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The MEGA MILLIONS® jackpot has been rolling since February 19, 2021, resulting in an estimated $430 million jackpot for the Friday, May 14 drawing!
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5/13/21
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According to Employ Florida, there are more than 400,000 available jobs across the state for job seekers. Florida businesses and employers are hiring across the state...
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5/13/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) —
A divided board of Florida game regulators took a tentative step Wednesday that might eventually allow fishermen to catch and kill goliath groupers, a fish that was …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/12/21
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The theme of 2021 Older Americans Month (OAM) is Communities of Strength, recognizing the important role older adult...
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5/12/21
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Residents of a Florida neighborhood say they are beset by an invasion of turkey vultures that are damaging homes and causing major messes.
Resident Judy Oliveri told that her …
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5/12/21
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MIAMI (AP) — A 28-year-old woman who wanted to promote her Instagram page attempted to blend in with students at a Miami-area high school, police said.
Monday's stunt at American Senior High …
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5/12/21
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A man long suspected in the disappearance of a woman whose toddler was found wandering alone in the parking lot of a South Florida apartment complex now faces a second-degree …
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5/12/21
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police officers fatally shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex in Boynton Beach, investigators said.
The call came in just …
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5/12/21
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman faces a possible life sentence for selling drugs that led to a man's fatal overdose.
Joamary Rosario, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Tampa federal court to …
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5/12/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — During the gloomiest stretches of the pandemic, Dr. Diona Krahn's veterinary clinic has been a puppy fest, overrun with new four-legged patients.
Typically, she’d …
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By KELLI KENNEDY
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5/12/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Tuesday evening in response to gasoline shortages caused the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers.
The …
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5/11/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights groups are seeking to invalidate a freshly signed Florida law that takes aim at demonstrations that turn violent, arguing in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday …
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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5/11/21
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's school voucher program will be significantly expanded after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that increases eligibility to attend private …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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5/11/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The superintendent of the Florida school district who was indicted on a perjury charge by a grand jury investigating the 2018 school massacre in Parkland will leave his …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/11/21
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police said a Dunkin’ store employee fatally punched a 77-year-old customer in Florida after the employee said the man repeatedly used a racial slur against him.
The victim, …
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5/11/21
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly women’s group …
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By FREIDA FRISARO and CODY JACKSON
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5/11/21
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 52-year-old teacher was sentenced to 15 years in prison for secretly recording videos of students as they changed clothes in his fashion design classroom at a Florida high …
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5/11/21
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ST. JOHNS, Fla. (AP) — Classmates, friends and family members gathered for a candlelight vigil in honor of a 13-year-old cheerleader whose body was found in the northeast Florida woods. Authorities …
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5/11/21
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MIAMI (AP) — Officials at Zoo Miami have been welcoming critically endangered baby Orinoco crocodiles over the past week.
The mother laid 45 eggs on Feb. 5 at the South Florida park, and they …
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5/11/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida detectives have cleared Palm Beach County prosecutors and sheriff's officials of criminal wrongdoing in connection with their handling of wealthy and prominent …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/10/21
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