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TAMPA, Fla. -- Sean Ferraro angles his skiff toward several boats full of people in swimsuits and whips out his megaphone.

CLERMONT, Fla. — Here, where the Florida Citrus Tower offers panoramic views of big-box retailers and backyard pool cages built atop the former orange groves, the 19-year-old college student vexing the world’s richest man chose to meet at a Panera Bread. He dug into a bowl of macaroni and cheese.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case inches closer to trial, the judge overseeing it is setting down strict rules to protect sensitive crime scene photos and videos from leaking to the general public.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando International Airport will receive $50 million in grant funds from the Federal Aviation Administration as part of airport assistance flowing out of last year’s infrastructure act.

TAMPA, Fla. — Agriculture officials say they’ve captured more than 1,000 giant African land snails from Pasco County since the invasive pest — “one of the most damaging snails in the world” — was first detected around New Port Richey in late June.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case inches closer to trial, the judge overseeing it is setting down strict rules to protect sensitive crime scene photos and videos from leaking to the general public.

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX got back to expanding its Starlink satellite constellation with another batch launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday.

ORLANDO, Fla. — For Wendy Vargas, the recent elimination of a constitutional right to abortion — and the banning of the procedure in many Republican-controlled states — is an affront to her values as both a woman and an American.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Nature Conservancy’s Joseph Schmidt envisions a future for the Lake Worth Lagoon. In it, American oystercatchers forage the shoreline, mangroves and oysters filter pollution, and kayaks glide from restored island to restored island. In turn, those islands help protect human development.

TAMPA, Fla. — James Judge has had a busy few weeks. First, the Tampa Republican was tossed off the ballot for paperwork issues when he filed to run in the 14th Congressional District Republican primary, before he was reinstated by a judge.

TAMPA, Fla. -- For the first time in its 232-year history, a Black woman holds a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.