Today: September 17, 2024
Today: September 17, 2024

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Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy's mugshot to social media

A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any offender on social media

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy's mugshot to social media
Crime

Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know

State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot

Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know
Crime|Education|News|Political

Florida state lawmaker indicted on felony charges related to private school

A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her role in running her family's private Christian school in Orlando

Crime|News

Fired Florida deputy freed on bond in fatal shooting of Black airman

A judge has allowed bond for a Florida sheriff’s deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man’s apartment door

Fired Florida deputy freed on bond in fatal shooting of Black airman
Health|Lifestyle|News|Opinion

Providers halt services after court allows Florida to enforce ban on transgender care for minors

A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced while a legal challenge plays out

Providers halt services after court allows Florida to enforce ban on transgender care for minors
Crime|News

Prosecutor says ex-sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home

A Florida Panhandle sheriff’s deputy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of an airman who opened his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground

Prosecutor says ex-sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home
Political

Floridians balk at DeSantis administration plan to build golf courses at state parks

Gov. Ron DeSantis has enjoyed rock solid support from the Republicans who dominate state politics

Floridians balk at DeSantis administration plan to build golf courses at state parks
Education|News

School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools

Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive growth in school choice

School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools
News

Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near

A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday could bring torrential rain and flooding to the Florida peninsula this weekend

Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near
Economy|Education|Health

Families face food insecurity in Republican-led states that turned down federal aid this summer

Millions of children are going without extra food on the table this summer, after 13 states said no to joining a federal program that helps families in need buy groceries

Families face food insecurity in Republican-led states that turned down federal aid this summer

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