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Warm Water Melts Weak Spots on Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’, Say Scientists

Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of Florida, represents more than half a meter…

Asharq Al-Awsat

10 times Gov. Ron DeSantis changed Florida education

TAMPA, Fla. — Every week, Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to make national education news.

Tribune News Service

Men-of-war are on South Florida beaches. What you need to know to avoid the sting.

Men-of-war are familiar unwanted visitors on shores along Florida beaches in the spring. But recent strong breezes have swept these potentially painful pests our way. Several Florida municipalities have warned of an influx of Portuguese men-of-war on the beaches.

Miami Herald

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Editorial: Republicans’ ominous strategy to thwart criminal justice reform — and democracy

Criminal justice reformers are mistakenly finding comfort in a federal court ruling last month that took Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for removing a twice-elected, reform-oriented county prosecutor from office.

Los Angeles Times

Girl, 5, says she 'looks like a monster' after dog attack leaves her needing 50 stitches

Florian Becker, from Florida, US, has spoken of the moment his five-year-old daughter was mauled by a dog at Hortt Park in Fort Lauderdale which left her needing 50 stitches

Daily Mirror

U.S. arrests 4 in Florida over the assassination of Haitian president

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

WEKU

In Trump probe, US seeks to pierce attorney-client privilege

Justice Department prosecutors investigating the mishandling of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida estate are seeking to pierce the attorney-client privilege

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After a big recovery, the wood stork may soon fly off the endangered species list

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has rebounded dramatically in Florida and other Southern states, officials say.

WEKU

Who is Rachel Schwartz, the veteran and mother who vanished in Florida before being found ‘safe’?

‘Her last message to my dad was that she wanted to come home and she was afraid of her ex,’ sister says before mother found ‘safe’

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis confronted over school safety five years after Parkland shooting

‘We’ve worked hard to bring accountability to folks who maybe could have done something’

The Independent UK

Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis filing appeal to get job back

The elected state prosecutor suspended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is filing an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the governor in a renewed bid to get his job back

The Independent UK

U.S. arrests four more suspects in plot to kill Haitian President Moise

U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in Florida on charges of playing key roles in the plot of the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Murphy says New Jersey will expand AP Black history classes

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses from one school to 26 in New Jersey

The Independent UK

Co Tyrone teen to fly high at cheerleading world championships in Orlando

Talented Ballygawley boy Jack Campbell, 14, will head to Orlando, Florida in April

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2023 NFL draft: All 51 defensive linemen invited to the Scouting Combine

Here are all 51 defensive linemen who have been invited to this year's Scouting Combine.

Tribune News Service

DNA could crack a notorious Florida cold case — with infamous suspects

TAMPA, Fla. — The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away.

Tribune News Service

Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations

TAMPA, Fla. — A man in a wheelchair was left outside a St. Petersburg nursing home on a 95-degree summer day. When the nursing home’s staff discovered him two hours later, he was unresponsive. His body temperature had climbed to 106.

Miami Herald

Call it ‘slavery.’ Call it ‘forced labor.’ A Florida man did it to people who pick melons

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, its big box club offspring, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros Harvesting, a Bartow company run by Bladimir Moreno. If they were, that fruit reached your…

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The Independent UK

Florida mother and Iraq war veteran found ‘safe’ after disappearing after she sent ‘concerned message to father’

‘We want her to know that we love her and we care about her,’ family says ahead of ‘found safe’ announcement

The Guardian - US

Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war’ – it’s fascism

The media’s framing of measures like Florida’s African American studies ban is a dangerous falsification of reality

USA Today Sports Media Group

Tracking 2023’s latest 1st-round projections for the Panthers

Have mock drafters shifted away from projecting quarterbacks to the Panthers? Not really.

Tribune News Service

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DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students

Orlando Sentinel

Florida judge dismisses voter fraud case from DeSantis-touted arrests

ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County judge Monday dismissed a voter fraud case brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election crimes office, finding statewide prosecutors lacked the authority to charge the Orlando defendant.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the College Board over Florida rejecting the AP African American studies course escalated Monday with DeSantis threatening to drop the organization’s Advanced Placement classes from Florida high schools.

Salon

Florida GOP bill may "intimidate" voters

Republicans slammed for "seeking to change the law after the courts said no"

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