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Would Florida higher ed proposals protect students or destroy state universities?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lawmakers are weighing sweeping changes to Florida’s higher education system, including weakening tenure protections for faculty, putting a microscope on certain programs and specifying how United States history must be taught in core courses.

Orlando Sentinel

12-year-old and 17-year-old arrested in Florida murder; search continues for third suspect

ORLANDO, Fla. — Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods on Friday announced the arrest of a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old as well as the search for a third suspect in connection with the murder of three minors in Ocklawaha last week.

Orlando Sentinel

Ex-soldier with Jan. 6 ties gets 7 years prison in Tampa case

TAMPA, Fla. — Jeremy Brown, the retired U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant ensnared in a federal investigation of the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, received a sentence of seven years in federal prison Friday for having two illegal guns, a set of hand grenades and…

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DeSantis: I’ll kill Reedy Creek deal, consider hotel tax and tolls at Disney World

ORLANDO, Fla. — Escalating an already hot feud, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he plans to work with the Legislature to void the Reedy Creek deal with Disney that stripped the new board of its power and consider hotel taxes and tolls at Disney World.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida health officials removed key data from COVID vaccine report

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in October that young men should not get the COVID-19 vaccine, guidance that runs counter to medical advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Taylor Swift has made Tampa taxpayers $730,000. Here are the receipts

TAMPA, Fla. — When Taylor Swift breezes through Tampa next week for a sold-out three-night stand at Raymond James Stadium, she’s poised to rake in a lot of dough.

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Why Bucs should consider Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker in NFL draft

TAMPA, Fla. — He is older than Kyle Trask and less than three years younger than Baker Mayfield. He can’t work out due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered nearly five months ago.

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Religious leaders fear Florida bill could make it a crime to take immigrants to church

ORLANDO, Fla. — Some Florida church leaders fear a proposed crackdown championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis could criminalize giving immigrants without legal status rides to services, Sunday school or doctor’s appointments.

Orlando Sentinel

Four fights, 144 penalty minutes and 56 saves for Lyon: Panthers win wild one against Senators

SUNRISE, Fla. — With every save, FLA Live Arena got closer and closer to exploding. Alex Lyon, who was just a few weeks ago an afterthought and now the crux of the Florida Panthers’ late-season push for the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, darted from side to side and turned away…

Miami Herald

Magic sit starters, drop final home game to Cavaliers

ORLANDO, Fla. — Even after being eliminated from postseason contention, the Orlando Magic still had something to play for in Thursday’s 118-94 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Orlando Sentinel

Here’s what safety Ryan Neal will bring to Bucs’ defense

TAMPA, Fla. ― It’s a name game that could get confusing. The Bucs haven’t re-signed free-agent safety Logan Ryan. They lost safety Keanu Neal to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Disney names chief brand officer as company faces scrutiny over politics, content

ORLANDO, Fla. — As it faces criticism from conservatives of its politics and content, the Walt Disney Company has appointed Asad Ayaz, a marketing and publicity veteran of Disney’s film and TV series division, as its first chief brand officer.

Orlando Sentinel

‘I hope it is hell’: Life sentences for 3 men convicted of gunning down rapper XXXTentacion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The three men convicted of gunning down rapper XXXTentacion during a 2018 heist will spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

Miami Herald

Florida lawmakers try ‘accountability’ measures for insurance reforms

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After years of giving Florida’s homeowners insurance companies largely what they wanted in an effort to stem rapidly rising premiums and insurer insolvencies, state lawmakers introduced a new approach this week: “insurer accountability.”

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Florida’s brutal drought worsens; Orlando has hottest start to year on record

ORLANDO, Fla. — With less than 2 inches of rain this year, Orlando is enduring its second driest stretch from Jan. 1 to April 5 since the late 1800s and also its hottest on record for that period.

Los Angeles Times

Kari Lake, Marjorie Taylor Greene bank on defending Trump to boost their political fortunes

PALM BEACH, Fla. — As supporters awaited former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago after his Tuesday arraignment, Kari Lake walked into a ballroom of people cheering and chanting her name.

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Florida concealed carry goes permitless, and gun instructors hope for the best

BRANDON, Fla. — Firearms instructor Brent Adair entered the windowless room behind the modest gun shop and greeted all three students waiting for his 11:30 a.m. concealed carry class.

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Why more Floridians are taking care of someone with dementia

TAMPA, Fla. -- They bonded over a shared love of small business and baseball games in their quiet Iowa town.

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2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season enters April.

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Veterans health accounting move a new headache for appropriators - Roll Call

Debate over how how veterans funding should be provided, specifically aid to veterans exposed to toxins, is an early fiscal 2024 flashpoint.

Miami Herald

Is red tide on Florida’s coast here to stay? What to know about easing the toxic bloom.

SARASOTA, Fla. — With red tide again frustrating beachgoers since October, many residents may be wondering what can be done about it.

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This mural honors 5,000 women who protested fascism in 1937

TAMPA, Fla. — Sarah McNamara was a teenager when she first learned of her great-great grandmother and great aunt’s local activism in the 1930s.

Orlando Sentinel

Magic eliminated from postseason contention with loss to Cavaliers

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic’s 117-113 Thursday home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers had consequences that impacted their chances of qualifying for postseason play.

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Bucs agree to deal with Seahawks safety Ryan Neal

TAMPA, Fla. — Three safeties have left the Bucs via free agency the past two seasons, so it was only a matter of time before they replenished that position.

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Trump, back home at Mar-a-Lago, condemns charges against him as ‘fake case’ aimed at interfering with 2024 election

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump returned to South Florida on Tuesday evening after an early afternoon court appearance in New York where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges.

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