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Many injured after drone crashes into crowd at Florida Christmas show

A festive Christmas event in Florida turned into a scene of chaos on Monday evening when a drone crashed into a crowd of spectators, leaving many injured. Emergency services quickly responded to the scene, providing medical attention to the injured and transporting several to nearby hospitals. The Florida incident has reignited debates about the regulation of drones during public events …

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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ground spreader. Scott has compared Chinese drones to spy balloons that could “gather data or carry harmful payloads” across America, posing risks to military bases, critical infrastructure …

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14 hours, 20 minutes ago

Panthers use short-handed goals to beat Lightning 4-2 in opener of home-and-home set

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart in the second period to help the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday to open a home-and-home series. With Tampa Bay on a power play midway through the second, Nikita Kucherov fanned on an entry play, with Greer taking the puck and …

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1 day, 10 hours ago

Lara Trump Withdraws from Florida Senate Race

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday that she is removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator -- ending speculation that she could replace Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration's secretary of state. "After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I …

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Lara Trump says she’s removing herself from consideration to be Florida senator

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said Saturday that she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator — ending speculation that she could replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration’s secretary of state. “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have …

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1 day, 15 hours ago

Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump, shown at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2023, is stocking his Cabinet with Floridians. The nation under President-elect Donald Trump will look far more like Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by painting her as an out-of-touch California liberal. “These are all folks born and raised in our state and are …

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Lara Trump withdraws from consideration to replace Rubio in U.S. Senate

The Hindu

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday she has removed her name from consideration to replace outgoing U.S. Rubio was picked by Trump to serve as secretary of state. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will pick a replacement for Rubio, who is expected to resign as senator when Trump takes office on Jan. 20. There was speculation that …

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1 day, 16 hours ago

Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump announces she won't be next Florida Senator

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, whom Trump made co-chair of the Republican National Committee, announced on Saturday she is no longer in consideration for the role of Senator in Florida. Trump team members openly floated the idea of Ron DeSantis appointing Lara Trump to replace Marco Rubio as a Senator in Florida. "After an incredible amount of thought, …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Sammie Puisis scores 23 points, Mputu adds 17 to help South Florida top No. 9 Duke women 65-56

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! TAMPA, Fla. — Sammie Puisis scored nine of her 23 points in the final seven minutes to help South Florida hold off ninth-ranked Duke for a 65-56 victory on Saturday. Toby Fournier led Duke with 11 points and eight rebounds, but the cold-shooting Blue Devils …

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Former Oregon football signee Dallas Wilson visits Florida and gets full-court recruiting press

Associated Press

Fla. — Former Oregon signee Dallas Wilson, a five-star receiver from Tampa, is getting the full-court press from Florida. A day after Wilson watched the Gators beat Tulane in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, he made an official visit to Gainesville and was given a front-row seat to Florida’s basketball game against North Florida. The 6-foot-3 Wilson, who caught 41 …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

Republican Senator Marco Rubio's son Anthony sends college football teammates wild with first touchdown

Daily Mail

The son of a United States Senator scored his first collegiate touchdown on Friday night, sending his teammates wild. And Anthony Rubio - the son of Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio - saw action late in the game as he punched in a nine-yard touchdown. Rubio's teammates mobbed him in the end zone after the score, as Florida's bench cleared …

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2 days, 10 hours ago

Florida students are giving up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons their schools don’t teach

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statutes of Confederate soldiers that still stand watch over town squares, the old plantations turned into modern subdivisions that bear the same name. Florida has required public schools to teach African American history for …

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Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Associated Press

LYONS, Ga. — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. It is emotionally draining.” Farmer Chris Hopkins stands in one of his cotton fields before being harvested, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, near Lyons, Ga. Farmer Chris Hopkins stands in one of …

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Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

LA Times

A machine works in a field of cotton near Lyons, Ga. Hurricane Helene ripped through blooming cotton fields, pecan orchards laden with nuts and fields where fall vegetables like cucumbers and squash awaited picking. Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

Real estate brothers Oren and Alon Alexander remain in custody on sex trafficking and rape charges

Associated Press

MIAMI — Prominent real estate broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon will remain in custody following their initial court appearance in Miami on Friday. Last week, another judge in Miami rejected a $115 million bail package proposed by their older brother Tal Alexander that would have allowed all three men who are prominent in luxury real estate in …

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LIV adds Florida State alum for second signing of a young player

