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Once in the doldrums, Florida coast hums with space launches

A decade ago, Florida’s Space Coast was in the doldrums

The Independent UK

Florida middle school assignment on 'stolen' 2020 election, media bias goes viral

BRADENTON, Fla. — A tweet picturing an assignment from a teacher at Nolan Middle School near Bradenton, Florida, went viral Wednesday night because it made reference to claims that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen."

Tribune News Service

Jury finds Seminole County Republican chair guilty in Florida ‘ghost’ candidate case

ORLANDO, Fla. — A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty Thursday of causing his cousin’s name to be falsely listed on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti’s campaign contribution forms in 2020.

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DeSantis ban on ‘woke’ investments could hurt state pension fund, experts say

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — After banning CRT in the classroom and board room, Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new target in his culture war against “wokeness” with another acronym most folks have never heard of — ESG.

Orlando Sentinel

Trump’s bid for ‘special master’ in Mar-a-Lago search case drags on as judge delays ruling

A federal judge in Florida declined to rule from the bench Thursday after hearing arguments on former President Donald Trump’s request for a neutral third party to review documents seized from his home by FBI agents seeking classified records.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Republican officials ask Florida judge to reject Trump’s special master request

The group includes a former Deputy Attorney General, several ex-US Attorneys and two former governors

The Independent UK

US judge hints she may grant Trump request for Mar-a-Lago ‘special master’

Aileen Cannon does not make formal ruling but appears inclined to appoint official to determine which materials can be used in DoJ investigation

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Florida court turns off wifi to block live reporting of Trump hearing

Trump attorneys face Department of Justice in hearing concerning possible appointment of outside legal expert

The Independent UK

Woman Irish dances when doing sobriety test in Florida DUI stop

One deputy sighed as the 38-year-old continued to do solo jig and twirl

The Independent UK

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s in-laws donated to Ron DeSantis campaign

Parents of Mr Newsom’s wife, Kenneth F Siebel Jr and Judith A Siebel, contributed $5,000 to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC

The Independent UK

The housing crisis pushes Florida city to declare an emergency. Will it pave the way for rent control?

Commissioners with the city of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, have declared a state of emergency over the housing crisis in their area — a method that could pave the way for rent control.

Tribune News Service

‘Nothing secret about it’: Trump repeats false explanation for how classified documents got to Mar-a-Lago

Mr Trump is still trying to blame the General Services Administration for the presence of national defence information at his Florida home

The Independent UK

Donald Trump resort raid prompted by FBI belief he had hid classified documents

Donald Trump now faces a criminal investigation for illegal removal of government records and possible charges of obstruction of justice and violation of the Espionage Act

Daily Mirror

Trump documents: Judge to hear arguments on outside expert

A federal judge in Florida is set to hear arguments Thursday afternoon on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI last month in a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home

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‘What’s this about?’: body-cam footage shows confusion as Florida man arrested for voter fraud

Byron Smith registered to vote after a key amendment, but didn’t know he was ineligible – now he faces up to five years in prison

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: You thought Fidel Castro was dead? Nope, he’s rocking the race for Florida governor

Greetings from Florida’s gubernatorial campaign trail, Hialeah edition.

Miami Herald

More Cuban kids are showing up at the border without parents. Some are in South Florida

Hundreds of unaccompanied Cuban children have shown up at the U.S.-Mexico border this past year, as more parents appear to be sending their kids away amid deteriorating conditions in Cuba that have already brought a record number of people from the island to the United States.

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Trump files a response to the DOJ filing about his request for a special master

In Wednesday's response, Trump's attorneys downplayed the Justice Department's concerns about classified material found at his Florida home, saying in the filing that there was no "cause for alarm."

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Trump accuses DOJ of "criminalizing" his possession of presidential records

The Florida judge in charge of the matter has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow.

The Independent UK

Neighbor: School shooter killed toads after 1 poisoned dog

A former neighbor says mass shooter Nikolas Cruz went on a killing rampage against toads after one fatally poisoned his dog years before murdered 17 at a Florida high school

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: In blow to public health, judge tosses FDA lawsuit targeting a clinic offering unproven stem cell treatments

A federal judge in Riverside, California, declared a stem cell treatment firm operating in the state to be exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, opening the door to the further proliferation of clinics offering therapies the FDA says are scientifically unproven and potentially dangerous.

Miami Herald

Cases against 20 arrested voters in Florida on shaky legal ground. State issued them voter IDs

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top election officials stood in a Broward County courtroom and announced the arrest of 20 people for voting illegally, the state’s case is starting to fall apart.

The Independent UK

‘We’re gonna blind ourselves’: Ex-intel officials say Trump’s document hoarding could ruin years of work

Intelligence experts say efforts to mitigate damage from Mr Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Florida home could bring down years-long efforts to cultivate intelligence sources. Andrew Feinberg reports

Irish Mirror

Vegan Irish-American mother gets life in prison for malnutrition and death of baby

Sheila O'Leary, from Florida, was handed down a life sentence for first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two counts of child neglect

The Independent UK

The secret millions behind Florida religious schools banning gay children

Under Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, the Sunshine State has allowed private religious schools to scoop up taxpayer-funded vouchers with apparently minimal oversight. Io Dodds explains how the program has led to Florida taxpayers subsidising anti-LGBT+ policies

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