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Florida drop tower will be taken down after teen's death

A towering amusement ride in central Florida’s tourism district where a Missouri teen fell to his death will be taken down because of the accident

The Independent UK

Florida theme park to demolish 430ft high ride after teenager fell to death

The FreeFall ride at Orlando’s ICON Park has been closed since March accident

The Independent UK

Sasse expected to leave Senate to run University of Florida - Roll Call

Two-term Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is expected to resign to become president of the University of Florida.

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When flooding from Ian trapped one Florida town, an airboat navy came to the rescue

After Hurricane Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.

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Ian shakes up election preparations, could hurt Florida turnout

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Running an election in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian is going to be a monumental challenge for elections officials in the Florida counties hit hardest by the storm as they face poll worker shortages, damaged polling places and voters who lost their homes.

Orlando Sentinel

Will Hurricane Ian cut Florida’s Gulf Coast real estate boom short?

Hurricanes have always posed an inevitable threat to Florida. But the risk hasn’t detered the droves of people who have flocked to the state since the start of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Clyde DJ Cassi Gillespie surprises Scots broadcaster Diane Knox at Florida baby shower

After sending her pal an unlikely invitation to her baby shower, Diane was stunned when Cassi turned up at her door alongside her parents earlier this week.

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Photo of Gov Ron DeSantis behind presidential seal in Florida goes viral

Mr DeSantis is considered one of the top rivals for Trump in the upcoming fight for the 2024 GOP nomination

The Independent UK

Border chief says GOP governors’ migrant relocation campaign is stoking migration to US

WASHINGTON — A few days after Daniel got off a plane in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachuseetts, where he had been flown from San Antonio with other migrants by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his phone buzzed.

Los Angeles Times

Big Ten bowl projections from College Football News after Week 5

Big Ten football bowl projections from College Football News after Week 5 #GoBucks #B1G

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Florida mayor not offended by Biden’s ‘salty language’ on live microphone

Ray Murphy, mayor of Fort Myers Beach, says: ‘It was not directed at anybody. It was just two guys talking. It didn’t faze me one bit’

The Guardian - US

JAXA's Wakata embarks on record 5th space mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Koichi Wakata and three other astronauts entered their scheduled orbit on Wednesday after a successful launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Scott Maxwell: Florida knew the insurance crisis was coming. Lawmakers waged culture wars instead

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, Florida is about to experience an insurance crisis that could send your already-high rates even higher, limit your insurer choices even more and cost taxpayers billions.

Orlando Sentinel

One Florida community built to weather hurricanes endured Ian with barely a scratch

Hundreds of thousands of people in Southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

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Florida's property insurance market was already under stress. Ian could make it worse

Rampant litigation, costlier storms and rising reinsurance costs have all combined to make chaos in Florida's home insurance market. Now, some worry Ian could send even more insurers out of the state.

Evening Standard

The lineman, linewives, and bucket bunnies: TikTok drama explained

Linemen, linewives, and bucket bunnies are the main characters in the latest niche drama taking over TikTok

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP counts on Democrats' goodwill to conceal its own cruelty

In a world where Republicans set political standards, one could expect that migrants would be abandoned in remote places without hope of succor and that funding for infrastructure construction and disaster relief would be provided only to GOP-led communities.

Tribune News Service

Eduardo Porter: Immigration’s burden doesn’t fall on a ‘handful of red states’

Who bears the burden of immigration? Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have made much of their claim that their jurisdictions do so disproportionately, and those run by Democrats obviously do not.

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Technology: SpaceX heads off for international space station with US, Russian, Japanese astronauts

Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk-led Space X blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station (ISS). Read more on Dynamite News:

Daily Mirror

Brit couple evacuated amid Hurricane Ian endured four-day ordeal with no hot food or water

Chris and Sue Lawson flew across the Atlantic to visit one of Chris' lifetime friend, an American exchange student he met in a Hull Co-op, in Lee County, Florida as Hurricane Ian hit

Miami Herald

In Miami, Trump says hardline immigration policies are driving Latinos to the right

MIAMI — With about a month left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments as he courted a crowd of conservative Latinos in Miami, home to a growing community of Republican Hispanic supporters in Florida.

The Independent UK

Son films himself swimming to save elderly mother from Hurricane Ian floods

Family thinks stranded mother was 20 minutes from drowning

Tribune News Service

DOJ wins faster schedule for Mar-a-Lago special master appeal

A federal appeals court granted the U.S. Justice Department’s request to expedite its challenge to a Florida judge’s appointment of a so-called special master to review thousands of White House documents recovered from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Tribune News Service

LULAC files DOJ complaint urging investigation into migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

WASHINGTON — The League of United Latin American Citizens has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, calling for investigation into the transit of migrants last month from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, specifically the involvement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took credit for the move.

Tribune News Service

Poll: Majority of Michigan voters say Trump broke the law by taking classified documents

DETROIT — A majority of likely Michigan voters believe former President Donald Trump broke the law when he took classified documents from the White House to his Florida resort, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.

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