Associated Press

LIV Golf is looking younger as it adds new players to the team rosters, the most recent Friday when the Cleeks announced it was signing Fredrik Kjetterup of Denmark, who finished among the top 10 in the PGA Tour University ranking at Florida State. The Iron Heads two weeks ago signed 22-year-old Yubin Jang, the Korean Tour’s player of the …

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Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida agriculture suffered more than $190 million in losses from Hurricane Milton, making it the costliest for farmers and ranchers of three cyclones that pummeled the state in 2024, according to University of Florida researchers. When all the data is in, the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences estimates the losses from Milton could reach …

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Takeaways from AP’s story on the Miccosukee’s fight to protect the Everglades

Associated Press

EVERGLADES, Fla. — The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has long fought to heal and protect the Everglades and what remains of their ancestral lands. Curtis Osceola, right, chief of staff for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, speaks to members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and …

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In Florida, the Miccosukee fight to protect the Everglades in the face of climate change

Associated Press

EVERGLADES, Fla. — As a boy, when the water was low Talbert Cypress from the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida rummaged through the Everglades’ forests, swam in its swampy ponds and fished in its canals. Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank, top left, rides an airboat with members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local …

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Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache

Daily Mail

On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys dressed in black trench coats went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in what was at one time the deadliest school shooting in American history. Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz researched the 1999 massacre before gunning down 17 people at his Florida high school Investigators said that Cruz, who was sentenced to …

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Pizza Express takes on America! UK chain to open new Florida branch

Daily Mail

The UK's beloved Pizza Express is taking on America with a new restaurant opening in Florida. UK chain Pizza Express is set to open its first restaurant in America Meanwhile, Vik Patel, President and CEO of Purple Square Management Company said: 'This is a full circle moment to bring a brand I've loved and grown up with in London to …

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'We're working class people, how are we supposed to pay?': Family of sick British grandmother stuck in Florida hospital with no travel insurance hit back at critics of their fundraiser to fly her home

Daily Mail

With her health in decline, 76-year-old Patricia Bunting was determined to have one final foreign holiday with her grandson William, who is 23 and has autism. With her health in decline, 76-year-old Patricia Bunting was determined to have one final foreign holiday with her grandson William, who is 23 and has autism But Patricia has been hospitalised since November 23 …

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Inside the daring rescue mission to save two NASA astronauts stranded in space for almost a year

Daily Mail

Two NASA astronauts trapped on the International Space Station since June have been dealt another blow as their rescue mission is delayed once again. Veteran astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the ISS aboard Boeing's doomed Starliner capsule with plans to stay for just eight days. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only meant to spend a …

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Takeaways from AP’s story on Everglades restoration efforts

Associated Press

EVERGLADES, Fla. — The Everglades in South Florida were once about twice the size of New Jersey. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Fog blankets a section of Florida’s Everglades National Park at daybreak on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works on the construction of the Everglades Agricultural …

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Many injured after drone crashes into crowd at Florida Christmas show

Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

Panthers use short-handed goals to beat Lightning 4-2 in opener of home-and-home set

Lara Trump Withdraws from Florida Senate Race

Lara Trump says she’s removing herself from consideration to be Florida senator

Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

Lara Trump withdraws from consideration to replace Rubio in U.S. Senate

Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump announces she won't be next Florida Senator

Sammie Puisis scores 23 points, Mputu adds 17 to help South Florida top No. 9 Duke women 65-56

Former Oregon football signee Dallas Wilson visits Florida and gets full-court recruiting press

Republican Senator Marco Rubio's son Anthony sends college football teammates wild with first touchdown

Florida students are giving up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons their schools don’t teach

Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South

Real estate brothers Oren and Alon Alexander remain in custody on sex trafficking and rape charges

LIV adds Florida State alum for second signing of a young player

Florida agriculture hit with $190M losses from Hurricane Milton

Takeaways from AP’s story on the Miccosukee’s fight to protect the Everglades

In Florida, the Miccosukee fight to protect the Everglades in the face of climate change

Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache

Pizza Express takes on America! UK chain to open new Florida branch

'We're working class people, how are we supposed to pay?': Family of sick British grandmother stuck in Florida hospital with no travel insurance hit back at critics of their fundraiser to fly her home

Inside the daring rescue mission to save two NASA astronauts stranded in space for almost a year

Takeaways from AP’s story on Everglades restoration efforts