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Sources familiar with the meeting told several outlets that Trump is looking for help from the Florida Governor to raise money for his campaign before the election.
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What do you do when there’s a loud noise at your door that causes your dogs to start acting crazy? That’s just what happened to a woman who lives in Indian River Colony Club in Viera. She went to her front door to check it out, and that’s when she discovered a massive alligator that decided to drop by uninvited.
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Its a wide-ranging bill and would also ban local regulation of electric-vehicle charging stations.
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A new abortion law goes into effect in Florida on Wednesday. It will sharply restrict the procedure after six weeks. Floridas new law includes exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities and the life of the mother.
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) Jackson Lewis, 19, was booked in Mobile County Metro Jail on Tuesday, for allegedly selling fentanyl on Mary G. Montgomery High School grounds. He was already out on bond for giving fentanyl to his 15-year-old girlfriend, who was found dead due to an overdose, in 2022, and law enforcement officials and []
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BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) The #0222 Escambia Bay Shellfish Harvest Area is precautionarily closing at sunset on Wednesday, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. A press release from FDACS said they are closing the harvest area at sunset on Wednesday, May 1, due to a sewage spill. This will close []
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Since the start of 2024, 10 Indian students have died across the country due to suicide, accidental overdose, or disappearing, with their bodies found days later.
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A bill waiting to be signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis would strip the term climate change from much of state law.
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A Florida State University spokesperson identified the victim as 20-year-old Elizabeth Ellie Sims.
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Planned Parenthood said its been busy in the last month contacting patients to let them know the new law taking effect.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed sweeping agriculture bill meant in part to ban the sale of lab-grown meat in the state.
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Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, overriding the 15-week ban that had been in place in the state. CBS News Miami reporter Morgan Rynor has more on the law and the constitutional amendment on abortion that Florida voters will consider in the fall.