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Student activists disrupt Florida 15-week abortion ban hearing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Activists with Students for a Democratic Society disrupted a Florida House committee meeting Thursday while lawmakers took up a controversial bill banning abortions after 15 weeks.

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Republicans outraise Democrats by 44% in Florida state legislative races

New campaign finance filings for Florida state legislative races show Republicans leading Democrats in fundraising. Between July 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, Republican candidates outraised Democratic candidates by 44 percent.

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Florida sees highest 7-day COVID death average since October

MIAMI — Florida on Thursday reported 27,533 additional COVID-19 cases and 628 more deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

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Four more bodies found off Florida coast from capsized boat

Discovery brings total to five, but search for survivors will be suspended if new discoveries are not made, says US coast guard

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Florida sheriff fires deputy union head after COVID-19 fight

A Florida sheriff fired the president of his department’s deputies union after a battle over accusations that deputies were not given adequate protective gear against COVID-19

The Independent UK

Coast Guard ending migrant search off Florida coast after 5 bodies found, 34 more feared dead

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing to call off its search Thursday for dozens of migrants who disappeared in the ocean after their boat capsized about 40 miles off Fort Pierce Inlet shortly after it left the Bahamas en route to Florida.

Miami Herald

Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sex, gender

Florida Republicans want to forbid discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools

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NASA Picks Virgin Orbit To Provide Launch Services Through VADR Contract

NASA has selected Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VORB) to provide launch services through Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated Rideshare (VADR) contract. The contract has a five-year ordering period with a maximum total value of $300 million and will be managed by the Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "The VADR…

Benzinga

Coast Guard finds 4 more migrant bodies off Florida coast

The Coast Guard says it has found four more bodies in its search for 38 migrants lost at sea off Florida, for a total of five bodies

The Independent UK

Real estate Q&A: Can live-in boyfriend who doesn’t contribute to expenses make a claim on property?

Q: My widowed sister owns a house in Florida and has no children or will. She has had a live-in boyfriend for 20 years who does not contribute to household expenses. If something happened to her, could he make a claim on her property as a domestic partner or even…

Tribune News Service

Mistaken identity lands Florida man in jail for five days

A South Florida cook says he lived a nightmare recently when police mistook him for a fugitive with the same name, similar looks and almost the same birthday

The Independent UK

Cannabis Industry Lender Chicago Atlantic Anounces $25M Credit Facility To Sanctuary Medicinals

Cannabis-focused commercial real estate finance company Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NASDAQ: REFI) confirmed Thursday it has funded $10 million as the initial advance of a new $25 million senior secured credit facility to Sanctuary Medicinals LLC to support t

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Florida weather forecasters warn of iguanas falling from trees during cold front

Cold-blooded lizards enter frozen state when temperatures plunge

The Independent UK

Trulieve Teams Up With Miami Mango To Bring Its Marijuana To South Florida Market

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) has teamed up with the South Florida-based cannabis company, Miami Mango.

Benzinga

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Prince Andrew's 41 denials in full ahead of bombshell civil trial - and 8 things he admits

Court documents have revealed responses tabled by Prince Andrew's lawyer, Andrew Brettler, to accuser Virginia Giuffre ahead of the court case later in 2022.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Florida denies BKFC booking of Melvin Guillard over health concerns; ABC critical of ‘fighter recycling’

"Commissions will be ready to hold their feet to the fire," should BKFC continue "recycle" MMA fighters, according to the ABC president Mike Mazzulli.

Roll Call

Amid ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ rhetoric, some GOP candidates of color thrive - Roll Call

Wesley Hunt, a Black Republican candidate for an open House seat in Texas, raised more than $1 million in the fourth quarter.

Reason

Brickbat: Get a Grip

The Sunrise, Florida, police department has placed Sgt. Christopher Pullease on paid administrative leave after he was caught on video grabbing another officer by the throat and shoving her against a patrol car. Several officers had just arrested a man for aggravated assault and were placing him in a patrol…

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Want to keep omicron away? Wear a better mask, like the N95

TAMPA, Fla. -- The contagious omicron variant is straining Florida hospitals. Last week, the state averaged nearly 41,300 infections a day. The vaccinated are less likely to suffer serious illness, but can still get infected.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill banning school discussion of sexual identity is pure evil

Why do Floridians have to pay the steep price for the insecurities of white, straight males of the extreme-right Republican persuasion?

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Republicans keep trying to erase history

I was a senior in college when I learned a gay man helped save the world.

The Independent UK

Meet the man who won a trip to space and gave it to a friend

The real winner of a sweepstakes for a ride in space has finally come forward: a Florida-based airline pilot

Miami Herald

Supreme Court prospect Brown Jackson was ‘star in the making’ at her Miami high school

Before Ketanji Brown Jackson was one of the front-runners for a U.S. Supreme Court nomination, she was a speech and debate superstar at Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

Reuters

U.S. Coast Guard reports intercepting 191 Haitians aboard sailing vessel off Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday reported intercepting 191 Haitians aboard an overloaded sailing vessel a day earlier off the Bahamas, a known transit point for sea-borne human smuggling routes operating between the Caribbean and Florida.

Miami Herald

DeSantis: Patients, doctors should decide which COVID therapy is best, not the feds

MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not letting up after the federal government said two of the most common therapies for treating COVID-19 — available until recently — should not be used because they don’t work against the omicron variant.

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