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After a big recovery, the wood stork may soon fly off the endangered species list

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has rebounded dramatically in Florida and other Southern states, officials say.

WEKU

Who is Rachel Schwartz, the veteran and mother who vanished in Florida before being found ‘safe’?

‘Her last message to my dad was that she wanted to come home and she was afraid of her ex,’ sister says before mother found ‘safe’

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis confronted over school safety five years after Parkland shooting

‘We’ve worked hard to bring accountability to folks who maybe could have done something’

The Independent UK

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Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis filing appeal to get job back

The elected state prosecutor suspended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is filing an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the governor in a renewed bid to get his job back

The Independent UK

U.S. arrests four more suspects in plot to kill Haitian President Moise

U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in Florida on charges of playing key roles in the plot of the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Murphy says New Jersey will expand AP Black history classes

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses from one school to 26 in New Jersey

The Independent UK

Co Tyrone teen to fly high at cheerleading world championships in Orlando

Talented Ballygawley boy Jack Campbell, 14, will head to Orlando, Florida in April

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2023 NFL draft: All 51 defensive linemen invited to the Scouting Combine

Here are all 51 defensive linemen who have been invited to this year's Scouting Combine.

USA Today Sports Media Group

DNA could crack a notorious Florida cold case — with infamous suspects

TAMPA, Fla. — The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away.

Tribune News Service

Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations

TAMPA, Fla. — A man in a wheelchair was left outside a St. Petersburg nursing home on a 95-degree summer day. When the nursing home’s staff discovered him two hours later, he was unresponsive. His body temperature had climbed to 106.

Tribune News Service

Call it ‘slavery.’ Call it ‘forced labor.’ A Florida man did it to people who pick melons

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, its big box club offspring, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros Harvesting, a Bartow company run by Bladimir Moreno. If they were, that fruit reached your…

Miami Herald

Florida mother and Iraq war veteran found ‘safe’ after disappearing after she sent ‘concerned message to father’

‘We want her to know that we love her and we care about her,’ family says ahead of ‘found safe’ announcement

The Independent UK

Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war’ – it’s fascism

The media’s framing of measures like Florida’s African American studies ban is a dangerous falsification of reality

The Guardian - US

Tracking 2023’s latest 1st-round projections for the Panthers

Have mock drafters shifted away from projecting quarterbacks to the Panthers? Not really.

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DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students

Orlando Sentinel

Florida judge dismisses voter fraud case from DeSantis-touted arrests

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge Monday dismissed a voter fraud case brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election crimes office, finding statewide prosecutors lacked the authority to charge the Orlando defendant.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the College Board over Florida rejecting the AP African American studies course escalated Monday with DeSantis threatening to drop the organization’s Advanced Placement classes from Florida high schools.

Salon

Florida GOP bill may "intimidate" voters

Republicans slammed for "seeking to change the law after the courts said no"

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‘Cowering to politics’: how AP African American studies became the most controversial course in the US

After Florida’s governor vowed to block the class, a revised version – with key writings removed – sparked swift backlash

Salon

DeSantis tried to duck blame for gun ban

Email reveals DeSantis' team was worried about "optics"

The Independent UK

Donald Trump gives bizarre explanation for why he wouldn’t nickname DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’

For a long time, Mr Trump’s strategy for attacking his political rivals has resorted to childish and offensive namecalling

The Independent UK

A librarian’s frontline view of Florida’s ‘vetting’ process for school books, and the titles being banned

A vetting process to comply with Florida guidelines to school books has caused chaos for students and teachers, writes Richard Hall

Ballotpedia

Tampa voters to decide city council and mayoral races

The general election for Tampa, Florida, is on March 7, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 20.

USA Today Sports Media Group

2023 NFL draft: All 51 offensive linemen invited to the Scouting Combine

2023 NFL draft: All 51 offensive linemen invited to Scouting Combine

Reason

Federal Prosecution for Threats Against "Crisis Pregnancy Center"

The case is U.S. v. Freestone; here's the Justice Department's press release, from late January: The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida, alleges that Caleb Freestone, 27, and Amber Smith-Stewart, 23, engaged in a conspiracy to prevent employees of reproductive health services facilities…

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