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After 50 years, a Florida aquarium plans to return Lolita the orca to her home waters

The 57-year-old orca was captured over 50 years ago at the age of 4 from the Pacific coast near Seattle. She retired last spring from performing in exhibition shows.

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Meghan Markle wins defamation lawsuit against half sister Samantha Markle

A Florida judge ruled the Duchess' statements were pure opinion and “not capable of being proved false”.

Daily Record

Mark Gongloff: Come to Florida for the low taxes, stay for the climate disaster

Fort Myers, Florida, was America’s seventh-fastest-growing city, more than doubling in size during the three decades before Hurricane Ian crashed into it last September. The Category 4 storm laid waste to the area before slashing through the heart of the state. But the storm clouds had barely parted before house…

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Editorial: What Florida’s assault on public education means

The conservative agenda that Florida Republicans have unleashed will fundamentally alter public education. That’s why it’s critical now when ingesting this fire hose of bad news to step back and consider the big picture: Where is our education system going? What’s driving these changes, who wins, who loses and what’s…

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Can Ron DeSantis stop Trump’s arrest?

Despite what Trump’s MAGA allies say, the Florida governor likely has little authority to stop the former president’s extradition from their mutual home state. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg write

The Independent UK

Donald Trump breaks cover with wife Melania for first time since CRIMINAL charges

The 76-year-old former President was pictured beaming in a suit and tie at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida just hours after learning he was to be criminally charged

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump indicted over Stormy Daniels hush money - but what happens next?

Mr Trump is the first former US president to face criminal charges

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Gino D’Acampo: The Michaelangelo row is ridiculous – in Italy, we celebrate the body

Celebrity chef and TV presenter Gino D’Acampo addresses the furore over a Florida school’s visit to see Michaelangelo’s statue of David

The Independent UK

Trump in court within days, facing 30 charges

Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned as soon as Tuesday on more than 30 charges after his historic indictment was revealed. Mr Trump was believed to

The New Daily

Meghan Markle wins defamation lawsuit against half-sister Samantha as Florida judge dismisses case

The actor and estranged royal had been accused of spreading ‘malicious lies’ about her relative, but a court ruled that her statements were ‘pure opinion’

The Independent UK

Donald Trump has been indicted, when will we know what charges he faces?

After days of intense speculation, Donald Trump has been indicted. So what happens now? Will he have to pose for a mugshot? Here's what we know so far.

ABC News

DeSantis won’t ‘assist’ in Trump extradition, but he can’t stop it

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed “Florida will not assist in an extradition request” from New York for former President Donald Trump, but the U.S. Constitution and state law don’t allow him to stop it.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida death penalty requirement could soon be 8 out of 12 jury votes

Florida’s threshold for the death penalty could soon be the lowest in the nation, with the Florida Senate on Thursday passing a priority bill of Gov. Ron DeSantis to require the vote of only eight jurors out of 12 in order to implement capital punishment.

Tribune News Service

Florida Supreme Court issues two opinions from March 20-26

The Florida Supreme Court issued two opinions from March 20-26. As of March 26, the court issued 21 opinions in 2023 — 16 fewer than this point a year ago. The two opinions are below:

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The Independent UK

Trump rival DeSantis says Florida will not ‘extradite’ former president over hush money indictment

Mr Trump has become first former president indicted with criminal charges

The Independent UK

Florida OKs bill to carry concealed guns without a permit

Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill the Legislature is sending to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

Orlando Sentinel

Untangling DeSantis-Disney legal dispute could take years

ORLANDO, Fla. — If they go to court, Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked oversight board might be in for a multimillion-dollar legal slugfest that could last years.

Reason

DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Rent Control, Preempting Local Zoning Restrictions

The new law would allow developers to build housing on commercially zoned lots provided they include affordable units.

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Grocery wars: Publix will face off with Kroger in Kentucky, but will it stop there?

Publix is heading into Kroger country with an expansion to Kentucky this year, but industry experts say they don’t see the Florida grocery giant expanding far beyond the Southeast anytime soon.

Miami Herald

Florida grand jury focused on unaccompanied migrant children, blasts feds in new report

MIAMI — In a stunning report that may spark new hostilities between the Biden Administration and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s statewide prosecutor Thursday explicitly accused federal immigration authorities of “human trafficking” in their oversight of unaccompanied migrant children in the state.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida lawmakers OK carrying guns without a permit

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill Thursday allowing Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training, disappointing gun violence prevention activists while falling short of what some Second Amendment advocates wanted.

Daily Mirror

Killer whale Lolita in captivity for 50 'miserable' years to FINALLY be freed

Miserable Lolita the Orca has been forced to perform for millions of spectators at the decaying Miami Seaquarium in Florida, US, since the 1970s - but now in a 'historic' agreement the 57-year-old will finally be freed

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How Disney's lawyers brutally mauled DeSantis over control of Disney World

Did you really believe that Florida's arrogant, petty, childish Gov. Ron DeSantis would get the better of Walt Disney Co. in their fight over Disney's supposed "wokeness"?

Texas Observer

The Voting Vendor in Reality Winner’s Leak Is Coming to Texas

Whistleblower Reality Winner started conversations about election tech supplier VR Systems which remain controversial to this day.

Cinemablend

Disney World's Battle With Florida Is Getting Wild As Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Daughter Is Now Involved. No, Really.

Disney World has seemingly used a somewhat obscure common law concept to try and retain control following a new Florida law.

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