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News Articles: Florida

The Brooksville water tower was accidentally sold by the city to a businessman who was trying to buy a municipal building at the tower's base.

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  • Strange News

A Small Florida Town Accidentally Sold Its Water Tower For $55,000

A businessman trying to buy a municipal building at the base of the city's water tower got a lot more than he bargained for — several thousand gallons more.

June 15, 2021
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By:
  • Josie Fischels
Miami Beach had a vaccination event on the sand for people to walk up and get a Johnson & Johnson shot on May 2.

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  • National

Miami Tries To Make Vaccinations Easy: 'Wherever People Are That's Where We Will Be'

In Miami, as vaccinations slow, officials are coming up with new ways to make them easier to get, particularly for immigrants and busy working people.

May 17, 2021
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By:
  • Verónica Zaragovia
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media about the cruise industry during a press conference at PortMiami in April. DeSantis faces criticism for failing to do all he could on Florida's biggest environmental threat: climate change.

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  • Environment

Ron DeSantis Pushes Coastal 'Resilience' While Doing Little To Tackle Climate Change

The Florida governor has made the environment a priority, dedicating millions to water quality and coastal infrastructure. But critics say he ignores the biggest threat: carbon emissions.

May 05, 2021
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By:
  • Amy Green and
  • James Bruggers
Gov. Ron DeSantis says tougher laws were needed to ensure Florida doesn't see the kind of protests that occurred in Minneapolis, Portland, Ore., and other cities.

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  • National

Florida Adopts Nation's Toughest Restrictions On Protests

Florida's new law increases penalties for violence and property damage committed during a protest. And it requires that those arrested likely be held in jail overnight.

April 19, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
The National Weather Service Tampa Bay said its Geostationary Lightning Mapper captured the bright meteor that shocked Floridians late Monday as it burned up off the coast.

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  • Space

'What Is That In The Sky?' Floridians Catch Meteor's Close Brush With Earth

Dashcam footage and home surveillance video captured the fireball that lit up the night sky on Monday.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Jason Felt teaches a cybersecurity class at Countryside High School in Clearwater, Fla. The group Cyber Florida has helped organize the program in many parts of the state, and is planning to expand its "digital literacy" campaign to include topics like disinformation.

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  • Education

As Bad Information Spreads, Florida Schools Seek To Teach 'Digital Literacy'

Many Florida high schools now teach a cybersecurity program. There's a larger plan to help students figure out what is and isn't true online. Organizers hope it will become a nationwide model.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen here in January, said this week that he will issue emergency rules to prevent businesses from requiring proof of vaccination.

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  • National

Florida Gov. DeSantis Rejects Vaccine Passports As 'Completely Unacceptable'

DeSantis said he will issue emergency rules this week to prevent businesses from requiring proof of vaccination, and will work with Florida's Legislature on a permanent ban.

March 30, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A sign directs drivers to a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Health officials in Orange County said on Thursday that two women were caught dressing up as "grannies" in an effort to cut the vaccine line.

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  • National

Florida Women Pose As 'Grannies' In Foiled Plot To Get 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

The director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said the women disguised themselves with bonnets, gloves and glasses. It is not known how they managed to get their first doses.

February 19, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media at a COVID-19 vaccination site near the upscale Lakewood Ranch community in Bradenton, Fla., on Wednesday.

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  • National

Florida Governor Accused Of 'Playing Politics' With COVID-19 Vaccine

At a COVID-19 vaccination event near an upscale community, Gov. Ron DeSantis had to answer questions about whether he's favoring some communities over others.

February 17, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
People gather their luggage after arriving at Miami International Airport on a plane from New York earlier this month in Miami, Fla.

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  • National

Florida Officials Say They'd Fight Any Potential Domestic Travel Restrictions

Media reports suggest the White House is considering domestic travel restrictions to control spread of a new COVID-19 variant. Gov. Ron DeSantis say this would be unconstitutional.

February 11, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
A health care worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 10. Seniors in Florida's Leon County have had trouble signing up for the vaccine and a local reporter tried to help them.

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  • National

Vaccination Confusion: How A Florida Reporter Helped Anxious Seniors Get Their Shots

Sudden demand flooded a county website and its phone lines. So CD Davidson-Hiers found herself in the middle of the chaos, fielding calls from residents eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King and
  • Avie Schneider
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches as nurse Christine Philips (left) administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to Vera Leip, 88, a resident of John Knox Village, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla.

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  • National

Florida's Vaccine Rollout Rife With Snags And Inequities

Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting the success of his policy providing COVID-19 vaccines to everyone 65 years and older in the state. But critics say the vaccine distribution favors some groups over others.

January 26, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Allen
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is seen here in November. A judge has ordered that tapes allegedly showing Kraft paying for sex at a massage parlor must be destroyed.

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  • National

Judge Orders Destruction Of Alleged Sex Tapes Of Robert Kraft

Misdemeanor solicitation charges against Kraft and other men were dropped last year after a Florida appeals court ruled that the videos were not admissible as evidence.

January 26, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
The Florida Department of Health said officials are working alongside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to figure out how a 20-something-year-old man contracted the new, more contagious coronavirus strain that was first discovered in the U.K.

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  • Health

Florida Becomes 3rd U.S. State To Identify New Coronavirus Variant

"The individual is a male in his 20s with no history of travel. The Department is working with the CDC on this investigation," Florida Department of Health officials announced Thursday.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
An image from May shows Florida's COVID-19 dashboard. State law enforcement agents on Monday executed a search warrant at the home of Rebekah Jones, a former state data scientist who helped build this dashboard and was fired.

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  • National

Florida Agents Raid Home Of Rebekah Jones, Former State Data Scientist

Florida officials say they were investigating a rogue message on a group chat stating, "it's time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead."

December 08, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell
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