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Rollout of NASA's new moon rocket to launch pad delayed at least a month

The highly anticipated rollout of NASA's big new moon rocket to its launch pad in Florida for final tests before a first flight has been delayed by at least a month, until March at the earliest, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Winners and Losers from National Signing Day 2022

So much for the 'boring' National Signing Day.

Sports Illustrated

Florida Senate panel votes down exceptions for rape, incest in 15-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Senate committee voted Wednesday against including exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Orlando Sentinel

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Manatees still starving to death, despite government intervention

A catastrophic die-off of manatees has continued this winter, despite the unprecedented intervention of state and federal wildlife agencies to save one of Florida’s most beloved animals.

Tribune News Service

HBCU bomb threat caller described elaborate plot: police

A police chief says a caller who threatened to blow up a historically Black university in Florida described an elaborate plot involving seven bombs hidden in duffel bags and backpacks around the campus perimeter

The Independent UK

Florida GOP rejects rape exception in 15-week abortion ban

Florida Republicans have rejected a move to create exemptions for rape, incest and human trafficking in their proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks

The Independent UK

Parkland, Florida, school shooter's trial delayed again

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be delayed until April

The Independent UK

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Technology helps offer 3D-printed homes as an option for ownership

OCALA, Florida — For Apis Cor, a construction company based in Melbourne, Fla., building certain kinds of homes relies an awful lot on a key team member named Frank.

Los Angeles Times

Florida sports betting initiative fails to submit enough signatures to qualify for 2022 ballot; casino expansion initiative campaign sues over petition validation process

Two ballot measures in Florida concerning sports betting (sponsored by Florida Education Champions) and additional casinos (sponsored by Florida Voters in Charge) failed to qualify for the 2022 ballot. Each initiative needed 891,589 signatures to be validated by county elections officials by Feb. 1. Florida also has a signature distribution…

Ballotpedia

Florida rallies to win Sea Best Invitational while North Florida’s Nick Gabrelcik repeats as individual champion

It was UF’s fifth victory in the tournament hosted by Jacksonville University, first since 2017.

USA Today Sports Media Group

EXCLUSIVE: Muscle Maker's Pokemoto Expands Into Florida With Three New Franchise Agreements

Muscle Maker Inc's (NASDAQ: GRIL) subsidiary Pokemoto has signed three new franchise agreements in southwest Florida, bringing the total of new franchise and development agreements signed to 30 since November 2021.

Benzinga

Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms celebrate 25 books

When Tim Dorsey started writing his first novel, "Florida Roadkill," in about 1997, it had a bad guy named Serge Storms. In the first draft, the plan was to kill him off.

Tribune News Service

Fabiola Santiago: Gov. DeSantis is no victim. His rhetoric enables hateful acts like Nazi rally

No, Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s no coincidence that, only days apart, antisemitic flyers were hurled out of a passing car in Miami Beach while in Central Florida neo-Nazis staged rallies last weekend.

Miami Herald

A decade after her death, a rare look at young Whitney Houston in new book by Florida photographer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the 10th anniversary of Whitney Houston’s death on Feb. 11 approaches, it is natural to focus on the mercurial singer’s tragic coda, the conclusion face down in a hotel bathtub at age 48.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

¿Pueden Biden y los gobernadores republicanos trabajar juntos para implementar la ley de infraestructura?

WASHINGTON— El presidente Joe Biden y los gobernadores republicanos rara vez coinciden en algo.

The Independent UK

Florida GOP election police bill clears committee

Florida Republicans have advanced a voting law package that would establish a police unit for election crimes, embracing a proposal pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis

Tribune News Service

Manatee deaths lead to lawsuit from conservation groups, saying US didn’t protect their habitat

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Conservation groups sued the federal government Tuesday over last year’s record manatee deaths, saying the government failed to follow the law by designating protected habitat for the marine mammals.

Miami Herald

Florida gets another $404 million for climate change prep. It needs billions more

The most vulnerable state in the nation is finally getting a billion-dollar boost to its plans to protect itself against the rising sea, the tip of the trillion-dollar iceberg of climate change expenses the state faces.

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The Guardian - US

Lone survivor of migrant boat: ‘Mentally I was suffering … but I did not lose hope’

Colombian Juan Esteban Montoya Caicedo says 15 other migrants clung to upturned vessel but gradually slipped away

Tribune News Service

Florida reports 20,071 new COVID-19 cases; hospitalizations down 21% in a week

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida reported 20,071 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as the number of patients in the hospital with the virus declined to its lowest level since Jan. 5, federal data shows.

The Independent UK

Florida governor considering punishment for Broward sheriff

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will decide soon whether to suspend a major county’s sheriff after state investigators found he lied on police applications about killing someone as a teen, his past drug use and his driving record

The Independent UK

Florida Nazi rally prompts outrage and angry defence from DeSantis

The governor said his political opponents were trying to use the incident to smear him

USA Today Sports Media Group

Florida State Football Schedule 2022: 3 Things To Know

Florida State football schedule. The 2022 schedule with 3 things to know

Tribune News Service

Manatee deaths lead to lawsuit from conservation groups

The Independent UK

Manatees in Florida need greater protection, lawsuit says

Environmental groups say Florida’s manatees are dying at a record rate and need federal protection for their seaside habitat

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