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Seven-year-old boy fatally shot during jet ski fight in Florida

At least 15 dead and 94 injured in holiday weekend shootings

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

‘Senseless’: Florida seven-year-old killed by stray bullet from fight over jet skis

At least 15 dead and 94 injured in holiday weekend shootings

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Tampa Pride event cancelled over Ron DeSantis’ latest anti-LGBT+ laws

Organizers say Tampa Pride on the River had to be cancelled out of concern that its ‘drag brunches’ would be in violation of the new laws.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Ron DeSantis pushes Florida lawmakers to loosen state’s gun laws

‘Ron DeSantis is yet again more concerned about his presidential aspirations ... than he is about the safety of the constituents’

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Man charged with attempted murder after woman is rushed to hospital with hatchet protruding from her head

Heartbroken family gather at bedside of Lisa Rogers Eaton after she was brutally attacked in her St Petersburg home

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022

Child stabbed in chest by catfish stinger in Florida

The child was hospitalised after being stabbed in a pond in New Port Richey

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Florida man, 18, arrested for threatening school shooting

Copycat threats are abounding in the wake of the deadly shooting barely a week ago in Uvalde, Texas – and at least two of them have come from Florida.

Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022