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Nursing school operators plead guilty to selling fake diplomas to thousands in Florida

MIAMI — Two nursing school operators in the Fort Lauderdale area have fessed up to peddling fake diplomas to thousands of students who could then avoid completing a rigorous program before taking licensing exams in what prosecutors say was a multimillion-dollar racket stretching from South Florida to New York.

Miami Herald

Teacher missing for more than two years is found submerged in car in Florida swamp

Robert Heikka, 70, was last seen on 25 October 2020

The Independent UK

Harvard to rename school after top Republican donor following $300m gift

Graduate school of arts and sciences to be named in honor of Ken Griffin, 54, hedge-fund billionaire and world’s 35th richest person

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Florida shifts strategy, leadership surrounding NIL legislation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will change strategy and leadership surrounding name, image and likeness legislation that has created confusion, conflicting approaches, oversight challenges and a high-profile public relations flop involving former quarterback commit Jaden Rashada.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida could approve 'baby boxes' for mums to give up unwanted babies amid abortion ban

A new bill, supported by the Indiana-based Safe Haven Baby Boxes, would give fire stations and hospitals the option to install the group's ventilated and climate-controlled boxes, where parents could drop off their babies

Daily Mirror

Florida Senate votes to punish businesses that let children into drag shows

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate voted 28-12 on Tuesday for a bill that would allow the state to revoke the liquor licenses of restaurants and other entertainment venues that let children into drag shows.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida wildlife officers kill more than 30 snakes at a reptile facility, video shows

MIAMI — A disturbing video was posted online this week showing Florida wildlife officers killing dozens of snakes at a Sunrise reptile facility.

Miami Herald

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Parents of hero Florida boy who died trying to save kids from rip current are 'proud'

Bryce Brooks, 16, was on holiday in Pensacola, Florida, when he jumped into the water to try and help a group of younger children who had been caught in a dangerous rip.

Daily Mirror

WATCH: New Chiefs LT Jawaan Taylor working on footwork in Florida

New #Chiefs LT Jawaan Taylor is training in Florida, working on his footwork prior to the start of the offseason program.

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Parkland survivor calls out Florida senator after he reveals friend was killed in Louisville shooting

Victim Tommy Elliott was banker ‘for many years’ for Republican politician Rick Scott

The Independent UK

Former NFL quarterback was drugged and blackmailed before death claims family lawsuit

Dwayne Haskins - who played for Washington and the Pittsburgh Steelers during his short NFL career - died aged 24 last year after he was hit by a truck on a motorway in Florida

Daily Mirror

‘Bigoted vitriol’: Florida Republican urged to resign over offensive trans remarks

Conservative lawmaker issues partial apology for calling trans people ‘demons and imps’ during hearing on bathroom bill

The Guardian - US

Dana White plans quick return to Miami after record-setting UFC 287 sellout: ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’

Get Dana White's thoughts on UFC 287 and Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira and Jorge Masvidal, plus a return to Florida, Donald Trump and more.

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Florida fight over 'baby boxes' part of bigger culture war

A fight is developing in Florida's legislature over a measure that would allow fire stations and hospitals to install boxes where distressed mothers could leave their unwanted newborns

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Donald Trump says missing gold golf club sent to Archives after Democrats criticized him for not reporting gifts

The golf club was a gift from Japan's Shinzo Abe and was found in a locker at Trump International in Florida.

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump pleads with Melania 'I really need you' after historic arrest

Melania Trump was absent from Donald Trump's speech in Mara-Lago, Florida, US, on Tuesday after she chose to stay away from the limelight despite a desperate appeal from her husband

Salon

“Don’t Say Period”: Florida's latest ban

Florida’s “Don’t Say Period” bill can’t stop the menstrual wave

Daily Mirror

Radford family suffer more bad luck as they're caught in storm on holiday in Florida

The Radford family haven't had much luck recently after getting dangerously close to an alligator as well as being accused of making money out of their grandkids by daughter Millie

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‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?

Bill passed by Republican-controlled state legislature to allow permitless carry reflects a rightward lurch in Florida’s politics

Tribune News Service

Julianna Goldman: DeSantis is playing the politics of abortion all wrong

It’s one thing for a probable Republican presidential candidate to talk vaguely about how to “expand pro-life protections.” It would be quite another for an actual Republican governor to sign one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country.

Tribune News Service

Some states want to give you a constitutional right to a clean environment

New Mexico's budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue, but the state also bears the scars of generations of mining and drilling. So when Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, a former law professor and current Democratic state senator, heard about the movement to add “green amendments” to state constitutions, it seemed…

Chicago Sun-Times

Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida high school

School officials removed the illustrated version of the popular diary after a conservative advocacy group said it minimized the Holocaust.

The Independent UK

DeSantis flexes executive powers while eyeing White House

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has advanced elements of his aggressive conservative agenda though the use of executive power, drawing on appointees, state boards and the state Constitution as he builds toward an expected presidential candidacy

Zenger

Downpours, Rough Surf In The Forecast For Florida And Gulf Coast

Tropical rainfall is in the offing for most of Florida and the Gulf Coast this week as a new weather pattern begins to unfold

Daily Mirror

Inside Millie Radford's family life away from her famous parents and their 22 kids

Millie Radford has accused her 22 Kids and Counting star parents of making money out of their grandkids after claiming the couple did not take all of their grandkids on holiday to Florida

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