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Justin Verlander on being reunited with Max Scherzer: 'I’m really looking forward to being here with him again'

In an alternate universe, maybe the lunch that Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer sat down to have together earlier this week in Florida doesn’t happen. The last time the two played on the same team was in 2014 when Scherzer was 29 and Verlander 31 and if you believe what…

Tribune News Service

Florida Lawmakers Aim to Make Storming the Court Illegal

Two new bills in the Sunshine State could make the act punishable by up to a year in jail.

Sports Illustrated

The Rev. Al Sharpton leads Tallahassee protest against Gov. DeSantis’ policies on race

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the shadow of the building where Gov. Ron DeSantis built a resume as a national politician, hundreds of mostly Black protesters led by the Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday made the case that a litany of the governor’s policies are an affront to the progress they…

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DeSantis signs expansion of migrant relocation program

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to expand his migrant relocation program

The Independent UK

Justice Department reportedly won’t charge Rep. Matt Gaetz

WASHINGTON — The office of Rep. Matt Gaetz confirmed media reports Wednesday that the Justice Department had said it concluded a criminal investigation and does not plan to charge the Florida Republican with a crime.

Tribune News Service

Sharpton to DeSantis: Stop censoring Black history

The Rev. Al Sharpton has led a march to Florida's Capitol to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a high school African American history course

The Independent UK

24 former Saints players getting another shot in the XFL spring league

7 of the 8 XFL teams have rostered former Saints. Some were only here long enough to pour a cup of coffee, but we're rooting for all of them in their next opportunity:

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A lakeside Georgia masterpiece tops this list of golf properties available now (Feb. 2023)

Several of these properties are must see.

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Justice Department won’t charge Matt Gaetz for sex trafficking

The Florida congressman has been under investigation for several years

The Independent UK

US senators reintroduce sanctions bill targeting Haitian gangs and their supporters

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Florida Republican Marco Rubio, are reintroducing legislation that would go after criminal gangs in Haiti and those in the country’s political and private sectors who collude with them.

Miami Herald

Part-time tennis player had to leave work early before shocking former top-10 star

A part-time tennis player who works at a real estate investment firm in Florida had to leave work early before causing a huge shock at the Delray Beach Open

Daily Mirror

Scientology leader David Miscavige concealed whereabouts, federal judge says

TAMPA, Fla. — A U.S. magistrate judge has ruled that Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige was “actively concealing his whereabouts or evading service” in a federal trafficking lawsuit and declared him officially served in the case.

Tribune News Service

Universal raises hourly wage to $17, setting pace for parks

Universal Orlando plans to raise its starting hourly minimum wage by $2 to $17, becoming the wage leader among major theme parks in central Florida

The Independent UK

Warm Water Melts Weak Spots on Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’, Say Scientists

Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of Florida, represents more than half a meter…

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10 times Gov. Ron DeSantis changed Florida education

TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news.

Miami Herald

Men-of-war are on South Florida beaches. What you need to know to avoid the sting.

Men-of-war are familiar unwanted visitors on shores along Florida beaches in the spring. But recent strong breezes have swept these potentially painful pests our way. Several Florida municipalities have warned of an influx of Portuguese men-of-war on the beaches.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Republicans’ ominous strategy to thwart criminal justice reform — and democracy

Criminal justice reformers are mistakenly finding comfort in a federal court ruling last month that took Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for removing a twice-elected, reform-oriented county prosecutor from office.

Daily Mirror

Girl, 5, says she 'looks like a monster' after dog attack leaves her needing 50 stitches

Florian Becker, from Florida, US, has spoken of the moment his five-year-old daughter was mauled by a dog at Hortt Park in Fort Lauderdale which left her needing 50 stitches

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U.S. arrests 4 in Florida over the assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

The Independent UK

In Trump probe, US seeks to pierce attorney-client privilege

Justice Department prosecutors investigating the mishandling of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida estate are seeking to pierce the attorney-client privilege

WEKU

After a big recovery, the wood stork may soon fly off the endangered species list

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has rebounded dramatically in Florida and other Southern states, officials say.

The Independent UK

Who is Rachel Schwartz, the veteran and mother who vanished in Florida before being found ‘safe’?

‘Her last message to my dad was that she wanted to come home and she was afraid of her ex,’ sister says before mother found ‘safe’

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis confronted over school safety five years after Parkland shooting

‘We’ve worked hard to bring accountability to folks who maybe could have done something’

The Independent UK

Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis filing appeal to get job back

The elected state prosecutor suspended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is filing an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the governor in a renewed bid to get his job back

Reuters

U.S. arrests four more suspects in plot to kill Haitian President Moise

U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in Florida on charges of playing key roles in the plot of the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said on Tuesday.

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