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Bay Area residents charged with traveling to Miami, kidnapping and holding family hostage for $100,000 ransom

Federal prosecutors in Miami, Florida have secured an indictment against six people, including two Bay Area residents, on charges of kidnapping two children and two adults and attempting to collect $100,000 ransom for them, court records show.

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US appeals court upholds Florida transgender toilet policy

LGBTQ groups say transgender people face growing threats of violence and discrimination in the US.

Al Jazeera

Florida’s expanded lobbying ban faces legal challenge. Some officials already resigned

A legal challenge could complicate the future of Florida’s voter-approved, six-year lobbying ban, a long planned change that has likely been responsible for an exodus of high-profile public officials ahead of its taking effect on New Year’s Eve.

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Officials say Bolsonaro may have left Brazil for Florida

The office of Brazil’s vice president says he’s become acting president, an indication that President Jair Bolsonaro has left the country

The Independent UK

NFL quarterback riding jetski rescues Florida helicopter crash passengers

Blaine Gabbert was out on water when helicopter went down in Tampa’s Hillsborough Bay

The Independent UK

Woman's ex-husband fathers baby with new girlfriend - while they all live together

Linda Fruits, 33, from Sunrise, Florida, US, was scrolling TikTok when she realised she was attracted to a woman and had a “sexual awakening”, realising she was a lesbian

Daily Mirror

‘I’ll be crashing on someone’s couch till I get paid’: life as the first Gen Z congressman

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Florida gun-control activist and former Uber driver, won a resounding victory in the US midterms. Now he just has to find somewhere to live

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Couple find missing engagement ring stuck in mum's toilet 21 years after losing it

Nick Day and his wife Shaina, from Florida, lost their engagement ring just before their wedding day but were astonished after a plumber found it lodged in a toilet 21 years later

Daily Mirror

Michael Penix Jr., Huskies overcome adversity in Alamo Bowl win over Texas

SAN ANTONIO — When their flight from Tampa, Florida, was canceled Tuesday, Michael and Takisha Penix — the parents of standout Husky quarterback Michael Penix Jr. — drove for 17 hours to see their son.

Tribune News Service

Aleksander Barkov’s hat trick paves way for Florida Panthers rout over Montreal Canadiens

SUNRISE, Fla. — Have a night, Aleksander Barkov.

Miami Herald

Has Florida reached an endemic stage of COVID?

While thousands of Floridians continue to be infected by coronavirus, state health officials already are treating COVID-19 as an endemic disease — with health experts clinging to hope that it has become more predictable, manageable and less deadly.

Tribune News Service

The Fight Over Kids at Drag Shows Is a Classic Moral Panic

Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.

Reason

Police officer caught on camera dragging handcuffed woman across concrete floor

The methods used by Officer Gregory Damon went directly against Tampa Police Department, Florida, US, policy despite the suspect telling him 'I want you to drag me'

Daily Mirror

Trump began tweeting conspiracy theories about Joe Scarborough at urging of Matt Gaetz, Jan 6 transcripts reveal

Mr Gaetz’s seat representing Florida’s first congressional district was once held by Scarborough, who is now the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe programme

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Los Angeles Times

I'm Mexican American. But the LA City Council audio leak reminded me that I'm Oaxacan too

LOS ANGELES — As a Mexican American, I love being from two worlds. I feel lucky to have been born in Florida, growing up in a beachside city in all the state's humid glory. I feel proud knowing how to make tamales and enchiladas and rooting for two soccer teams…

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Republicans ramp up anti-ESG campaign for 2023

The investing strategy known as ESG is under attack, and virtually no one expects the backlash to die down.

Tribune News Service

Where is Scientology’s David Miscavige? Opposing lawyers want to know

TAMPA, Fla. — The process servers showed up to 10 Church of Scientology properties in Clearwater, Florida, and California with legal documents in hand.

Daily Mirror

Man opens up on moment alligator tore off his arm after stalking him through lake

Eric Merda, 43, says he would now think twice about wading into Florida's Lake Manatee, which was where he nearly died in July this year.

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Orlando Sentinel

Canaveral National Seashore, Playalinda Beach smashed by Hurricane Nicole are ‘not going to be the same’

What makes Canaveral National Seashore so revered in Florida is that visitors can commune with the wildest nature, some two-dozen miles of Atlantic surf rolling onto beaches never reconstructed, far from T-shirt shops and conjuring a sense of before European conquest.

Tribune News Service

Florida is the fastest-growing state in the nation, census estimates show

It’s not your imagination: People really are flocking to Florida.

Miami Herald

Florida investigating ‘Drag Queen Christmas’ show. It was billed as ‘adult content’

Florida’s top business regulators are investigating complaints against “A Drag Queen Christmas” annual event in Fort Lauderdale that, according to the organizer, required attendees who were minors to be accompanied by a parent and warned about “adult themes and content.”

The Orange County Register

Disneyland issues ‘Courtesy’ warning after increase in fights at Disney theme parks

Disneyland has followed the lead of Walt Disney World in issuing a new “Courtesy” warning after a string of fights, brawls and screaming matches in recent months have damaged the family-friendly reputation of Disney’s theme parks in Anaheim and Florida.

Tribune News Service

Inmate planned to use stimulus check to pay hit man to kill Florida judge, feds say

A Florida prison inmate pleaded guilty to engineering a murder-for-hire plot that would have used federal stimulus money to pay for killing a judge and his family, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida.

Los Angeles Times

Bob Marley's grandson Joseph 'Jo Mersa' Marley dies at 31 in Florida

Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley, a reggae singer-songwriter and grandson of Bob Marley, was found dead in Miami-Dade County on Dec. 26, according to reports.

The Independent UK

Florida police officer filmed dragging handcuffed woman on the ground is fired

Officer Gregory Damon violated Tampa Police Department’s policies, an internal investigation found

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