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Editorial: A devastating defeat for the rights of women

Overturning Roe v. Wade is not the first time the Supreme Court has driven a dagger into the heart of human rights and further divided a deeply troubled nation. But not since the 19th century have there been other decisions so dreadfully indefensible and consequential.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Corrine Brown? Again? It’s an insult to Florida voters

But for a dubious decision by a federal appeals court, former Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville would still be serving out a five-year prison sentence for tax fraud and running an $800,000 scam charity. Instead, she’s running for Congress again, piling on the Democrats’ mounting political woes in Florida.

Tribune News Service

There’s a place in Florida where you can swim with alligators and not get eaten (ideally)

MIAMI — Want to feel like a bona fide Floridian?

Miami Herald

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Hissstory: Whopping 216-lb Python Caught In Florida Is Believed To Be Biggest In State’s History

Experts caught the 18-foot, pregnant female after using a male python as bait.

Zenger

Coast Guard rescues 7 after boat struck by lightning off Florida coast

TAMPA, Fla. — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter lifted seven boaters to safety after their 39-foot vessel was struck by lightning 100 miles off the Clearwater coast Saturday.

Tribune News Service

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran; Fire Island by Jack Parlett – review

The author of gay cult classic Dancer from the Dance moves on from disco-fuelled revels to ‘death’s antechamber’ in his august portrait of a man for whom duty calls in Florida

The Guardian - UK

After Supreme Court ends abortion rights, fears in Florida that same-sex marriage is next

MIAMI — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion has raised alarms in Florida that same-sex marriage could be struck down next in a state where the constitution still has language defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Miami Herald

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COVID vaccines for infants arrive in Florida. Here’s why doctors are throwing them away

MIAMI — Dozens of South Florida pharmacies, community health centers, children’s hospitals and pediatricians received delivery this week of the first COVID-19 vaccines available for children as young as 6 months old — much earlier than anticipated after state officials missed a deadline for preordering the shots.

Miami Herald

Man arrested carrying gun and 48 bullets into Disney World - says rules are 'stupid'

Aaron Lopez, 35, of Palm Beach, Florida, was arrested after security found a Glock pistol, two magazines and 48 rounds on him as he tried to enter Walt Disney World

Daily Mirror

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In Florida, Publix is a big player in COVID vaccines — but it won’t give them to kids younger than 5

Tribune News Service

FBI seizes disputed Basquiat artwork from Florida museum

The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity

The Independent UK

Commentary: It’s not paranoia. Supreme Court could come for gay marriage and contraception

Women and LGBTQ people woke up on Friday to a world in which their rights to prevent pregnancies, have sex and marry could vanish with the stroke of a Supreme Court ruling.

Tribune News Service

This Tampa Bay group helps women get abortions. With Roe overturned, their job just got harder

Every day, a network of volunteers for the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund — mostly women, diverse in age and background — log on to their computers, power up their phones and get to work.

Tribune News Service

Disney offers ‘travel benefit’ for employees seeking an abortion

The Walt Disney Co., which employs some 80,000 people at its theme parks and other operations in Florida, said it will offer employees a “travel benefit” to cover costs related to seeking an abortion.

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In Florida, Publix is a big player in COVID vaccines — but it won’t give them to kids younger than 5

MIAMI — Since COVID-19 vaccines first became available, Publix has played a major role in tackling the public health emergency in Florida by offering vaccines to adults and, later, children as young as 5.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis on Roe decision: ‘The prayers of millions have been answered’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, saying, “The prayers of millions have been answered.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chiefs assistant DL coach Terry Bradden Jr. hosting free coaching clinic

#Chiefs assistant DL coach Terry Bradden Jr. is hosting a coaching clinic in his hometown of Rivera Beach, Florida over the weekend.

Sports Illustrated

Manning Not the Only Major QB Recruiting Domino to Drop

Top quarterback recruits set to take final visits and make verbal commitment soon.

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Why Florida isn’t losing the right to an abortion … yet

While the overturn of Roe v. Wade dramatically alters the landscape of abortion rights nationally, in Florida, the decision has no immediate effect on the legality of abortion.

Daily Mirror

Largest ever snake weighing 98kg and reaching 18ft captured with 122 eggs in belly

Biologists wrestled the 18ft and 98kg female Burmese python - a species "wreaking havoc" and considered a pest in Florida's Everglades - for 20 minutes after luring it into a trap in December 2021

The Independent UK

Biggest python on record found in Florida carrying 122 eggs

The female python weighed a whopping 215 pounds

Tribune News Service

Matt Baker: Why Billy Napier’s personality is vital to Florida’s success

TAMPA, Fla. — Talk to almost anyone with the Florida Gators about first-year coach Billy Napier, and you’ll hear comments like this one from offensive line coach Darnell Stapleton.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Andrew Gillum’s indictment is just more bad news for Florida Democrats

He was a rising Democratic star who, in 2018, came close enough to being Florida’s governor to trigger a statewide machine recount.

The Independent UK

A year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse

Friday marks the anniversary of the oceanfront condo building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida

Chicago Sun-Times

Going to Disney World: No sour grapes in billionaire Griffin’s exodus to Sunshine State as Illinois election clouds loom?

The announcement came rather awkwardly just five days ahead of the June 28 primary — a primary in which Griffin has contributed $53 million to the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who is dropping in the polls.

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