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Florida homeowners are in the dark about flood insurance, expert says

After the back-to-back named storms last year left billions of dollars in flood losses across Florida, one organization is warning that major reforms are needed to government regulations and flood insurance, especially inland as climate change makes storms wetter and more powerful.

Orlando Sentinel

US Army parachute team member dies in training jump accident

A member of the United States Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida

The Independent UK

Florida beaches brace for 5,000-mile blob of seaweed to deposit rotting goop

Enormous clump of floating algae threatens to bring pungent odor of rotting eggs to tourist beaches of Gulf of Mexico

The Guardian - US

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New poll places Trump firmly ahead of DeSantis

Former president has turned his fire squarely on the former governor as media coverage swirls around DeSantis 2024 speculation

The Independent UK

Taxpayer-funded vouchers in Florida go mostly to religious schools. ‘Pay for it yourself,’ rabbi says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Most Florida students using state vouchers to pay for private school spend their scholarships at religious schools, as their parents select campuses where lessons from the Bible, the Torah and the Quran are taught alongside traditional academics.

Orlando Sentinel

Mother of boy killed on Florida amusement ride watches it get demolished: ‘It’s a bittersweet moment’

Nekia Dodd visited the attraction for the first time after the Department of Agriculture and the park reached an agreement to demolish the ride

The Independent UK

U.S. Army parachute team member dies in training accident

A member of the United States Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida

The Independent UK

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Family of Florida man who died while being violently restrained to sue jail staff

Suit alleges that Broward county sheriff’s office used excessive force as Kevin Desir suffered mental health emergency in 2021

The Guardian - US

A Woman Claiming To Be The Gal Cole Sprouse Slept With Has Dropped A 3-Min Tell-All Video

A woman who claims she is the one Cole Sprouse slept with when he was 14 during a family trip to Florida has made a TikTok telling her side of the story, and while most of the details check out, she reckons Cole may have twisted a few facts.Content creator…

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DeSantis scores 1st congressional endorsement over Trump, from Texas Rep. Chip Roy

WASHINGTON – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored his first congressional endorsement for president, as Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a leader in the far-right Freedom Caucus, urged conservatives Wednesday to look past Donald Trump in 2024.

Tribune News Service

Florida man serving 400-year sentence freed after being exonerated for robbery

Sidney Holmes, who served 30 years, released after new inquiry found eyewitness identification was likely ‘misidentification’

The Guardian - US

Republican congressman wants gun lockers to be installed in Capitol for ‘protection’

Florida Republican claims Washington DC is ‘one of the most crime-ridden cities in the entire United States’

The Independent UK

Pro-Trump group alleges DeSantis breaking ethics laws with ‘shadow’ campaign

The rivalry between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated yet again Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

A Florida Bill To Censor Professors Just Got Even Worse

The bill now bans a battery of poorly-defined "Critical Theory" concepts, and prevents schools from funding programs that promote "diversity, equity, and inclusion."

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The Independent UK

DeSantis nabs presidential endorsement from GOP House member

A conservative Texas congressman is preemptively endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president, even though DeSantis hasn't yet announced a bid

The Independent UK

New College transfer students invited by like-minded campus

A small liberal arts college in Massachusetts is rolling out the welcome mat for student from a Florida school under attack by Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Workers dismantle Florida ride where teen fell to death

Almost a year after a Missouri teen fell to his death, a 400-foot (122 meter) amusement ride was being dismantled this week in central Florida’s tourism corridor

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be president

The Austin Republican is the staunch conservative who led 19 House members in blocking Kevin McCarthy’s bid for the speakership. “I believe it’s time for a new generation of leadership,” he said of DeSantis.

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The Independent UK

Trump super PAC files ethics complaint against DeSantis over ‘shadow campaign’

Former president expands attacks against Florida governor

The Independent UK

Trump allies file ethics complaint against Gov. DeSantis

Allies of former President Donald Trump have filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of violating campaign finance and ethics rules by running a shadow bid for the White House

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump’s attacks might be hurting — or helping — Ron DeSantis

DeSantis isn’t even running yet, but he’s got Trump, the press and voters acting as if he is. Talk about an auspicious start to a presidential campaign.

Miami Herald

Students at Florida university want to keep diversity programs and classes, survey shows

MIAMI — Students at one Florida public university say that they have had positive experiences with diversity programming and classes at their university and feel that shutting them down would make them feel unsafe or hinder their education, according to recent survey results shared with the Miami Herald.

The Independent UK

FBI pushes back on Trump’s claims he ‘sent’ feds to help DeSantis stop election fraud in 2018

Ex-president claimed in November that he sent US attorneys and FBI agents to stop ballot fraud in Broward County

Daily Mirror

Man jailed for 400 years released after 34 years for crime he didn't commit

Sidney Holmes, 57, was sentenced to 400 years in prison for an armed robbery which took place in 1988, but he was found innocent in a reinvestigation of the case in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

The Independent UK

Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis after Florida governor calls war with Russia ‘territorial dispute’

The prospective presidential candidate has said that supporting Ukraine is not in the ‘national interest’

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