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DeSantis declares emergency as storm expected to hit Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 24 counties as Tropical Storm Ian gathers strength over the Caribbean and is expected to bring heavy rain and hurricane-force winds to the state next week

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Ian poised to become Category 4 hurricane, threaten Florida

Officials are urging Floridians to use this weekend to prepare for an intense hurricane to strike.

Axios

A ‘partisan coup’ or ‘bold action’? How DeSantis keeps suspending elected officials not charged with crimes

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued an expansive view of his executive authority, ordering high-profile removals of local elected officials who haven’t been charged with crimes.

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United States historian says Mary Brickell of Albury is a forgotten magnate of Miami, Florida

The history books may have overlooked her, but a move to the United States saw Albury's Mary Brickell taking the reins and building real estate in what later became Miami.

ABC News

Major Hurricane Ian forecast to hit Florida as DeSantis declares state of emergency

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Caribbean on Friday with a path that could bring it to Florida next week as a major Category 3 hurricane prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency in 24 counties.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis claims it was only the American Revolution that caused people to question slavery

The Florida governor failed to mention abolition movements that preceded the birth of the US by a century

The Independent UK

Florida sheriff’s deputy run over and killed by front-end loader while guarding building site

The suspect in the death of Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick was arrested after a nine-hour manhunt

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Depression forms, forecast to turn into powerful hurricane with South Florida in path

MIAMI — A tropical depression formed Friday morning in the hot waters of the Caribbean, a system that the National Hurricane Center expects to significantly strengthen and make landfall somewhere in Florida around Wednesday — potentially as a Category 3 hurricane.

Miami Herald

Democrats call for justice department to investigate migrant flights

Dozens of Congress members seek inquiry into whether transport of asylum seekers from Florida and Texas broke federal law

The Guardian - US

Florida State gets commitment from 5-star WR Hykeem Williams

Big-time recruiting win for the Seminoles

USA Today Sports Media Group

Worker on front end loader hits, kills Florida deputy

A Florida sheriff’s deputy working an overnight shift to provide safety at a construction zone was struck and killed by a worker operating a front end loader who officials say is in the U.S. illegally

The Independent UK

Aviation company used for migrant flights contributed to DeSantis allies

Vertol Systems Inc also has connections to a Florida official in charge of its current immigration policy

The Guardian - US

Let States Issue Immigration Visas—a Federalist Response to GOP Governors' Migrant Busing Stunts

GOP governors' ploy highlights the value of giving states the power to issue their own migration visas. It can simultaneously ease labor shortages, reduce disorder at the border, enable more migrants to escape poverty and oppression, and help restore the original meaning of the Constitution.

Reason

Florida Lawsuit Around Marijuana & Guns Heats Up: DOJ Compares Cannabis Users To Domestic Abusers

The Department of Justice has struck yet again.

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Miami Herald

Depression forms, forecast to turn into Hurricane Hermine. South Florida in likely path

The Independent UK

Family: Man killed in crash never got air bag recall notice

Florida Highway Patrol troopers who arrived at a crash scene in Pensacola this summer found a 23-year-old Navy officer dead at the wheel with neck wounds that initially looked like a possible shooting

The Independent UK

Sheriff must pay $15M for death of Florida teen outside fair

A Florida sheriff has been ordered by a jury to pay $15 million to the parents of a teenager who died while trying to cross a highway after being kicked out of the state fair by deputies

Daily Mirror

Disney World fans furious as meal price spikes to £570 after Covid closure

Disney World Florida has reopened its Victoria and Albert restaurant following a refurbishment during the coronavirus pandemic, with the new prices causing some eyebrows to be raised

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The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz unlikely to be charged in sex trafficking probe, report says

The Florida congressman has repeatedly denied breaking any laws

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis sued to prevent further migrant flights

DeSantis’s office dismisses the lawsuit as political posturing.

Salon

Ron DeSantis' genius plan goes sideways

Martha's Vineyard gambit looks worse every day — and down at Mar-a-Lago, an embattled orange man loves to see it

Miami Herald

Depression forms, forecast to turn into Hurricane Hermine. South Florida in the cone

Salon

Far right to followers: Don't vote!

White nationalist Nick Fuentes, failed GOP candidate Laura Loomer and Ali Alexander of Stop the Steal all on board

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to answer for the dubious legality of his cruel stunt that dropped two state-funded planeloads of migrants on the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard. At the very least, he appears to have violated the boundaries of the state…

Reuters

Biden to aim at 'bully' DeSantis in Florida, as 2024 looms

Joe Biden will for the first time as U.S. president hold a political rally in a state where he lost in 2020, when he treks to Florida on Tuesday to stage a showdown with potential 2024 rival, fierce critic and possible Trump successor Ron DeSantis.

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