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COVID positivity rates across South Florida fall below 5%; total deaths in state surpass 70,000

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The COVID-19 testing positivity rate has fallen below 5% in South Florida’s three counties — a level at which public health experts say the virus is considered under control — according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Tribune News Service

Luxury penthouse on top of famous Tiffany's jewellery building on sale for $17.5m

The exquisite home in Palm Beach, Florida stretches 13,000 sq ft and has five bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms and its very own lift

Daily Mirror

A Republican tried to soften Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill. That didn’t work out

A Republican state senator offered an amendment to the so-called “don’t say gay” bill Monday in an attempt to reduce partisan tensions over one of the most controversial measures of the legislative session.

Miami Herald

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Fla.'s Deutch won't seek reelection; 31st House Dem to leave

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida says he will not seek reelection in the fall

The Independent UK

‘Don’t say gay’ is having a moment. Messaging matters in Florida politics.

TAMPA, Fla. — As Florida’s legislative session opened in January, Republican lawmakers quickly made clear their plans to advance “parental rights in education.”

Tribune News Service

Nigel Farage’s American life: Between statesman and culture warrior

At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Richard Hall speaks to the former UKIP leader

The Independent UK

These companies celebrate LGBT+ people. They also back politicians behind a bill to ‘erase’ them from schools

Disney and major corporate donors gave thousands of dollars to Florida Republicans supporting so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation, Alex Woodward reports

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Iguana killers: Hunts around South Florida backyards become a tourist attraction

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Standing in a boat in suburban Fort Lauderdale, Chris Whitaker aimed a .25-caliber air rifle at a large green iguana on a canal bank and squeezed the trigger.

Tribune News Service

Climate change has ‘irreversibly’ changed Florida, a new global report says

MIAMI — Unchecked climate change has already changed Florida permanently and irreversibly — and the world has a limited window to stop it from getting worse, according to a new global report from the world’s top scientists.

Miami Herald

Cannabis Company Right On Brands To Open New Dispensary In Miami, Florida

Cannabis company Right on Brands, Inc. (OTC: RTON) entered into an agreement with a new a partner for the first ENDO Dispensary and Wellness location outside of Texas. The store will be located at 8255 Dixie Way, Miami, Florida 33143.

Benzinga

Americans should not be concerned about potential nuclear war, Biden says – as it happened

Biden’s comments come one day after Vladimir Putin directed Russian military leaders to transfer the country’s nuclear weapons to a “special mode of combat duty”.

The Guardian - US

Florida Rep. Ted Deutch to leave Congress, run Jewish advocacy group

Rep. Ted Deutch, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, will resign later this year to become CEO of the American Jewish Committee.

Roll Call

MedMen To Sell Florida Operations, Plans To Launch Global Trademark Licensing Program

Cannabis retailer MedMen Enterprises Inc. (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) is selling its Florida assets to Florida-based private company Green Sentry Holdings LLC for $83 million.

Benzinga

These corporations celebrate LGBT+ people. They also back politicians behind a bill to ‘erase’ them from schools

Disney and major corporate donors gave thousands of dollars to Florida Republicans supporting so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Watch newly crowned world champion Jimmy Kilrain Kelly spar with Tyson Fury as a teenager

Kelly joined his fellow Wythenshawe native on the world stage after a stunning win over Kanat Islam in Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

Native Florida yaupon ‘tea’ business sprouts into $1 million business with new café

ORLANDO, Fla. — A former Volusia County beach cop who forages for his crop through woods and his partners have turned leaves once used by Native Americans in medicine and ceremonies into a big business for caffeine-craving customers.

Orlando Sentinel

New attractions manage to debut despite pandemic challenges

ORLANDO, Fla. — The pandemic put the tourism industry in a holding pattern, but some attractions pushed through and planned their debuts despite the uncertainty. Fresh new offerings — including a mind-bender on International Drive and a simulated intergalactic experience — are beginning to blossom in Central Florida.

Tribune News Service

Only in South Florida: These 7 destinations are iconic with a kitschy twist

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Surprise! There’s more to South Florida than eating out and going to the pool.

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Orlando Sentinel

Florida lands 9 beaches on TripAdvisor’s best US beach list for 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. — Often lauded among best beach awards, a strip of Florida shoreline near Sarasota has once again set itself up for success as Siesta Beach was the only Sunshine State location to make the Top 10 of the annual TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards.

Orlando Sentinel

Some fear ‘chilling effect’ as Florida advances ‘don’t say gay,’ ‘anti-woke’ laws

ORLANDO, Fla. — A short educational cartoon on civil rights upset a Seminole County mother, who complained it was “racially divisive” and its drawing of a gay pride flag wrongly introduced sex education to her son.

Irish Mirror

Shane Lowry gutted to have PGA Tour victory 'stolen' from him at the end in Florida

The Clara man moves to 35th in the world and to 46th in the Fed Ex standings on the back of finishing second in the Honda Classic, but was left to rue what might have been

Asharq Al-Awsat

Canada Closes Airspace to All Russian Carriers

Canada has closed its airspace to all Russian carriers in protest at the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ottawa announced Sunday. But the ban was quickly tested when, according to Canadian officials, a plane operated by Russian airline Aeroflot flew over the country. Aeroflot flight 111 had departed Miami, Florida, bound…

The Guardian - US

Trump ignores Farage – and risks midterm elections farrago – with insistence on big lie

Analysis: His British friend tried to help but the former president did not want to forget his voter fraud obsession and focus on the future. CPAC loved it but Republicans hoping to take Congress know they are courting disaster

Orlando Sentinel

CPAC attendees back Trump for president, DeSantis as 2nd choice

ORLANDO, Fla. — As the Conservative Political Action Committee conference wrapped up Sunday in Orlando, a straw poll revealed former President Donald Trump retained strong support among Republicans for another White House bid, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a clear second choice.

Salon

Owens' off the rails CPAC rant

Grizzly mamas and happiness schools: CPAC takes on education

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