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Texas superintendents want safer schools. But money and logistics stand in the way

DALLAS — Even as Republican state leaders stressed “hardening” schools and increasing security measures as a response to the state’s deadliest shooting in Uvalde, educators stressed the community aspect to their campuses.

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Storm system moves into Atlantic, tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The low-pressure system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Alex is bringing strong winds, rain and flooding to northwestern portions of the Bahamas as it moves over the Atlantic Saturday evening.

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Nearly 300 flights are still delayed or canceled in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Air traffic delays and cancellations continued throughout the state Saturday afternoon, including at all three major airports in South Florida.

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Storm system moves into Atlantic, tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The low-pressure system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Alex moved offshore and over the Atlantic by 5 p.m. Saturday.

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3 groups of Cubans arrived in the Florida Keys this week, and one boat was sinking

MIAMI — Three groups of Cuban people arrived in the Lower Keys this week, as the surge in attempts to flee Cuba for Florida by making a treacherous journey by sea — most often in unsafe homemade boats — continues.

Miami Herald

Tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida, with system expected to become Tropical Storm Alex over the ocean

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical storm warning was lifted for South Florida on Saturday afternoon as the low pressure system that could become Tropical Storm Alex was poised to move offshore and over the Atlantic ocean.

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Police investigating if human remains identified after 50 years was victim of Florida serial killer cop

Police believe serial killer may have murdered Susan Gale Poole

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More than 400 flights delayed or canceled as storm batters South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Scores of flyers in South Florida saw their plans scuttled Friday as planes were stuck amid the chaotic weather. And the delays and cancellations extended into Saturday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Tropical storm warning lifted in parts of South Florida, with system expected to become Tropical Storm Alex over the ocean

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical storm warning was lifted late Saturday morning for western parts of Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties but remains in effect east of Interstate 95.

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Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers

The mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are again putting the focus on gun control measures such as waiting periods to buy firearms

The Independent UK

Southern Florida pummeled by rain as areas of Miami flood

The National Hurricane Center estimated that the storm could dump as much as 15 inches of rain on South Florida.

Axios

Heavy rain expected in parts of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

Parts of Florida are bracing for heavy rain and wind as a storm system that battered Mexico moves across the state

The Independent UK

Change in the wake of tragedy: The new safety measures planned for Florida’s schools

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New measures to increase students’ safety are advancing in Florida, coming at a time of heightened public outcry in response to recent school tragedies.

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Heavy rains soak South Florida ahead of likely Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Heavy rains from what is expected to be Tropical Storm Alex dumped several inches of rain in South Florida, where a tropical storm warning was in effect late Friday.

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Overlapping, highly contagious COVID subvariants are spreading fast in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through Florida, leading more people to get infected with COVID.

The Independent UK

Transgender youth treatment under fire in Florida again

Florida health officials have asked the state medical board to draft new policies that would likely restrict gender dysphoria treatments for transgender youth

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis vetoes $35m Tampa MLB team facility after calls for gun reform

Florida governor made the move after the team called for action in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis blocks funds for Tampa Bay Rays after team’s gun safety tweets

Florida governor Ron DeSantis defended his veto of $35m in funding for a potential spring training site for the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday

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"Ready for Ron": Ad calls on DeSantis

New PAC throws support behind Ron DeSantis' possible 2024 presidential bid

Sports Illustrated

DeSantis Vetoes Funding for Rays’ Facility

The Florida governor reportedly decided to veto the funding after the team began tweeting about gun reform and donated to the charity Everytown.

Tribune News Service

Storm warning, flood watch in effect for South Florida ahead of system likely to become Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains under a tropical storm warning Friday afternoon as the National Hurricane Center watches development of the low pressure system in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico that is expected to become Tropical Storm Alex as it gets closer to the state.

The Guardian - US

Florida man arrested for threatening far-right congresswoman Lauren Boebert

Matthew Lee Comiskey was charged on Friday with five felony counts for making interstate threats starting 31 August last year

The Independent UK

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis moves to ban transgender youth and Medicaid recipients from all transition care

LGBT+ advocates condemn Florida’s latest measures as politically motivated, ‘deeply biased and anti-science’

Mic

Freedom-loving Florida man Ron DeSantis is on quite a roll this week

The pettiest bitch in politics has set his sights on the Special Olympics and America's national pastime.

The Independent UK

Tropical storm warning for parts of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

Much of the Florida peninsula, along with parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, are under a tropical storm warning as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend

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