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The Latest Breaking News from Florida

Back-to-School and 4 Other Florida Tax Holidays Happening Now

Five Florida tax holidays, including back-to-school, are happening now. Here's everything you can purchase tax-free.

Kiplinger

Challenge to Florida drag shows law won't go to trial until next spring

A trial to determine if a new Florida law targeting drag shows is constitutional won’t start until next spring

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley leads Ron DeSantis in South Carolina, Fox poll shows

The numbers show the former South Carolina governor remains a force in her home state and a threat to the lagging Florida governor

The Independent UK

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Former President Trump’s Trial Date Set For Classified Documents Case

U.S. District Judge surprises with May 2024 trial start, seen as a setback for Trump.

Zenger

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition files a federal lawsuit concerning the state’s implementation of a 2018 amendment to restore voting rights to people with prior felony convictions

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), which sponsored the voter-approved Amendment 4 in 2018, filed litigation in federal court on July 19, 2023, alleging that the state’s implementation of the amendment is preventing eligible voters from voting and intimidating voters. FRRC stated that the state’s implementation is unconstitutional and illegal…

Ballotpedia

DeSantis wants to out-crazy Trump: Nope

Florida governor's campaign wants to paint him as the man who beat COVID and defended freedom. Nobody thinks that

Salon

DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history

A Florida law that took effect on July 1, 2023, restricts how educators in the state’s public colleges and universities can teach about the racial oppression that African Americans have faced in the United States.

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Herbal supplement kratom targeted by lawsuits after a string of deaths

Millions of Americans use kratom, which is sold at gas stations, vape shops and bars. It can act like an opiate on the body. The FDA warns against using kratom, but most states don't regulate it.

WEKU

Is Donald Trump going to prison?

The former president is at the centre of several federal investigations and criminal cases

The Independent UK

Aileen Cannon: The judge who dismissed Trump’s classified documents case was appointed by him

Florida judge has come under fire for rulings seen as favourable to the former president, who nominated her to the federal bench in 2020

The Independent UK

Mercedes EQE Loaner Car Burns Down Inside Florida Homeowner's Garage

The Florida homeowner said the EV had been parked in the garage for about 22 hours when it caught fire, and it wasn't even charging when it burst into flames.

InsideEVs

Never Trumpers get ‘brutal wake-up call’ as Republican candidates flounder

With the first caucuses six months away, the former president’s campaign is still going strong despite his various legal problems

The Guardian - US

DeSantis defends Florida curriculum that suggests slaves benefited from forced labour

Florida schools have embraced curriculum that shys away from discussing the evils of slavery

The Independent UK

Rabbits have overrun a suburban Florida community. Volunteers hop to the rescue

Two years after a resident allegedly let loose lionhead rabbits, the fluffy animals now outnumber the homes in the Jenada Isle neighborhood. The bunny invasion has left some locals hopping mad.

WEKU

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The Guardian - US

Lawsuit seeks to block Florida provision that limits trans treatment for adults

State law provision SB 254 that went into effect on 17 May greatly hinders transgender adults from obtaining gender-affirming care

Salon

DeSantis says Harris is "chirping"

"She's going to come down to the state of Florida and try to chirp and . . . try to demagogue," he said

Zenger

DeSantis Targets AB InBev In Shareholder Lawsuit Amid Bud Light Controversy

Florida Governor DeSantis hints at shareholder lawsuit against AB InBev over Bud Light controversy.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Catch of massive tarpon off Florida sparks controversy

The recent catch of a giant tarpon off Pensacola Beach, Fla., has sparked criticism regarding the manner by which the fish was handled.

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Florida Governor DeSantis Clashes With Biden-Harris Over African-American History Standards

DeSantis accuses Harris of lying about Florida's educational standards, while Harris criticizes history rewriting.

Fortune

Trouble awaits Florida’s housing market as the state just lost another home insurer

"Just in the last 18 months, 15 companies have stopped writing [insurance] business in Florida"

The Independent UK

Florida man pleads guilty over Jan 6 riot as state’s governor Ron DeSantis insists there was no insurrection

Anthony Sargent, 47, of St Augustine, faces up to five years in prison

WEKU

How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown

It's increasingly expensive and difficult to get home insurance, as losses rise from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. And the solutions aren't always politically popular.

The Guardian - US

Experts say ‘cocaine sharks’ may be feasting on drugs dumped off Florida

Erratic behavior observed in some sharks could be result of them ingesting bales of cocaine cast overboard by passing traffickers

The Independent UK

DeSantis seeks review of Florida's holdings in Bud Light maker over transgender influencer backlash

Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking for an investigation of the state's investments in the company that makes Bud Light because of conservative backlash over a transgender social media influencer marketing the beverage

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris condemns DeSantis and ‘extremist, so-called leaders’ without naming them in Florida speech

VP blasts new state school standards that claim enslaved people ‘developed skills’ for ‘personal benefit’

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