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Florida state police in Keys for migrant landings as Coast Guard ships Cubans back home

KEY LARGO, Fla. — The six state troopers greeting a boat with 28 Cubans aboard in Key Largo on Sunday hinted at a stepped-up Florida response to a long-running influx of migrants into the southern island chain that Gov. Ron DeSantis recently declared a state emergency.

Miami Herald

Florida troopers at scene of migrant landing on Key Largo following governor's emergency declaration

KEY LARGO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state response to the latest influx of Cuban, and sometimes Haitian, migrant landings in the Florida Keys appears to have begun.

Miami Herald

‘Emotional support’ snake measuring 4 feet barred from boarding Florida flight, TSA says

No snakes on this plane.

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French Montana found safety inside KFC amid Miami Gardens shooting

The sound of gunfire outside a popular Florida soul food joint sent panicked patrons and passersby running for cover, including rapper French Montana, who found safety inside a nearby KFC restaurant.

Tribune News Service

Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations spike; new subvariant emerges

TAMPA, Fla. — COVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking in Florida, but there’s good news as the state weathers another winter uptick of the virus.

Tribune News Service

Orion back at Kennedy Space Center so NASA can dissect Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orion space capsule from Artemis I has come full circle, having launched from Kennedy Space Center, traveled 1.4 million miles in space and around the moon, splashed back down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, and now journeyed 2,500 miles over land for its return to…

Orlando Sentinel

Ron DeSantis activates National Guard as migrants arrive in Florida

Other governors across the U.S. have taken similar steps in recent years amid the ongoing border crisis.

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Paxton, Texas GOP support of Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law grows before legislative session

States “have a strong interest” in protecting parent rights, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in a brief filed last month in support of Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Tribune News Service

Florida activates national guard as Cuban arrivals seek refuge

Governor Ron DeSantis criticised US President Joe Biden’s immigration stance as rising numbers of Cuban refugees arrive.

Al Jazeera

DeSantis activates state guard as migrants flow into Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has mobilized the state national guard to help local officials respond to a large influx of Cuban migrants landing in the Florida Keys

The Independent UK

DeSantis vs. Disney heats up as governor proposes Florida take control of special district: ‘The corporate kingdom has come to an end’

“Disney will no longer control its own government,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s communications director said on Friday.

Fortune

DeSantis seeks conservative overhaul at Florida liberal-arts college

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a group of hard-line conservative loyalists Friday into leadership positions at the New College of Florida, a move that comes as the Republican governor plots a remake of the state’s higher education system.

Miami Herald

NFL legend Peyton Hillis received treatment on beach after saving his kids from drowning

Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis remains in critical condition after he saved his children from drowning during worrying scenes on a beach in Penascola, Florida on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Ron DeSantis activates national guard after ‘alarming influx of migrants’ in Florida Keys

The Republican governor and potential 2024 candidate condemns Biden’s “lawless immigration policies”

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Friday Night Notes: Cormani McClain watch, early 2024 recruiting rankings and more

For what it's worth, McClain posed for photos with some Alabama commits after the game.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seth Jones has no disillusions about hollow All-Star selection

Someone from the last-place Hawks had to be chosen, and Jones was the lucky — or unlucky — man. He’s now headed to Florida on Feb. 3-4, but he remains dissatisfied with his actual performance this season.

ABC News

How a small group of Republicans nicknamed the 'Never Kevins' nearly scuttled Kevin McCarthy's career and caused days of chaos

Kevin McCarthy spent years tying himself into political knots to win over the right-wing fringe of the Republican Party, only to watch his dreams nearly unravel over four chaotic days.

The Independent UK

'Don't Say Gay' feud advances with new proposed legislation

Florida lawmakers say they will move to increase state control of Walt Disney World’s private government

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Peyton Hillis in ICU after swimming accident in Florida

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Miami Herald

DeSantis silent on what state will do about migrants in South Florida, says ‘stay tuned’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is aware that hundreds of Cubans and Haitians have been arriving in South Florida by boat in recent weeks, but he is not saying what his administration — one that has embraced hardline immigration policies — plans to do about it.

The Independent UK

Multiple people wounded in shooting near Florida restaurant

Police say multiple people have been wounded in a shooting between two groups of people outside a restaurant in south Florida

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The myth of Florida as 'the freest state'

Well, at least it was mercifully brief. Sixteen minutes, start to finish.

WEKU

A newborn was surrendered to Florida's only safe haven baby box. Here's how they work

A newborn was surrendered recently under a program that lets people give up an unwanted infant anonymously. There are dozens of baby boxes scattered across the U.S., but the practice is controversial.

Daily Mirror

Ex NFL star Peyton Hillis 'in critical condition after saving his kids from drowning'

Hillis, 36, was reportedly forced to save his children as they swam in the ocean in Florida and was airlifted to hospital with his uncle providing an update on his condition

The Independent UK

Former Browns player Peyton Hillis ‘critical’ after saving his drowning children

Hillis airlifted to local hospital in Florida

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