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Florida Nonprofits Hope Hotline Connects Immigrant Detainees, Families
Miami New Times - Florida
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The Florida Immigrant Coalition has launched a new billboard on Interstate 95 and 7th Street accusing authorities of illegally detaining more than 1,000 people at Alligator Alcatraz, the troubled South Florida detention facility. The nonprofit is...
Florida beekeepers thriving, thanks to business accelerator
Okeechobee News - Florida
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By Meredith Bauer UF/IFAS Left to right: Jamie Ellis, Andra Johnson and Amy Vu at the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. [Photo by Cat Wofford, UF/IFAS] Today is National Honey Bee Day. Beekeepers are celebrating the buzzing...
ESPN Projects Florida’s 2025 Bowl Game
Yahoo Sports
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ESPN Projects Florida’s 2025 Bowl Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Florida Gators enter the 2025 college football season with their highest expectations since Billy Napier took over as head coach three years ago. Florida is ranked...
A Florida Mom Is Suing a Dairy Farm After She Consumed Raw Milk, Killing Her Unborn Child
Green Matters
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August 18, 2025
You should never consume raw dairy milk. No matter how ethical or familial the picture is painted by dairy farms like Florida-based Keely Farms Dairy, the realities of the dairy industry are savage and unconscionable. In April 2025, the FDA halted...
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among the original Florida snowbirds
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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August 18, 2025
FORT MYERS — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford are famous for their innovations in electricity generation and automobiles respectively, but they were also at the forefront of a massively popular trend in Florida: Rich people from up north spending the...
Skechers Named Title Sponsor of World Champions Cup; Shriners Children's Announced as Official Charity Partner; Feather Sound Country Club in Clearwater, Florida to host 2025 tournament
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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The PGA TOUR-sanctioned Skechers World Champions Cup supporting Shriners Children's will be played December 4-7, 2025 Photos for editorial use: Available here CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Champions Cup, the PGA TOUR...
Nude Cruise To Set Sail From Florida
Newsweek
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August 18, 2025
Bare Necessities Tour & Travel has announced a new cruise, which will set sail in February of 2026. And passengers will be able to pack light for this journey, dubbed the "Big Nude Boat." Newsweek has reached out to Bare Necessities via an online...
Florida's political street could lead to Pensacola's BLM mural removal
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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Local governments could jeopardize state funding if they did not immediately remove street signs with “social, political, or ideological messages" The policy could mean the city may have to actively remove the “Black Lives Matter” mural that spans...
Judge strikes down Florida law banning books with “sexual content” for minors
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 18, 2025
A federal judge in Florida last week granted summary judgment to plaintiffs suing the state over a law banning books that “describe sexual conduct.” Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida issued a 50-page ruling Thursday...
Sage Dental Grows in South Florida with the Addition of The Dental Group in Fort Lauderdale
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Sage Dental, a leading dental service organization (DSO), is proud to announce its latest expansion in South Florida with the acquisition of The Dental Group, a trusted and...
Roth shock: How a hasty conversion can cost Florida retirees thousands
Sarasota Herald Tribune - Florida
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Imagine you’re retired in Florida, relying on Social Security and a modest nest egg. You read about Roth conversions – moving taxable IRA funds into a tax-free Roth – and think, “Smart idea.” But that move could end up costing you more in taxes...
HOA squabble: Can a Florida homeowner put up an umbrella the lanai?
Naples Daily News - Florida
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Collier County, Florida, adopted Ordinance No. 2025-22 to regulate electric bicycle usage and enhance pedestrian safety. The ordinance sets age limits, speed restrictions, and right-of-way rules for electric bicycles on sidewalks, shared paths,...
It’s a go! Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding receives authorization to build three new hybrid-eclectic ferries for WA state
Lynnwood Times - Washington State
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August 17, 2025
OLYMPIA—Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group has officially received a Notice to Proceed from Washington State Ferries (WSF) to build two, with an option for an additional third, 160-vehicle hybrid-electric ferries for Washington state, the...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.18.25
Florida Politics
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August 18, 2025
Good Monday morning. Welcome to the world — Brooks Allan Grissom, the son of Kristen and Mike Grissom (she is at Bascom Communications and Consulting, he is at Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC). Brooks was born on Aug. 14 at 10:25 a.m., weighing 8...
Swatch pulls 'slanted eye' ad after Chinese social media uproar
The Peninsula
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August 18, 2025
Swiss-made Swatch watches on display in their store on August 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP Beijing: Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and removed an advert featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes...
Science People Pet Cat in Florida Helped Scientists Discover New Virus Strain — and It’s Not the First Time the Feline Has Done It
Yahoo News
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NEED TO KNOW A pet cat in Florida helped researchers discover a new virus strain Pepper, a 7-year-old black shorthair, brought a rodent carcass home to his owner, virologist John Lednicky Lednicky ultimately tested the rodent at his lab, where his...
It’s hot on Florida reefs and not just the water. Rare coral sex a hopeful sign
Yahoo News
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Beneath a cloak of darkness, illuminated only by glow sticks and red-filtered flashlights, researchers waited underwater off Key Largo hoping to witness one of the rarest events of sex in the sea. It’s a delicate spectacle called the coral spawn —...
Fisherman Reels in Catch Straight Out of the Florida Everglades — Leaves Pennsylvania Cops Scratching Their Heads
The Western Journal
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August 17, 2025
77A Pennsylvania fisherman unintentionally hooked an alligator in Magnolia Lake last week. Ricky Sanchez of North Philadelphia was fishing in his kayak near Bristol Township on Aug. 6 when he snagged the crocodilian, according to WPVI-TV in...
Florida State Seminoles freshman playmaker isn't scared to tell it how it is when it comes to opening their season against Alabama
Yahoo Sports
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Florida State Seminoles freshman playmaker isn't scared to tell it how it is when it comes to opening their season against Alabama originally appeared on A to Z Sports. There hasn't been a regular-season opener as big as the one the Florida State...
Miami: a city made by mass marketing
Meer
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August 17, 2025
In 1995, the design journal Metropolis described Miami as a “complex, duplicitous and unique place.” But “despite the city’s striking uniqueness, it may well presage the fate of other American cities.” A decade later, historian Gary Mormino...