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Which offensive linemen met with the Commanders at the 2023 NFL combine?

The Commanders were focused on the offensive line at the combine.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Election legislation roundup: Florida State Senate

As of Feb. 26, Ballotpedia has tracked three election-related bills in the Florida State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the three, Ballotpedia tracked one from Feb. 20-26. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is:

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5 DeSantis allies now control Disney World's special district. Here's what's next

A parents' rights activist, a Christian nationalist and three lawyer donors now have control over Walt Disney World's development capabilities, thanks to a bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Governor Ron DeSantis releases list of 14 target school boards in 2024

On Feb. 21, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a list of school board incumbents he hopes to see defeated in the 2024 elections. DeSantis made the announcement following a meeting with state House of Representatives Speaker Paul Renner (R), Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, and…

Ballotpedia

Governor Ron DeSantis (R) issues 12 executive orders from Feb. 20-26

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) issued 12 executive orders from Feb. 20-26. As of Feb. 26, DeSantis has issued 46 executive orders in 2023—three more than he did at this point a year ago.

Ballotpedia

Florida lab to test 550 Tennessee rape kits with $1.5M grant

Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant

The Independent UK

Busy Florida space week with 3 rocket launches and 1 Dragon landing on tap

The Space Coast could see a lot of action this week with the first-ever launch of the 3D-printed rocket from Relativity Space, a couple of SpaceX Falcon 9 launches, and the return of four crew members from the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel

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Florida ban on gender-affirming care for minors to start next week

Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth will go into effect on March 16, according to a state notice.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis’ talk of Florida as ‘refuge’ stokes red-versus-blue divide

News Analysis: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ pitch for his yet-to-be-announced presidential campaign leans into red-versus-blue rhetoric that is a softer, more palatable version of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a ‘national divorce’

The Independent UK

2 Capitol riot defendants sought by FBI after disappearing

The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as well as another riot defendant who has also gone missing

The Independent UK

3 more Republican states announce they're leaving a key voting data partnership

Florida, Missouri and West Virginia announced they're pulling out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, the only system states have to share voter registration data.

WEKU

Several GOP states pull out of effort to thwart voter fraud

Election officials in Florida, Missouri and West Virginia say they are withdrawing from a bipartisan, multistate effort aimed at ensuring the accuracy of voter rolls that has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Cuba as bird strikes cause plane to fill with smoke

Flight safely returned to airport in Havana after leaving for Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Independent UK

What to know about the 'red tide' hitting Florida beaches

The toxic Karenia brevis algae has returned to the Gulf Coast for another year, killing fish and causing health problems in people.

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Florida bill would force bloggers to register with state

A Republican lawmaker in Florida wants bloggers who write about elected officials to register with the state

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis is engaging in ‘fascism’, says Florida Democrat

‘He’s acting on scapegoating vulnerable communities due to his failures,’ freshman congressman says

The Guardian - US

Gingrich decries ‘insane’ Florida bill for register of bloggers critical of DeSantis

Bill before Florida legislature to make online critics of governor register is ‘an embarrassment’ says former House speaker

The Independent UK

Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up

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Miami Herald

Though struck by tragedy, Knaus Berry Farm remains a South Florida landmark

MIAMI — Cinnamon rolls. That’s what the people come for. That’s what they crave.

The Independent UK

‘If that is true: Wow!’ John Oliver blasts Ron DeSantis’s ‘bizarre dating tactic’

Florida governor deliberately misprounced Thai food on first dates because ‘he didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him’

The Guardian - US

John Oliver on Ron DeSantis: ‘A petty autocrat and a bully’

The Last Week Tonight host looks into the political career of Ron DeSantis, Trump’s presumed rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination

Ballotpedia

Jacksonville, Florida voters to decide local races

The general election for Jacksonville, Florida is on March 21, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 13.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Watch: Florida gator tears through metal fence with alarming ease

A Florida meteorologist has shared video footage showing an enormous alligator tearing through a metal fence to reach the other side.

Daily Mirror

Southwest plane fills with smoke after aircraft strikes bird and engine catches fire

Southwest Airlines flight 3923 departed from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but turned back after it was struck by a bird and one of the engines caught fire

The Guardian - US

DeSantis inches closer to presidential run announcement with California speech – as it happened

Governor condemns other states’ Covid responses and celebrates Florida as a ‘citadel of freedom’ in speech

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