at an event at Hialeah Middle School, the same school where the Miami teachers union president taught special education for 10 years.

Tribune News Service · Aug 27, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris to attend Artemis moon launch

ORLANDO, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the launch of the Artemis I moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Monday, according to a release from the White House.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 26, 2022

DeSantis removes 4 school board members accused of ‘incompetence and neglect’ after Parkland massacre

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a grand jury up on its recommendation Friday afternoon to remove four Broward School Board members after a scathing report that accused them of having “engaged in acts of incompetence and neglect of duty.”

Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022

Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried proclaim Democrats are unified in quest to unseat Ron DeSantis

TAMARAC, Fla. — Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried proclaimed Thursday night that Florida Democrats are unified, though the words and visuals showed it’s much easier to talk about unity than actually achieve it.

Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022

Tom Brady will play in Bucs’ preseason finale at Colts

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady missed 11 days of training camp and the first two preseason games for personal reasons. But the Bucs quarterback won’t be absent from the lineup for Saturday’s preseason finale at Indianapolis.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Manuel Margot leads the way as Rays win sixth straight

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Manager Kevin Cash was talking before Thursday’s matinee game about how much better the Rays lineup has been with the addition of David Peralta and the return of injured Manuel Margot and Harold Ramirez.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022

Latest Order Regarding Unsealing of Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit

From Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart (S.D. Fla.) today in U.S. v. Sealed Search Warrant: I have reviewed the Government's memorandum of law and proposed redactions to the search warrant Affidavit. ECF No. 89. I am fully advised in the entire record, including the contents of the Affidavit. 1. I find…

Reason · Aug 25, 2022

Warning about Parkland gunman fell through the cracks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mental health experts who treated the Parkland gunman in the years leading up to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School testified Thursday that they would not have been able to predict the tragedy based on what they knew.

Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022