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The Latest Breaking News from Florida

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Florida marijuana initiative estimated to generate between $200 and $430 million per year if approved by voters; state supreme court ruling still needed to get on ballot

The Florida Financial Impact Estimating Conference released a report on July 13 finding that approval of the marijuana initiative would generate between $195.6 and $431.3 million in annual state and local revenue if approved by voters.

Ballotpedia

Trump trashes 2024 rivals and goes after Chris Christie’s weight

The former president also continues his attacks on Florida Gov Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

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Judge sets a trial date for next May in Trump's classified documents case in Florida

A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents

The Independent UK

Judge sets May 2024 date for Trump classified documents trial

Mr Trump had asked for his trial to be indefinitely delayed until after the 2024 election

The Independent UK

Trump classified documents trial in Florida to begin in May 2024

Former President Donald Trump faces 37 counts over allegations of withholding classified and top-secret documents. His lawyers wanted the trial delayed until after the 2024 presidential election.

WEKU

Ron DeSantis says Florida could sue Bud Light's parent AB InBev

In a bid to revive his struggling campaign, the culture wars governor shifts his aim from Bob Iger’s Disney to Anheuser-Busch.

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Florida judge: Trump documents trial will start in May - Roll Call

President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to classified documents will start in May, the presiding federal judge said Friday.

Roll Call

Cries of cronyism as DeSantis bids to place rightwing ally at top university

Florida Atlantic’s search for new president halted by state officials after ‘war on woke’ Republican Randy Fine omitted from shortlist

The Guardian - US

Biden is building his reelection bid around an organization Obama shunned

President Joe Biden is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the Democratic National Committee

The Independent UK

Florida Babysitter Arrested After 10-Month-Old Dies In Hot Car

Tragic incident highlights dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles during heatwaves.

Zenger

Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest begins in Florida Keys

Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway have converged on Key West to compete in the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest

The Independent UK

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut is finally here and ‘nobody really knows what to expect’

MIAMI — DeAndre Yedlin held out his hands and gestured to the crowd surrounding him before Inter Miami CF practiced on a rainy, sticky Florida morning Thursday. It was impossible for the American right back not to laugh and marvel at how things have changed in South Florida in the…

Miami Herald

Universal theme park in Florida plans to open new DreamWorks land

The Universal Orlando Resort theme park in Florida plans to open a new land next year based on characters from DreamWorks Animation

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Orlando Sentinel

Yes, tourism has slowed in Orlando, but don’t blame Disney vs. DeSantis

This hasn’t been the most sizzling of summers for Central Florida’s theme parks. Rising costs, searing heat and the shifting of post-pandemic travel to international locations and cruise ships are putting a damper on attendance, experts say.

Reason

Here Is Why Trump's 'Contingent' Electors Say They Did Nothing Illegal

Republicans who participated in the scheme say they relied on legal advice grounded in historical precedent.

The Independent UK

Universal theme park in Florida plans to open new DreamWorks land with Shrek, Trolls

The Universal Orlando Resort theme park in Florida plans to open a new land next year based on characters from DreamWorks Animation

The Independent UK

Florida school guidelines can punish trans students and teach how slavery ‘developed skills’ for Black people

Civil rights groups, lawmakers and educators blast ‘inaccurate and a scary’ African American history standards

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The Independent UK

A Parkland father returned to the scene where his son died. He left with a bullet-torn poem and even more pain

Max Schachter lost his 14-year-old son Alex in the 2018 Valentine Day’s shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Five years after the horrific carnage that claimed 17 lives, Mr Schachter returned to the classroom where his son was killed. Andrea Blanco reports

The Guardian - US

‘A prisoner in your own home’: AC is a lifesaving but costly ordeal during heatwaves

As the US sizzles from record-breaking heat, air conditioning is crucial for health – but it can empty the pocketbook

Zenger

Former Trump Ally Turns Against Him, Funds PAC Supporting DeSantis For 2024

Jim Lamon, former Arizona senate hopeful, backs Florida Governor amid Trump's legal woes.

The Independent UK

Florida rulings ease concerns about drag performers at Pride parades, drag queen story hours

Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers, can breathe easier now

Orlando Sentinel

Floridians to DeSantis: Come home and fix housing crisis, other woes

TALLAHASSEE — While Gov. Ron DeSantis barnstorms the country campaigning for president, a growing chorus of Floridians are urging him to come home to deal with the state’s soaring housing costs and other problems.

The Independent UK

Showtime feared ‘political consequences’ of airing documentary on DeSantis record at Guantanamo, report says

The network reportedly buried a Vice investigation about the Florida governor’s service at the military base

The Independent UK

Florida family convicted of selling bleach as fake cure for Covid-19 via online church

Prosecutor says family ‘created a fake church to make it harder for the Food and Drug Administration and government to stop them from selling snake oil’

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