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Editorial: Drag queens and sex ed take center stage in Florida’s summer of culture war

Florida's summer of culture wars heats up today with two controversies — drag queens and sex education in schools — both making national headlines. Both deal with parental choice and are favorite battlegrounds for Gov. Ron DeSantis, on the warpath to ensure reelection.

Miami Herald

A whole new world? Disney after ‘Don’t Say Gay’

The entertainment giant’s bungled response to a controversial Florida bill has raised difficult questions for its LGBT+ fans

Financial Times

Man accused of selling bleach as Covid cure through Florida church is extradited to US

Mark Grenon, who runs a ‘non-religious church’, charged for selling toxic industrial bleach as Covid cure

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No honeymoon for SEC's new football coaches at Florida, Louisiana State

Billy Napier doesn’t have time to style his hair. Not when you take over a college football program that’s rummaged through three head coaches the past decade.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Florida debuts new database on cops with bad records. It has holes, reform advocates say

One of the biggest cries during the police reform marches of the summer of 2020 was about the inability of the public — even some police departments — to accurately track cops with bad records.

Miami Herald

Jews, Muslims and others say Roe v. Wade reversal threatens their religious freedom

LOS ANGELES — For 25 years Rabbi Barry Silver has served as the spiritual leader of L'Dor Va-Dor, a progressive synagogue in Boynton Beach, Florida. Like most congregational rabbis, he offers a Jewish perspective on major life events, giving weekly sermons, performing weddings, funerals and baby namings, and occasionally counseling…

Los Angeles Times

Ron DeSantis’ agency files complaint about Miami drag show being performed in front of kids

Florida state government claims that drag brunch shows corrupt “the public morals and outrages the sense of public decency”

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Man drowns while diving for submerged golf balls in Naples, Florida

Community expresses shock after the death of the man at Arrowhead Golf Course.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Conservative group ‘still entertaining’ lawsuit against ABC’s ‘The View’

“What did it take for us to get to the point of an apology? We had to threaten a lawsuit,” Charlie Kirk says

The Independent UK

Man left with ruptured artery after mauled by shark describes savage attack

Bryan Olivares, from Florida, US, is recovering after returning home from hospital following a bloody shark attack on a beach in the US state leaving him with a bleeding wound that required surgery

Daily Mirror

Once called 'Pooh Bear,' Derwin James Jr.'s Florida legacy began with famous father

Third in a series exploring the origin stories of three of the Chargers' top defensive players with Florida roots.

Los Angeles Times

Alligator hunter hired to track down and kill reptile that savaged 13-year-old girl

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has put a hit out on an alligator after it bit a 13-year-old girl at a paddle boat ramp in Zolfo Springs, Hardee County

Daily Mirror

Three climbers die within 48 hours at Montana’s Glacier National Park

One man from Florida and two from Montana were killed in accidents say park officials

The Independent UK

DeSantis to regulate "woke CEOs"

The Florida Governor spoke on the matter Wednesday in front of a banner reading “Government of Laws, Not Woke CEOs"

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Tribune News Service

A look inside Florida’s hospitals as the newest COVID wave sweeps through the state

At West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Cory Harlow sees patients coming into the emergency department with many of the same symptoms they complained of during the early days of COVID in Florida: pneumonia, high fever and shortness of breath.

Tribune News Service

Florida agency sees drag show, with children in attendance, as a nuisance. ‘This is wrong,’ DeSantis says

The state of Florida has gone after a Miami-area restaurant after videos surfaced of its drag queen shows in front of kids, saying the sexy shows violated the sensibilities of children.

Orlando Sentinel

Arctic shark that can live centuries found by Florida student in the Caribbean

A Ph.D. candidate at a Florida university discovered an ancient shark in a coral reef in the Caribbean.

Miami Herald

DeSantis takes another swipe at ‘woke’ corporations, saying Florida won’t invest

MIAMI — Continuing to target what he calls “woke” corporations, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prohibit state investments that use “environmental, social and governance” ratings, which can include taking into account impacts of climate change.

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Daily Mirror

Britain's biggest family the Radfords face £900 bill per meal on next Disney World trip

The Radfords have another trip to Disney World in the pipeline, with mum-of-22 Sue, 47, showing her extortionate food bill ahead of the holiday

The Independent UK

‘The View’ apologises after cease and desist from Turning Point USA

’We want to make clear that these demonstrators were gathered outside the event and that they were not invited or endorsed by Turning Point USA,’ said co-host Sara Haines on Wednesday

The Independent UK

19-year-old activist raises more than $200,000 for abortion funds after she was targeted by Matt Gaetz

The Florida congressman targeted Olivia Julianna after she criticised his misogynistic remarks about abortion rights advocates. In response, she raised tens of thousand of dollars for abortion care

The Independent UK

Jail guard describes how Florida school shooter attacked him

A Florida jail guard says school shooter Nikolas Cruz attacked him with little warning

Football London

Gabriel Jesus reunites with £47m ace on Arsenal tour as Granit Xhaka completes life-long mission

Arsenal players' every move was captured on camera before, during and after the 4-0 pre-season friendly win over Chelsea at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida

The Guardian - US

Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy

One industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states

Miami Herald

You can catch your own lobster dinner in Florida — but there are rules you should know

Hungry for lobster? You can soon catch your own.

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