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Dunbartonshire man who raped schoolgirl on holiday in Florida jailed

A MAN who has been jailed for raping a schoolgirl while on holiday in Florida has been labelled a “danger to girls and women”.

The National (Scotland)

Man who raped schoolgirl on holiday in Florida jailed

Matthew Mackie, 68, from East Dunbartonshire, has been labelled a ‘danger to girls and women’.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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Is South Florida's Housing Market Too Hot?

Zoning laws, a limited housing stock, and inflation have created a major housing shortage in the bubble-prone region.

Reason

Moment Florida police officer is arrested for drunk driving on his way to work after downing three tall beers

An investigation is underway

The Independent UK

Husband sees ‘nothing but blood in the water’ as mother attacked by shark in Florida in front of family

‘They were screaming, they saw it all. It was very traumatic,’ father says of daughters’ reaction to mother’s shark attack

The Independent UK

Florida teen survives shark attack, takes first steps after having leg amputated

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida teen girl whose leg was amputated after a shark attack last week took her first steps post amputation at a hospital Thursday.

Orlando Sentinel

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Florida emergency management accused of stiffing contractor for COVID test kits

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s Division of Emergency Management stiffed a private contractor for some $4.4 million in COVID-19 test kits during the state’s first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, a new lawsuit claims.

Orlando Sentinel

Horror as shark takes chunk out of wife's leg as water turns red with blood

Luke Bruns rushed to save his wife Lindsay after she jumped off their boat while holidaying in Florida and he heard a splash too loud to be made by her alone

Daily Mirror

Right unveils anti-woke social studies

"American Birthright" elevates Western civilization, pushes Christianity and rejects all talk of "social justice"

Salon

‘This is what other SEC schools and other schools feared’ — Mario Cristobal showing Hurricanes can land top players from around the nation

The word “momentum” only barely begins to cover how the Hurricanes are rolling on the recruiting trail right now.

Tribune News Service

Florida college student tracking Elon Musk’s jet doesn’t plan to stop

CLERMONT, Fla. — Here, where the Florida Citrus Tower offers panoramic views of big-box retailers and backyard pool cages built atop the former orange groves, the 19-year-old college student vexing the world’s richest man chose to meet at a Panera Bread. He dug into a bowl of macaroni and cheese.

Tribune News Service

Man charged with torching Pan-African flag flying on pole

Police say they've arrested the man who used a flamethrower set fire over the weekend to a Pan-African flag flying on a pole outside the headquarters of the Uhuru Movement, a Black international socialist group based in Florida

The Independent UK

Gators icon Steve Spurrier: QB Anthony Richardson ‘got all the potential’

Steve Spurrier became a Florida Gators’ legend playing quarterback and later coaching many of the best in school history.

Orlando Sentinel

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More than 1,000 invasive giant African snails captured in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. — Agriculture officials say they’ve captured more than 1,000 giant African land snails from Pasco County since the invasive pest — “one of the most damaging snails in the world” — was first detected around New Port Richey in late June.

Salon

Teachers sound the alarm on DeSantis

DeSantis' new law restricts the "ability to accurately and fully teach these subjects," history professor warns

Los Angeles Times

More than half of Floridians oppose abortion bans. Will they push back at the polls?

ORLANDO, Fla. — For Wendy Vargas, the recent elimination of a constitutional right to abortion — and the banning of the procedure in many Republican-controlled states — is an affront to her values as both a woman and an American.

The Independent UK

‘Evil does eventually die’: Florida man pens brutal obituary for his ‘abusive alcoholic’ father

‘Lawrence Sr can be remembered for being a father to many, and a dad to none’

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Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: With Miya’s Law, Florida politicians set aside bickering and found a common good

Too many recent stories about Florida politics are dominated by the partisan grudge-fights that shaped their narrative, with more column inches devoted to the drama than to the thing that’s been accomplished.

Tribune News Service

Is it more affordable to rent or buy right now? Here’s what the data suggests

With a rapid rise in mortgage rates making homeownership unaffordable, and record demand for rental units in South Florida, residents are facing a pressing question: Is it more affordable to rent or buy?

Daily Record

West Lothian company to help create 'spectacular' balloon display in Orlando, Florida

The local balloon artists have been selected to work alongside a team of balloon artists in America

Axios

DeSantis takes the fight to school boards with rare endorsements

Other GOP governors may follow as school board kingmakers in their states. For now, Florida is driving the trend.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis stays quiet on abortion’s future in Florida as Republicans strategize

Florida is accustomed to Gov. Ron DeSantis volunteering his opinions on the political issues of the day, often telegraphing his plans for future state policy decisions during news conferences.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Five reasons why California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Florida ad is a big deal

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Independence Day Florida ad has vaulted him deep into the national conversation about the 2024 presidential race as Democrats on social media hail him as a tell-it-like-it-is stalwart.

USA Today Sports Media Group

UGA, Bama offer 4-star Grayson athlete Kylan Fox

Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Ohio State have all recently extended a scholarship to four-star Grayson athlete Kylan Fox.

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