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Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole uncovered an 1800s shipwreck on the beach where it was first discovered in 1987.
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The Backyard at Pete’s Bar is the latest in more than $600,000 that has been spent to refurbish the landmark bar.
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Lash, the zoo's oldest silverback gorilla, had lived at the zoo since 1998. He was 46.
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Dish customers may have noticed the absence of FOX30 in their channel list. That's because Dish dropped Cox Media stations during a contract dispute between the corporations.
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Damien Deshaun Dennis has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after using fake documents to take out a $20,000 loan at Community First Credit Union. Another branch got suspicious when he tried to do it again.
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Two juvenile Galapagos tortoises were stolen Wednesday from their fenced-in enclosure at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.
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The number of reported offenses fell 3.41% from 2020 to 2021, but data about which crimes rose or fell isn't available yet.
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Voters will know in the next three weeks how Jacksonville's City Council districts will be configured in the spring elections.
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A 10-year-old program begun by Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver will end Saturday, but Citibank will step in to keep the benefit alive.
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Superintendent Diana Greene told principals the decision to split ties with JASMYN was a reaction to inappropriate "program materials." The move came after coverage by two conservative media outlets.
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Critics say the proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis could be used to censor certain viewpoints.
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Florida has an exploding population on the coast, while climate change raises the risk of hurricanes with deadly coastal flooding. That combination may one day force the conversation on retreating from these dangerous places, but for now, the focus remains on how we will rebuild.
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They include feeding lettuce for the second straight year, as poor water quality and algae blooms have depleted seagrass beds that provide a key food source for manatees in the Indian River Lagoon.
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Hurricane Ian dealt a major blow to Florida’s already crippled property insurance market. The Category 4 storm is expected to go down as one of the costliest in U.S. history, and that’s expected to drive more of the state’s private insurers out of business.
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Spending by groups supporting Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has more than doubled contributions from groups backing Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
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After Republicans won a super majority in the Florida legislature, some conservative groups hoped that might open the door to passing further restrictions on abortion. But as the state’s new leaders met for a recent organizational session, abortion legislation was not named among their top priorities.
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A federal appeals court refused an injunction sought by the Brevard County chapter of Moms for Liberty, which sued over restrictions on comments at school board meetings.
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Calling declines in the manatee population since 2017 “dramatic” a coalition of groups have petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protections for the aquatic mammal.
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The Agency for Health Care Administration oversees a Medicaid program that had grown to more than 5.53 million beneficiaries, as well as hospitals, nursing homes and most other health care facilities in Florida.
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Health experts are encouraging people to get the booster to help prevent another holiday surge, but many people have not answered the call.
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The ATM created by art collective MSCHF puts the cash balance of those who use it on display at the Art Basel in Miami Beach and ranks people by wealth.
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Ambulance parts, air filtration systems, and much more: The state of New York auctions equipment purchased for the COVID pandemic that it no longer needs.
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Gun-related deaths have risen dramatically since 2004. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to researcher Eric Fleegler about a recent study of these deaths, looking at the last 30 years.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was in New Orleans yesterday, the first visit by a French President in nearly 50 years.
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There were a record number of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2021. The Biden administration says it is making progress slowing the rate of deaths linked to fentanyl.
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Cases of Mpox, which was previously named monkeypox, peaked in August and fell steadily over the past months to a daily average of seven new cases by the end of November.
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Makers of products like Children's Tylenol say they're trying to keep up with big demand as RSV, flu, and COVID spread. But medical experts note that kids' fevers don't always call for medicine.
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In Los Angeles County, tenant protections that have kept families housed during the pandemic are set to end Dec. 31. That means more than 30,000 households could face eviction by the end of the year.
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Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.
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The success of the men's squad in Qatar will bring players on the women's team more money than they were rewarded for winning the 2019 tournament.
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