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Hurricane Ian survivor wins £450m lottery weeks after huge storm flattened town

Hurricane Ian caused 140 fatalities, including 129 in Florida, but there is finally some positive news - however the person who purchased the ticket is yet to come forward and claim the whopping prize

Daily Mirror

Gruesome record for anti-trans violence

Murders of transgender people have spiked recently, as anti-trans hate speech has worsened

Salon

Editorial: Blame bad state law for University of Florida fiasco, not Sasse

Florida’s secretive new university presidential search law is a colossal failure, and a greater insult to the public than expected.

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Val Demings goes on attack against Marco Rubio in Florida Senate debate

Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida went on the attack Tuesday in her first debate against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

WEKU

Former USGA boss Mike Davis takes on ambitious golf course design project in South Florida

The first course at the new Apogee Golf Club is slated to open as soon as 2023, with two more courses on the way.

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Dubai Courier Firm Aramex Buys Florida MyUS for $265 Mln

Dubai-listed courier firm Aramex said on Wednesday it had bought Florida-based e-commerce company Access USA Shipping LLC (MyUS) for about $265 million in an all-cash deal. The transaction, after having obtained all the necessary regulatory approvals, marks Aramex’s largest acquisition to date, it said. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ…

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Rubio and Demings trade barbs on abortion and guns in Florida debate

The candidates took shots at one another on their records in office and personal beliefs.

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Marco Rubio and Val Demings in furious clashes on abortion and gun safety in Florida debate

The three-term congresswoman seeks to knock off the GOP incumbent in an increasingly Republican state

The Independent UK

Georgia, Florida men shoot each other’s daughters during road rage, sheriff says

A Douglas County man was arrested in Florida after a road-rage incident ended with his and another man’s daughter injured, officials said.

Tribune News Service

Oath Keeper wanted U.S. Congress to 'be afraid' of certifying Biden win

A Florida member of the far-right Oath Keepers testified on Tuesday that he had been ready to use violence to stop the U.S. Congress from certifying Republican Donald Trump's election defeat, saying he wanted lawmakers to "be afraid."

Reuters

$494m lottery ticket was sold in Florida city destroyed by Hurricane Ian

Just weeks after the hurricane ravaged Fort Myers, one local got some welcome news: a winning Mega Millions ticket

The Independent UK

Police video captures outrage and exhaustion during DeSantis ‘voter fraud’ arrests: ‘Why now? Why me?’

Florida’s governor announced 20 people are charged with illegal voting in August, but newly released police video and court documents suggest they had no idea they did anything wrong

The Independent UK

Man wanted for questioning in murders of four men found dismembered in Oklahoma river is arrested in Florida

Joe Kennedy was arrested in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, for allegedly driving a stolen car

The Independent UK

Police: Man arrested in connection with 4 Oklahoma slayings

Police in eastern Oklahoma say a man wanted for questioning about the deaths and dismemberment of four men has been arrested in Florida

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Report: Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B

A new report finds preliminary agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations hit the hardest

Reason

Gavin Newsom Cites Dubious Evidence That His Lockdowns Saved California's Economy

The governor made these claims on Monday while also putting a February 2023 end date on the state's emergency public health order.

Tribune News Service

Florida, US hotel revenues jump as consumers pay more

The nation’s COVID-battered hotel industry is on the rebound, with leisure travel revenue in the top 50 U.S. markets expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels of 2019, a national industry trade group declared Monday.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida providers say young women, violence victims harmed by abortion restrictions

ORLANDO, Fla. — Asked to explain how Florida’s new abortion laws have impacted her practice, Dr. Shelly Tien shared the story of an abused teenager who came to her north Florida clinic for help — but had to be sent to another state.

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The Independent UK

Winning $494M lottery ticket sold in city battered by Ian

A winning lottery ticket worth a share of a $494 million Mega Millions jackpot was purchased in a southwest Florida city hammered by Hurricane Ian late last month

Benzinga

Where To Buy Legal Weed These Days: Curaleaf, Cresco & Other Operators Launch Sales At New Locations

Cresco Labs Kicks Off Cannabis Sales At Another Pensacola Florida Dispensary Cresco Labs (CSE: CL) (OTCQX: CRLBF) announced the expansion of its Sunnyside retail brand in Florida's Panhandle region with the opening of a second dispensary in Pensacola.

Daily Mirror

'Flesh-eating' bacteria ripping through Florida with 'record number' of infections'

Cases of the terrifying Vibrio vulnificus have spiked across the areas worst hit by Hurricane Ian causing life-threatening wound infections and a number of deaths

Miami Herald

‘He’s constantly going to live in fear.’ Spared execution, Cruz faces hellish life in prison

MIAMI — Had Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz been sent to Florida’s Death Row, his daily life while awaiting execution would not have been easy. But he would have enjoyed certain comforts: his own cell, meals delivered three times a day, clean clothes and towels brought to him, and no…

Wales Online

McDonald's worker fuelled by Chicken Selects bids to be world's strongest woman

Mum of three Maria is flying out to Florida to take part in the Official Strongman Games on diet of Big Tasty burgers and McFlurries

Zenger

‘It’s A Tsunami’: Storm Surge Survey Crews Uncover Startling Damage From Ian

In the days leading up to Hurricane Ian's disaster, storm surge and flooding would be among the most significant dangers.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Parkland and the flawed argument against capital punishment

Jurors recently handed down their decision in the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the man who murdered 17 people, mostly children, in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018 in Parkland, Florida. They opted against the death penalty, choosing instead to give Cruz life in prison without parole.

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