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News Articles: Florida

A senator's laptop displays a congressional redistricting plan during debate before its passage in the Florida Senate.

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  • Politics

Florida lawmakers pass a voting map that could help Republicans flip 4 House seats

The map drawn by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis boosts President Trump's effort to reshape voting before the midterm elections. The GOP likely holds a slight edge over Democrats in redistricting now.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Tristan Wood
Police investigate the scene of a shooting near the student union at Florida State University on April 17, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. Two people were killed and five injured in the attack. Florida's attorney general is now investigating OpenAI because the alleged shooter used ChatGPT to help plan the attack.

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  • Technology

Florida AG launches criminal investigation into ChatGPT over FSU shooting

Florida's attorney general is launching a criminal investigation into the alleged role of ChatGPT in a mass shooting at Florida State University last year.

April 22, 2026
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By:
  • Tristan Wood and
  • Shannon Bond
Johannes González, an instructor at Speedway Driving School in Hialeah, Florida, teaches Spanish-speaking students to memorize key words in order to pass the state's new English-only driving exam.

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  • News

Spanish speakers learn strategies to pass English-only driving test in Florida

A new English-only driving test rule in Florida is fueling a surge in strategy lessons for Spanish speakers where they learn to figure out the questions without having to take English language courses.

April 20, 2026
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By:
  • David Ovalle
Sgt. Misha Varvarych, 28, an 80th Airborne Assault Brigade commander delights in the ocean waters of Daytona Beach FL on January 28, 2023.  To live with joy and hope has become a weapon against war.

He faces a profound new battle - to walk again. 

He and his fiancé Ira Botvynska, 19, traveled to the US to receive rehabilitation and state-of-the-art prosthetics with assistance from the nonprofit Revived Soldiers Ukraine.  They navigate an altered destiny after he lost both legs fighting during the Russian…

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  • World

Ukraine's combat amputees cling to hope as a weapon of war

Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

February 22, 2026
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By:
  • Carol Guzy
Monday was “Truck Day” and the Braves are headed to their spring training home in North Port, Florida, to prepare for the 2026 season. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

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  • Sports

Atlanta Braves are headed south for spring training, new promo items on tap for 2026 season

On the morning of Monday, Feb. 2, several moving trucks were idling in the bowels of Truist Park. The trucks, courtesy of Atlanta Peach Movers, were in the process of being loaded with the necessary gear the Atlanta Braves players, coaches, and staff will need while at spring training. 

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Donnell Suggs and
  • The Atlanta Voice
Snow falls at the University of South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Weather

Bomb cyclone brings bitter cold and snow to the Southeast

Temperatures in southern Florida reached the coldest they've been since 1989, according to the National Weather Service.

February 01, 2026
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
A protective coating of ice clings to a strawberry plant in sub-freezing temperatures at a field on Friday in Plant City, Fla.

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  • Weather

Parts of Florida receive rare snowfall as freezing temperatures linger

Snow has fallen in Florida for the second year in a row.

January 18, 2026
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
A gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., on Oct. 9, 2014. A report from the Death Penalty Information Center noted a spike in executions in Florida in 2025.

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  • National

Executions nearly double in 2025 due to dramatic rise in Florida

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and public support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in over 50 years.

December 15, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
A person fishes next to a broken pier in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., in October. The city is still rebuilding after Hurricane Ian devastated the area in 2022. High costs for construction and insurance have made Fort Myers Beach unaffordable for many who called it home before.

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  • Climate

Disaster and insurance costs are rising. The middle class is struggling to hang on

Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.

November 17, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley and
  • Ryan Kellman
Andrew Baker of the University of Miami peers into a tank of corals from Honduras, selected from a reef that already endures hotter temperatures. Baker hopes breeding them with Florida coral will help pass on that ability.

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  • Climate

Why scientists are using corals from other countries to help save Florida's reefs

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

October 02, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

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  • Law

Florida must stop expanding 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration center, judge says

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

August 22, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk helps raise the Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday.

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  • Sports

Florida Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Oilers in 6 games

The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions, becoming the NHL's first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and '21 and the third team to do it this century.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A sign directs voters to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at the Flagler County Public Library on Tuesday. Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.

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  • Politics

GOP retains two House seats in Florida, as Democrats claim 'historic' improvement

Republicans won special elections in two Florida Congressional districts. The margins of victory in the heavily-Republican districts were significantly narrower than in November.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
A cotton picker moves through Chris Hopkins' cotton field, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, near Lyons, Ga.

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  • News

Tens of billions in Hurricane Helene aid to start by March 21

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has pledged to start paying out tens of billions in aid to victims of Hurricane Helene later this month. But delays are already making it hard this year for some farmers to plant crops.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Andrew Tate (foreground) and his brother Tristan arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, after Romanian authorities lifted travel restrictions against them.

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  • National

Andrew Tate, facing rape and trafficking charges in Romania, is back in the U.S.

The Tate brothers have been allowed to leave Romania, where they were charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group to sexually exploit women. They arrived in Florida on Thursday.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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