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In victory over White Sox, Rays continue to hammer homers, win at home

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After two straight games in which they needed to dramatically walk off wins, the Rays kept things short and simple Sunday. They hit homers early and cruised to a 4-1 win over the White Sox in front of a crowd of 22,702 at Tropicana Field.

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New Disney penalties hint at DeSantis’ punitive streak

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised that Disney won’t get the last word.

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Randy Arozarena delivers as Rays walk off White Sox again

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Saturday’s game took an odd turn for the Rays at the start of the eighth inning.

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Rays’ Jeffrey Springs to have Tommy John surgery, targets mid-2024 return

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs is having a tough time accepting the need to have Tommy John elbow surgery on Monday that will sideline him until around the middle of the 2024 season.

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Bruins' Brad Marchand filling leadership void

SUNRISE, Fla. — Brad Marchand arrived in the collective consciousness of the North American hockey-watching public a dozen years ago. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, he was an impactful player, notching 11-8-19 totals in 25 games. But it was in the highly contentious Final against the Vancouver Canucks that he…

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DeSantis to request a major disaster declaration from Biden after flooding in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that he will request a major disaster declaration for Broward County due to the devastating flooding last week, his office announced in a press release Saturday, the first step toward possible federal assistance for struggling residents.

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With the latest endorsement, Trump has support of 11 Florida members of Congress. DeSantis has 1

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Congressman Carlos Gimenez endorsed former President Donald Trump this week for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, it gave him the support of 11 of Florida’s 20 Republican representatives.

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Florida drag performers balance pain and defiance as anti-LGBTQ+ laws loom

TAMPA, Fla. — In a shimmering metallic dress and platform heels, amid the thump of an electronic dance mix, Brianna Summers scans the club’s dark lounge and runs through her checklist: exits, places to take cover, anyone that looks suspicious, anything out of place.

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BKFC 38: Best photos from Florida

Check out these photos from the fights at BKFC 38 in Hollywood, Fla.

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Undermanned Bruins regain series lead with 4-2 win over Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Bruins didn’t look much like the team that won 65 regular-season games in the first two games of this playoff series. But that dominant team showed up on on Friday night at Florida Live Arena, even though two players who’ve been pillars of the Bruins' success…

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Brandon Lowe crushes walk-off home run as Rays rally to beat White Sox

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Only the Rays’ bats could have dug them out of that hole Friday night. Brandon Lowe hit a two-run, walk-off home run to lift his team to an 8-7 win over the White Sox in front of a crowd of 17,973 at Tropicana Field.

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Florida students walk out in protest of state education policies

TAMPA, Fla. — The first students to arrive at the flagpole at Tampa’s Hillsborough High School carried small American flags.

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‘Unbelievable’: White Sox clubhouse is ecstatic about Liam Hendriks’ cancer-free news and eventual return

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Andrew Vaughn sent Liam Hendriks a text as soon as he heard the Chicago White Sox closer was cancer-free.

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Arrest warrant issued for ex-NFL star Antonio Brown over unpaid child support

A judge in Miami-Dade County, Fla., ordered police to arrest Antonio Brown for allegedly failing to make child support payments to his ex-girlfriend, Wiltrice Jackson, with whom he shares a daughter.

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Shelter-in-place order closed off downtown Fort Lauderdale for an hour after reports of gunman on a balcony

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police ordered downtown residents to shelter in place early Friday afternoon while they confronted a man armed “with a possible gun” on a balcony, but said it was not an active shooter incident.

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Bruins' Patrice Bergeron doesn't travel to Florida, 'likely' to play in Game 5

SUNRISE, Fla. — Patrice Bergeron did not travel with the Bruins here for Games 3 and 4, but according to coach Jim Montgomery, the Bruins’ captain is “likely” to play in Game 5 when the series shifts back to Boston.

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Friday Night Notes: Charles Lester III’s top 4, Colorado’s flip targets and more

The latest example is the interest in Riverview (Fla.) five-star cornerback Charles Lester III.

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‘Something has to be done’: A week after the flood, FEMA officials confront Fort Lauderdale’s devastated neighborhoods

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Alida Augustine stepped into the front yard in a pink house dress and a hair wrap Thursday afternoon, eager to tell Broward’s mayor and the team of government officials at her doorstep about the damage to her home of 30 years.

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Moody tells Disney its records could be open to the public in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody advised Disney on Thursday that some of its company records could be subject to the state’s public records law and available to any Floridian who wants to see them.

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DeSantis signs bill giving Florida lowest death penalty threshold in US

TAMPA, Fla. — People in Florida can now be sent to death row with an 8-4 jury vote, instead of a unanimous requirement, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law Thursday morning.

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Early morning alert test rouses Floridians, raises questions and tempers

TAMPA, Fla. — An early morning test of Florida’s emergency alert system that roused people from sleep on Thursday — and raised questions and tempers — wasn’t supposed to go to phones, state officials said.

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A USF professor discovered what was killing sea urchins in Florida, Caribbean. Here’s how

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — She called it cute, the microscopic single-celled organism on her microscope slide. She said she liked its little hairs, and the way it swam beneath her lens. Looking through her microscope, Mya Breitbart found one of the ciliates — this type of single-celled creature — and…

Orlando Sentinel

Disney’s Reedy Creek deal violated state law, attorneys for DeSantis' oversight board say

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Disney’s agreements seeking to preserve its power over development in Central Florida didn’t follow requirements in state law, rendering them null and void, lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis tourism oversight board said Wednesday.

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Bacteria skyrockets to 100 times beyond safe levels in some Fort Lauderdale canals after historic flooding

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale — known as the “Venice of America” for its many waterways — was marred by water dirtier than a toilet during last week’s historical flooding.

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Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ to return to Pinellas high schools

TAMPA, Fla. — Toni Morrison’s groundbreaking novel “The Bluest Eye” is headed back to Pinellas County high schools this week.

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