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Pillow fighting could be the next great combat sport – no, seriously

The Pillow Fight Championship, or PFC, is trying to turn pillow fighting into a professional sport – but unlike MMA, ‘anyone can compete, and anyone can win’

The Guardian - US

Editorial: In the abortion debate, Florida Republicans tell rape and incest victims ‘tough luck’

There was a time when men who were anti-abortion didn’t bother to hide their lack of empathy for women who end up pregnant as the result of rape or incest.

Miami Herald

Video shows Florida middle school teacher arrested after being accused of kissing student on the lips

Carlos Aguirre Rendon, 29, booked and released on $12,500 bond

The Independent UK

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Wainwright still putting in work as lockout keeps players away from Jupiter

Adam Wainwright normally would have left on Thursday for Jupiter, Florida, site of Cardinals spring training, where he has spent the past 17 springs.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Florida Legislature approves its own redistricting maps as DeSantis seeks court ruling

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Legislators finished work on their legislative redistricting maps on Thursday as a unanimous Senate approved a Florida House map and gave final approval to a Senate map. The new configurations position Republicans to be able to remain in control of the Legislature for the next decade.

Miami Herald

Florida woman sues David’s Bridal over unwanted automated text messages

New Florida law makes it illegal to send telemarketing texts without permission

The Independent UK

Flood of COVID-19 home foreclosures didn’t happen in US

After fears that an end to the pandemic-induced moratorium on foreclosures would lead to a wave of homelessness, 2021 had the fewest foreclosures on record, and experts are saying they aren’t likely to rise much this year.

Orlando Sentinel

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Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill draws protest and rally from LGBTQ advocates

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida educators rallied on Tuesday to show state legislators that while the odds may not be in their favor, they won’t go down without a fight regarding anti-LGBTQ bills in schools.

Tribune News Service

Missouri Republican lawmaker pushes gun bill that would ‘make murder legal’, prosecutors say

Missouri initiative falls in line with states such as Florida, where people can invoke self-defense and similarly be immune from criminal or civil prosecution

The Independent UK

Florida seeks death penalty for church music director accused of killing his wife and two adult children

William Broyles allegedly shot and killed his family in their Jacksonville home before calling 911 and confessing to crimes

The Independent UK

Former Ohio State quarterback JP Andrade joining Deion Sanders at Jackson State

In case you missed it - JP Andrade finds a new home in Florida with Neon Deion.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hunter under fire for catching and killing near-record giant Florida gator

‘What an incredibly cowardly thing to do. Did anyone not think of moving it’ says critic of hunter

The Independent UK

‘Ghost’ candidates, dark money wouldn’t be focus of DeSantis’ election security office

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed election security office would have no authority to clamp down on “ghost” candidates or the dark money groups that support them, according to a Senate proposal that outlined the responsibilities of the new office.

Orlando Sentinel

Two Honduras players taken off with hypothermia in -17C qualifier as manager rages at US national team

The US hosted their Central American opposition in Saint Paul, Minnesota instead of a warmer venue such as California or Florida.

Daily Record

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Wales Online

Doomsday Glacier - massive iceberg blocks scientific mission

Scientists want to study the Florida-sized glacier by land, sea and below for the brief time the remote ice is reachable during the Antarctic summer

Miami Herald

Cubans who arrived through ‘Operation Peter Pan’ oppose DeSantis’ immigration orders

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida business leaders and immigration advocates, including some who came to the U.S. from Cuba as unaccompanied children under “Operation Pedro Pan,” are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a new rule that targets shelters licensed to house unaccompanied migrant children.

Reuters

Rollout of NASA's new moon rocket to launch pad delayed at least a month

The highly anticipated rollout of NASA's big new moon rocket to its launch pad in Florida for final tests before a first flight has been delayed by at least a month, until March at the earliest, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

Winners and Losers from National Signing Day 2022

So much for the 'boring' National Signing Day.

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Orlando Sentinel

Florida Senate panel votes down exceptions for rape, incest in 15-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Senate committee voted Wednesday against including exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Tribune News Service

Manatees still starving to death, despite government intervention

A catastrophic die-off of manatees has continued this winter, despite the unprecedented intervention of state and federal wildlife agencies to save one of Florida’s most beloved animals.

The Independent UK

HBCU bomb threat caller described elaborate plot: police

A police chief says a caller who threatened to blow up a historically Black university in Florida described an elaborate plot involving seven bombs hidden in duffel bags and backpacks around the campus perimeter

The Independent UK

Florida GOP rejects rape exception in 15-week abortion ban

Florida Republicans have rejected a move to create exemptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in their proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks

The Independent UK

Parkland, Florida, school shooter's trial delayed again

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April

Los Angeles Times

Technology helps offer 3D-printed homes as an option for ownership

OCALA, Florida — For Apis Cor, a construction company based in Melbourne, Fla., building certain kinds of homes relies an awful lot on a key team member named Frank.

Ballotpedia

Florida sports betting initiative fails to submit enough signatures to qualify for 2022 ballot; casino expansion initiative campaign sues over petition validation process

Two ballot measures in Florida concerning sports betting (sponsored by Florida Education Champions) and additional casinos (sponsored by Florida Voters in Charge) failed to qualify for the 2022 ballot. Each initiative needed 891,589 signatures to be validated by county elections officials by Feb. 1. Florida also has a signature distribution…

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