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News Articles: Florida

Two women react as they see flooding on their street on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in North Miami, Fla.

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  • Weather

Florida told to prepare for more flash flooding Friday following tropical storms

The National Weather Service cautioned that even smaller amounts of precipitation could impact saturated areas, causing flash floods on Friday before the region has a chance to recover.

June 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Victor Corone, 66, pushes his wife Maria Diaz, 64, in a wheelchair through more than a foot of floodwater in Miami Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The annual rainy season has arrived with a wallop in much of Florida.

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  • Weather

After a rare flash flood emergency, Florida prepares for more heavy rainfall

The downpours and flooding blocked roads, floated vehicles and delayed the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers.

June 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of slain Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, speaks during a news conference with attorney Ben Crump, left, on Monday, June 3, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Mother of airman killed by Florida deputy says his firing, alone, won't cut it

The mother of an airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy says the deputy's firing was not justice for her son's killing. Chantemekki Fortson spoke Monday at a news conference in Atlanta, accompanied by her attorney, Ben Crump.

June 03, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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  • Politics

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

May 29, 2024
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  • The NPR Network
Four customers in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company alleging that designs displayed on some Reese's Peanut Butter cups were misleading to customers.

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  • Law

A lawsuit accuses Hershey's of using 'deceptive' packaging on Reese's products

Four plaintiffs in Florida say Hershey falsely represented several Reese's Peanut Butter products by showing "explicit carved-out artistic designs" on the wrappers being sold.

May 22, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of her son.

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  • Law

Family of Black U.S. airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy

Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense.

May 17, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin,
  • Emma Bowman,
  • and 1 more
A mourner stands at the casket of slain airman Roger Fortson during his funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Friday, May 17, 2024, near Atlanta.

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  • News

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy.

May 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Chantemekki Fortson, the mother of slain airman Roger Fortson, speaks during a news conference describing details of the airman's death, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga.

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  • News

Lawyer for family of slain US Air Force airman says video and calls show deputy went to wrong home

A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson says the bodycam footage of the Florida sheriff's deputy who killed the Black U.S. Air Force airman and police radio traffic reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong apartment while responding to a domestic disturbance call. In police radio traffic that lawyer Ben Crump played at a news conference Thursday, a dispatcher says all they know about the location of the disturbance is "fourth-party information."

May 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Crews from Marion County Fire Rescue and the Marion County Sheriff's Office assist victims after a bus carrying farmworkers crashed and overturned early Tuesday Ocala, Fla.

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  • National

Driver of truck that hit farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, arrested on DUI charges

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.

May 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Brian Kelley poses for a portrait outside his cabin Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • News

Life after Florida Georgia Line: Brian Kelley ready to reintroduce himself with new solo album

Best known as one-half of the country super-duo Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley will release a solo album, Tennessee Truth, on Friday. It is a collection of 12 anthemic, arena-sized country songs ripe for a road trip and tailgate in equal measure.

May 09, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The medical community dates pregnancy to the first day of a woman's last period, even though fertilization generally happens two weeks after that. It's a long-standing practice but a confusing one.

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  • Health Care

Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy

The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.

May 01, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Manuel Vazquez, owner of Coya's artisan ice cream, poses for a photo as he carries a tray of ice pops in the kitchen of his shop in Fort Myers, Fla.

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  • National

Anguish and fear in Florida amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment

Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country nearly a year ago. Many are thinking about leaving the state and those who stayed behind say it's made life terrifying.

April 25, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
President Biden boards Air Force One in New Castle, Del., on April 22. On Tuesday, he's campaigning in Florida.

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  • Elections

Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes effect

There's a referendum on abortion rights on the ballot in Florida in November. President Biden's campaign says that could help buoy his chances there.

April 23, 2024
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  • Tamara Keith
In March, mom Indira Navas learned that her son Andres, 6, was kicked off of Florida Medicaid, while her daughter, Camila, 12, was still covered. The family is one of millions dealing with Medicaid red tape this year.

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  • Health Care

Florida kicked their son off Medicaid in the 'unwinding' but not their daughter

Nearly 1-in-4 adults who lost Medicaid coverage in the past year are now uninsured, according to a new survey. As states winnow the rolls, many families are caught in confusing red tape.

April 18, 2024
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  • Phil Galewitz
University of Miami Marine Sciences student Lauren Hayes with her catch, a 7 or 8 pound mutton snapper, which was released and returned to its reef habitat more than 100 feet below the surface.

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  • National

After catch and release, here's how to make sure reef fish survive

People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.

April 18, 2024
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  • Greg Allen
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