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A man was hospitalized after an alligator bit him in the face at Florida’s Lake Thonotosassa
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An alligator bit a man's face while he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Florida, according to officials. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received a call about the incident at around ...
Florida’s Anthony Richardson explains dropping ‘AR-15’ nickname: ‘It was pretty much a business decision’
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Richardson announced the rebrand over the weekend. He said at the time he did not want to be associated with a weapon used in mass shootings. He told reporters he is "just trying to rebrand myself and become a better...
Florida’s Anthony Richardson drops ‘AR-15’ nickname, no longer wants to be ‘associated’ with gun
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Richardson went by "AR-15" because of the initials in his name and the number he wears on the football field. He changed his number from the 2020 season to the 2021 season. He was No. 2 during his first year with Flo...
Florida’s 15-week abortion ban remains in effect despite judge’s order
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Florida's law banning abortions at 15 weeks will remain in effect after the state filed an appeal Tuesday that stayed a state judge's order temporarily blocking the ban. In a verbal ruling last week, Second Judicial...
Judge says Florida’s 15-week abortion law is unconstitutional
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In a setback for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers, a Florida judge has ruled that a new state law banning abortions at 15 weeks is unconstitutional and he intends to block it from taking effect on ...
Two bodies recovered, 10 people rescued after boat collision in Florida’s Biscayne Bay
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Two bodies were recovered and 10 people rescued after two boats collided in Florida's Biscayne Bay Friday night, the US Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach crews and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew...
DeSantis defends Florida’s decision to be only state not to preorder Covid vaccines for kids under 5
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended his state's decision not to preorder Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old ahead of federal vaccine regulators' long-awaited, expected authorization. "There'...
Florida’s Ron DeSantis smeared as ‘authoritarian leader,’ ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’ by MSNBC ReidOut guests
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Addressing her guests, Democratic strategist Fernand Amandi and MSNBC contributor Dean Obeidallah, Reid opened the segment by sharing her fears that DeSantis is "creating essentially a Republican superstate where it ...
Abortion providers file lawsuit seeking to block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
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Washington Several abortion providers in Florida are suing to block a state law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy from going into effect next month. Plaintiffs argue that House Bill 5, which Florid...
Florida’s red flag law, championed by Republicans, is taking guns from thousands of people
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Tampa, Florida Twice a week from her courtroom, Florida 13th Circuit Court Judge Denise Pomponio decides who in Hillsborough County can no longer be trusted with a gun. In just the last two months, she has taken awa...
DeSantis-appointed judge signals Florida’s congressional map is unconstitutional for diminishing Black representation
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A Florida circuit court judge signaled Wednesday that a new congressional map championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is likely unconstitutional, siding with Democrats and voting rights groups who said the map wo...
Florida’s DeSantis announces massive initial ad blitz in re-election run, with first spots in Spanish
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The popular first-term governor with a strong national conservative following announced on Wednesday that he’ll spend a massive $ 5.3 million to reserve ad time on Spanish language broadcast, cable, radio and digita...
Florida’s Keyontae Johnson joins transfer portal, hopes to play again
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School officials confirmed Johnson's desire to move on from Florida following his graduation over the weekend. It's unclear what his ultimate intentions are, but it's possible the 22-year-old Johnson hopes to prove h...
DeSantis on Florida’s surgeon general: If you’re being attacked by media, I know you’re doing a hell of a job
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RON DESANTIS: We want people to have fun. But at the same time they're doing that, they are appealing the judge in Florida's decision so that they can get the mask mandate on airplanes, reinstituted. And literally, y...
Americans say Florida’s focus on law and order makes it safer than New York, but fear remains
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"I definitely wouldn’t feel safe in the city," Madison, a University of Tampa student who grew up on Long Island, told Fox News. "It's just crazy what's going on, especially what just happened on the subway," she add...
Disney ‘lied about’ Florida’s parental rights law: ‘The mouse has been caught,’ says Leo Terrell
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Disney "lied about this bill," he told host Sean Hannity. "This was a parental rights bill. The mouse has been caught. And therefore the Florida state legislature has the right to grant this legislation … to strike a...