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Schools in Florida's Orange County target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class

ORLANDO, Fla. — The classic novels “A Room With a View” and “Madame Bovary” and the epic poem “Paradise Lost” — published in England more than 350 years ago — have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange County Public Schools for sexual content that educators fear runs afoul of…

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Ryan Mallett’s Girlfriend Opens Up About Tragic Drowning in Touching Statement

The two were together during the tragic incident in the waters off Destin, Fla.

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John Romano: Lightning are less recognizable without Killorn, but they’re not dead yet

TAMPA, Fla. — Remember this:

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What does Tampa Bay smell like? Pirates and cigars, apparently

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area has a bevy of aromas, good and bad.

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The art of keeping Elvis alive in small-town Florida

INVERNESS, Fla. – Don’t call them impersonators. The men who do this will tell you that any schmo can impersonate. That “impersonator” is akin to “impostor.” That Elvis tribute artists are, well, artists.

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Magic agree to terms with veteran Joe Ingles

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic didn’t wait long to make a move once NBA free agency opened Friday evening.

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DeSantis’ net worth nearly quadruples with book deal

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now a millionaire thanks to a book deal that nearly quadrupled his net worth, according to a financial disclosure statement released late Friday.

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Black engineers, 'Game of Thrones' fans cancel Orlando events over political concerns

ORLANDO, Fla. — Black engineers and “Game of Thrones” fans are the latest groups canceling Orlando events and attributing their decisions to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s political climate.

Orlando Sentinel

‘It has to go’: Stoneman Douglas building, the site of Parkland massacre, will finally be demolished

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The justice system no longer has a need to preserve the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, which has remained standing for five years as a reminder of the Parkland mass shooting that destroyed many families. Now come the summer preparations for this fenced-off site…

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DeSantis, Trump seek to rewrite history on COVID response

ORLANDO, Fla. — In January 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis was proud to announce the one-millionth COVID-19 vaccine given out in Florida.

Orlando Sentinel

Magic exercise team option on Bitazde, decline Schofield, Carter-Williams

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic have exercised its team option on center Goga Bitazde for the 2023-24 season, the Sentinel learned via league sources Thursday.

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Ex-school deputy found not guilty of all charges in Parkland mass shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, the only person other than the gunman to face charges in the 2018 Parkland massacre, accused of failing to rush into the building to confront the mass shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, has been found not…

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Ex-deputy Scot Peterson found not guilty of all charges in Parkland mass shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, the school resource officer accused of failing the children in his care by running from the building instead of confronting the Parkland mass shooter in 2018, was found not guilty on all charges Thursday.

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Dolphins star Tyreek Hill tried to give man $200 after slapping him, report says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The man didn’t know he was slapped by the highest-paid receiver in the NFL. Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill offered him $200 with his apology, according to a Miami-Dade Police report.

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DeSantis wants Disney trial held after presidential election

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ legal team wants the trial date for a high-stakes battle with Disney to be in August 2025, well after the presidential election.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin Baxter: Soccer rules expert Christina Unkel unafraid to call it like it is — just ask her husband

SARASOTA, Fla. — Every player who has played the game knows the sinking feeling that comes from seeing a referee stride purposefully toward you and reach into their pocket for a card. Will it be red or yellow?

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Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

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Ex-Buc Leonard Fournette escapes injury after SUV catches fire

TAMPA, Fla. — Former Bucs running back Leonard Fournette escaped injury late Tuesday morning after his vehicle caught fire as he drove northbound on Interstate 275.

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Deliberations continue in Parkland ex-deputy’s negligence trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors deliberated without reaching a verdict Tuesday in the case of former Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, the school resource officer accused of child neglect for taking cover instead of pursuing the gunman during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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What Florida, DeSantis can learn from other governors who ran for president

TAMPA, Fla. — One afternoon late last month, Ron DeSantis the governor and Ron DeSantis the presidential candidate were theoretically doing two different things at once.

Miami Herald

DeSantis wants to keep migrant workers out, but businesses say Florida needs them

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his “no excuses” proposal for tightening the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, he unfurled a plan that depends on employing more law enforcement and erecting more walls but left out any mention of the federal program that allows businesses to bring in…

Orlando Sentinel

People in Florida prisons will get free calls for good behavior in new program

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Corrections plans to allocate $1 million to a new program that will make a small number of phone calls free for people serving time in prison who display good behavior.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis, district target Disney lawsuit against them

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and a revamped Central Florida special district sought Monday to scuttle a federal lawsuit in which Disney contends its constitutional rights have been violated amid a long-running feud with DeSantis.

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Sedriques Dumas embraces his ‘goofy’ Ric Flair-type character after UFC on ABC 5

Sedriques Dumas picked up the first win of his UFC career at UFC on ABC 5 in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Jury deliberating in ex-deputy’s Parkland negligence trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Scot Peterson, an armed school resource officer, was dropped off 10 feet from the east entrance of the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when gunman Nikolas Cruz made his way to the other end of the building on the first floor.

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