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Editorial: Abortion bill hits hardest at the most vulnerable

As an anti-abortion bill moves through the Legislature, it’s becoming clear that Florida lawmakers are all too willing to play politics with the bodies of vulnerable women.

Orlando Sentinel

Coaster rollout in Florida accelerating in 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s theme parks are plunging into a record year for roller coasters. At least four of the rides will debut in 2022, the most active period in almost two decades.

Orlando Sentinel

At travel convention, pandemic-weary visitors are in a buying mood

PITTSBURGH — All hail Mickey Mouse. According to AAA, the No. 1 destination for Pittsburgh travelers remains Orlando, Florida, the home of Walt Disney World.

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Sparse yet inspirational, Fort Mose is site of nation's first legally sanctioned free Black settlement

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Behind every state park, there is a story. Sometimes it’s a crazy story, really, like that of Fort Mose, almost hidden away in a tangled forest of scrub palmetto, oak and pine along U.S. Highway 1 just north of St. Augustine. Crazy, in that not many…

Tribune News Service

Norwegian Airlines won’t refund £2,676 cash for tickets to Florida

A reader wanted a dream trip to Disneyland but the airline announced it no longer flies to the US

The Guardian - UK

Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off coast of Florida

‘If the air crew hadn’t found them on the patrol, these people would not have survived the night’

The Independent UK

Billboards condemning antisemitism go up in Florida one week after Nazi demonstration in Orlando

‘We’re just 75 years since the gas chambers. So no, a billboard calling out Jew hate isn’t an overreaction,’ billboard says

The Independent UK

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Marco Rubio says VP ‘can’t simply decide’ to overturn election but refuses to say Trump is wrong for saying so

Florida senator says ‘vice presidents can’t simply decide not to certify an election’

The Independent UK

6 Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off Florida

A half dozen Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast

The Independent UK

Archive: Todd Gitlin's Bush-Gore warning

This column by Todd Gitlin was originally published in 2000. The former Salon contributor died Saturday

Salon

Nelly Korda ready for a break as some LPGA players skipping Singapore, Thailand

Although World No. 2 isn't making the trip, No. 1 Jin Young Ko is in both fields.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Gaetz friend asks for sentencing delay as he works with feds

A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz wants a judge to delay his sentencing scheduled for next month

The Independent UK

‘The music will be amazing’: Trump the DJ at Mar-a-Lago dinner, memo says

Guests of club in Palm Beach, Florida to be treated to ‘great music … with President Trump playing the role of disc jockey’

The Guardian - US

Marcus Hayes: Former Eagles coach Doug Pederson gets a second chance with Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence

PHILADELPHIA — First understand this: I like Doug Pederson. I’ve known him for 23 years. I think he’s a good coach. I’m happy for him and his family that the Jaguars hired him Thursday. He never should have been fired by the Eagles, and I can’t wait to see how…

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Miami Herald

‘Hocus pocus’ or sound science? Can brain mapping save Nikolas Cruz from death row?

MIAMI — Over a decade ago, a “brain-mapping” technology known as QEEG was first used in a Florida death penalty case, helping keep a convicted Miami killer off death row by swaying jurors that brain damage had left him prone to violence.

The Guardian - US

‘He is wrong’: Pence rebuts Trump claim that he could have overturned election

At a conference in Florida, the former vice-president said that the idea of one person choosing the president was ‘un-American’

Irish Mirror

Leona Maguire in pole position in Florida for first LPGA Tour victory

The Irish woman fired a blemish-free 65 to move into the lead in the Drive On Championship

Miami Herald

Cocktail of drugs taint bonefish in Biscayne Bay and Keys, study finds. Blame sewage

A cocktail of prescription drugs — from blood pressure medications to opioids — has found its way into the flesh of South Florida’s population of bonefish, one of the state’s most sought-after game fish, according to a study released this week.

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The Independent UK

Ex-supervisor wouldn't endorse Ladapo as FL's top doctor

A former supervisor of Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo declined to recommend Ladapo to lead the state’s health department during a background check, records show

The Independent UK

Baltimore's top prosecutor pleads not guilty in federal case

Baltimore’s top prosecutor has pleaded not guilty to charges that she made false statements on financial documents to withdraw money from her retirement savings and to purchase two Florida vacation homes

The Independent UK

SeaWorld ramps up care for threatened Florida manatees

The SeaWorld theme park in Orlando is opening new pools to care for Florida manatees that are dying because of starvation due to poor water quality in their normal habitat

Tribune News Service

Many Florida counties, towns had fewer murders in 2021, going against the national trend

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Some of Florida’s biggest municipalities went against the national trend in 2021 by reducing their murder numbers, or keeping them practically the same, from 2020, according to statistics from medical examiners.

The Guardian - US

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’

Miami Herald

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.

The Independent UK

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

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