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News Articles: Florida

A manatee swims among seagrass in the Homosassa River on Oct. 5, 2021 in Homosassa, Fla.

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  • Animals

A Florida park just saw a record number of manatees gather together in its waters

Nearly 1,000 manatees gathered at Blue Spring State Park on one of the coldest winter days of the season. Here's why the growing number of manatees at the park is encouraging.

January 29, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
A student named Royce closes his eyes during a mindfulness session in class at Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership School in Tampa, Fla. Students say the daily lessons help them cope with their feelings.

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  • Health

To help these school kids deal with trauma, mindfulness lessons over the loudspeaker

An elementary school in Florida, credits daily mindfulness lessons with helping students cope with stress — and turning the school around academically. The lessons are delivered through an app.

January 26, 2024
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By:
  • Pien Huang
In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a hangar stands at MacDill Air Force Base on Jan. 4, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. As many as 121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery have been discovered at the base, military officials confirmed.

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  • National

121 potential gravesites found in a former Black cemetery at MacDill Air Force Base

The Air Force plans to expand its search for gravesites in a former Black cemetery at the Florida base. Headstones at the Port Tampa Cemetery were removed during construction of the base in the 1930s.

January 20, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Food And Drug Administration has given its OK to Florida's plan to import some prescription drugs from Canada.

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  • Health

FDA approves Florida's plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada

The Food and Drug Administration's authorization of Florida's plan to import prescription medicines from Canada is a first. But the state still has hurdles to clear before imports could begin.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Driven by new regulations, developers are tearing down many older buildings on the waterfront in Miami and other cities in Florida and replacing them with luxury condominiums.

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  • National

After the Surfside collapse, Florida is seeing a new condo boom

The 2021 collapse killed nearly 100 people. Regulations passed since then have raised costs for those living in older buildings. Developers want homeowners to sell so they can put up luxury condos.

January 04, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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  • Politics

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
An empty lot where a house once stood in Houston. The former residents moved because of flood damage. A new study suggests that people are moving away from the most flood-prone neighborhoods in cities that are otherwise growing in population.

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  • Climate

People are leaving some neighborhoods because of floods, a new study finds

There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.

December 18, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building.

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  • Politics

A Florida election fraud chief died last year in the hallway of Ron DeSantis' office

Peter Antonacci, the head of Florida's elections fraud office, had just left a heated meeting when he collapsed in the hallway of the governor's office, according to a newly released investigation.

November 28, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Parents Against Bad Books co-founder Carolyn Harrison (center) talks with people last month outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho, about what she considers obscene books on the shelves.

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  • National

In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries?

There are efforts to change how decisions are made about which books libraries should stock and which section they belong in. Some advocate using a national rating system like the one used for movies.

November 28, 2023
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
The Palm Beach County Court lawsuit was filed by Kim Banner, wife of Jeremy Banner, who died in the fatal car crash after engaging the Autopilot function on a Tesla Model 3.

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  • Law

Judge says evidence shows Tesla and Elon Musk knew about flawed autopilot system

In the decision, a Palm Beach County judge noted Tesla's glowing marketing strategy and Musk's public statements about the self-driving software. The decision means a trial against Tesla can proceed.

November 23, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Pink gives away 2,000 banned books at Florida concerts

The pop music icon is taking a stand against the libraries and classrooms around the U.S. that have removed books due to claims of inappropriate content related to sexuality, gender identity and race.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair and
  • Chloe Veltman
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4, 2023 in Kissimmee, Fla.

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  • Elections

Once Florida's favorite son, Floridians turn on DeSantis in his bid for president

Gov. Ron DeSantis won a decisive reelection in 2022, in a year when Republicans elsewhere didn't fare as well. But now that he's running for president, some in Florida wish he'd do his job at home.

November 16, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
In this aerial view, the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Ian is shown on Oct. 2, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The state's home insurance market is reeling after disasters like this one.

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  • National

Feeling the pinch of high home insurance rates? It's not getting better anytime soon

Homeowners in Florida, like other states, are seeing their home insurance rates soar. Multibillion-dollar disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires have led insurers to hike premiums.

October 26, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
In this photo provided by the Innocence Project of Florida, Leonard Allen Cure poses from the floor of the Florida legislature in Tallahassee, Fla., in April 2023, on the day his compensation bill was passed. Cure, who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction, was shot and killed Monday, Oct. 156, by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities and representatives said.

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  • News

Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop. Leonard Cure was shot and killed by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop Monday.

October 17, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. Gaetz introduced a Motion to Vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that led to the first ouster of a sitting Speaker in American history.

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  • Politics

Jeered in Washington by his fellow Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz gets cheers back home

The Florida congressman is proud to be the one to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That move hasn't won him any prizes with House Republicans but his constituents want to see more just like it.

October 07, 2023
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  • Greg Allen
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