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Florida Gov. DeSantis floats legislation that would make it easier to sue news outlets

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised the possibility Tuesday of passing legislation that could lower the bar for prominent people to successfully sue news outlets for defamation.

Tribune News Service

Elián González poised to be top Cuban lawmaker decades after Florida deportation

Boy at center of Clinton-era US-Cuba feud called ‘most worthy of Cuban youth’ by government newspaper

The Guardian - US

Disney faces losing control of its kingdom with Florida bill

Disney’s government in Florida has been the envy of any private business, with its unprecedented powers in deciding what to build and how to build it at Walt Disney World

The Independent UK

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Chinese spy balloon seen above Hawaii and Florida in 2019, report says

Air force report details balloon while Pentagon officials say China had sent three over the US during Trump’s time in office

The Guardian - US

Florida mass shooting suspect killed during police pursuit

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking

The Independent UK

103 state legislative races were decided by fewer than 100 votes last year

Welcome to the Tuesday, February 7, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Florida is now a laboratory for fascism

There is a very specific reason why Gov. Ron DeSantis targeted African-American history for erasure

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Editorial: No permit to carry a gun makes no sense

Freedom from fear should be every person’s birthright, President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said. But that is not to be in Ron DeSantis’ Florida.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Florida’s high court censors fairness, diversity

Words matter for what they represent.

Tribune News Service

A new bill in Florida would give the governor control of Disney's governing district

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would take control over the board of a special governing district Walt Disney World operates in Florida under a bill introduced Monday.

WEKU

New details reveal how China ‘spy’ balloons floated over Hawaii and Florida under Trump’s watch

US Air Force document says balloons ‘drifted past Hawaii’ and ‘across Florida’ during Trump presidency

The Independent UK

Florida still world’s shark bite capital – but attacks on humans lowest in decade

Across the world there were 57 unprovoked shark bites in 2022, most of which occurred in the US and Australia

The Guardian - US

News briefs

What the crisis on the Colorado River means for Southern California

Tribune News Service

Mark Bradley: The Braves are truckin’ down to North Port

Today is Truck Day at Truist Park. For the longest time, it was just truck day, no capital letters. The Braves would load an equipment van and their highest-salaried player would drive it to Florida for the start of spring training, even though the actual first day of spring was…

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Texans fortify offensive line in Round 1 of College Sports Wire mock draft

The Houston Texans add Florida G O'Cyrus Torrence to bolster their offensive line in the latest College Sports Wire mock draft.

Reason

Florida's War on Drag Targets Theater's Liquor License

Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.

The Independent UK

Hurricane deaths at nursing home: accident or manslaughter?

The trial of a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after a 2017 hurricane is underway

Tribune News Service

Maryland woman, Florida man charged with planning attack on Baltimore's power grid

BALTIMORE — A Maryland woman and a Florida man were federally charged with conspiracy to attack a Baltimore power grid, the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland announced Monday.

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The Independent UK

2 accused of plotting to disable Baltimore power grid

A Maryland woman has been accused of conspiring with a Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area

The Independent UK

Florida teen pleads guilty to fatally stabbing classmate

A Florida teenager has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate 114 times in 2021

Daily Mirror

World's shark attack hotspot is revealed - with 16 people bitten last year alone

Florida has been revealed as the area which saw the most shark attacks during 2022 with a total of 16, but overall incidents have equalled a 10-year-low, according to a new study

The Independent UK

Florida hospital taking expectant moms, delaying surgeries

A major hospital system in northern Florida is seeing clinic patients again, days after a security problem forced it to take its network offline

The Independent UK

Mother arrested after two children missing for almost a year are found wearing disguises in supermarket

Adrian and Brooke Gilley were wearing disguises when police found them in a Winn Dixie grocery store in northern Florida with their fugitive mother

The Independent UK

Marco Rubio criticism of Biden on Chinese spy balloons backfires as he’s told they also entered US under Trump

The Florida Republican is the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Reason

Ron DeSantis Wants $12 Million To Transport Migrants 'From Any Point' in the U.S.

The Florida governor wants to fund more migrant stunts, despite claiming that his budget will “keep more money in the pockets of Floridians.”

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