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Guard at College Turned Away Gunman Before Store Shooting

Florida officials decry hateful rhetoric as DeSantis denounces slayings

(Newser) - Before a white gunman opened fire Saturday at a Dollar General store in Florida, killing three Black people, he tried to go on campus at a historically Black college nearby. A security officer turned the man away when he refused to identify himself, Edward Waters University said in a statement....

Florida Gunman Kills 3 in 'Racially Motivated' Shooting

Authorities in Jacksonville says white shooter 'hated Black people'

(Newser) - (Updated throughout with new details.) A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three Black people inside a Florida store Saturday in an attack with a clear motive of racial hatred, officials said. The shooting in a Dollar General store in a predominately...

Wild Monkey Sightings Spark Florida Warning

Take a photo from a distance, residents are advised

(Newser) - Please don't feed the monkeys, Florida officials are warning residents. They're not talking about animals in a zoo but the ones spotted several times in the past week roaming Orange City. Police and animal control officers and police haven't been able to find the wild monkeys, so...

5 Die in Florida From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria'

Officials say 26 Vibrio vulnificus cases have been detected in state this year

(Newser) - The "flesh-eating bacteria" Vibrio vulnificus has infected at least 26 people in Florida so far this year and killed five of them, officials say. The victims were mostly in the Tampa Bay area, WESH reports. Officials say The bacteria, found in warm, brackish water as well as raw or...

Driver Trying to Park Injures 20 at Restaurant

Car crashed through front of restaurant at Florida shopping center

(Newser) - A driver trying to park crashed into a restaurant at a shopping center in south Florida Friday evening, injuring 20 people. Lt. Aston Bright, spokesperson for the Plantation Fire Department in Broward County, says the woman crashed into the Thai Meal restaurant around 6:30pm, the South Florida Sun Sentinel...

Museum Sues Ex-Director Over Fake Basquiats

Orlando Museum of Art says damage from fraud scheme may be irreparable

(Newser) - The Orlando Museum of Art has admitted its "99-year legacy was shattered" when it was found to be exhibiting fake paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Now it wants justice. In a lawsuit filed Monday, OMA "seeks to hold responsible the people the Museum believes knowingly misrepresented the works'...

Ex-NFL Player Dies in Motorcycle Crash
Ex-NFL Player Dies
in Motorcycle Crash
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Aug 15, 2023 9:15 AM CDT

Ex-NFL Player Dies in Motorcycle Crash

Alex Collins, a former Seahawk and Raven, crashed into SUV in Florida

(Newser) - Former NFL running back Alex Collins died Sunday when his motorcycle crashed into an SUV, sending him hurtling through the vehicle's window. The 28-year-old Florida native, who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens from 2016 to 2021, was driving in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, around 10:20pm Sunday...

Here Are the 10 Best, Worst States to Live In

Massachusetts tops WalletHub's list; New Mexico comes in last

(Newser) - Whether you're looking to relocate or just nosy about how your state ranks, WalletHub has a new analysis out on America's ideal places to live. The site looked at all 50 states across more than four dozen metrics, in five main categories: affordability; economy, including a state's...

Cold-Case Investigators Find 32 Cars in Florida Lake
After Citizen's Tip, a Big
Find in a South Florida Lake
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Aug 13, 2023 3:30 PM CDT

After Citizen's Tip, a Big Find in a South Florida Lake

Investigators looking into missing-persons cold cases find 32 vehicles submerged in Doral

(Newser) - Divers in South Florida on the hunt for evidence tied to missing-persons cold cases have hundreds of sites on their "to search" list—but they may have just hit the motherlode at one location. CNN reports that a diving team from the nonprofit United Search Corps found 32 cars...

Floridians Vent About Black History Policy

Education commissioner behind new standards skips public forum

(Newser) - Leaders of a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history encouraged parents to let their discontent be heard by showing up at local school board meetings, sending feedback to the state's Department of Education, and voting. Hundreds of lawmakers, teachers, and parents crowded into Antioch Baptist...

Does James Like to Be Called Jimmy? Not So Fast in Florida

Some districts now want parental OK before using nicknames, alternate names for trans students

(Newser) - A new school year has kicked off in many spots in the South, and two counties in Florida are already making waves for a correspondence that's been delivered to educators and parents. WESH reports that Seminole County sent an email to families this week noting that if their kids...

Report: Alabama's Senator Does Not Live in Alabama

Tuberville sold his last Alabama property last month, records indicate he lives in Florida

(Newser) - Sen. Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the US Senate but records—and his own statements—suggest that he's been living in Florida for years, according to the Washington Post . The Post, which dubs the Republican "Florida's third senator," reports that Tuberville sold the last properties he...

Florida Gym Gets an Unexpected Visitor
Turtle's Visit to Gym
Goes Viral
Aug 9, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Turtle's Visit to Gym Goes Viral

Iron Knight Gym in Port St. Lucie, Florida, had unexpected visitor

(Newser) - One of the perks of many gym memberships is the ability to occasionally bring in a friend on a guest pass. For this fitness center aficionado in Florida, however, no such pass was in their possession, and they were nobody's guest—but they wormed their way into the facility...

DeSantis Suspends Orlando's Top Prosecutor

Accuses state attorney of 'allowing violent criminals to roam the streets'

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando, saying she had neglected her duty to prosecute criminals. "It is my duty as governor to ensure that the laws enacted by our duly elected Legislature are followed," DeSantis said during a news conference announcing the...

Mega Millions Has Its Newest Billionaire

Winning ticket for $1.58B Mega Millions jackpot was purchased at a Publix in Neptune Beach

(Newser) - Someone in Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had lasted for nearly four months. A Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the winning ticket, according to the Florida Lottery. The winning numbers drawn were: 13, 19, 20,...

Shakespeare Now Caught Up in Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Laws

Excerpts, rather than full text, now read in class

(Newser) - Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare's plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides developed, in part, to take into consideration the state's new law that restricts classroom materials whose content can be deemed sexual, the...

Tampa Mayor Catches 70 Pounds of Cocaine

'It was a big catch,' she says

(Newser) - Tampa Mayor Jane Castor was the city's police chief for six years, and she knows a bale of cocaine when she sees one. The mayor helped haul in cocaine worth around $1.1 million during a recent fishing trip in the Florida Keys, WFLA reports. She says she was...

DeSantis Just Replaced His Campaign Manager

Florida governor continues to reshuffle operation as he struggles to gain ground on Donald Trump

(Newser) - Another sign of Ron DeSantis' struggle to gain traction in the polls: He now has a new campaign manager. The Messenger reports that the Florida governor has demoted Generra Peck to chief strategist and put adviser James Uthmeier in charge. Uthmeier is DeSantis' gubernatorial chief of staff and is described...

Cops Hear Weird Siren, Arrest Phony US Marshal

Florida man claimed he was investigating shootings

(Newser) - A man accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer was wearing a hat that said "Police US Marshal," police in Florida say, but it didn't take a real Marshal more than a few seconds to determine he wasn't the real deal. The Marion County Sheriff's...

6-Year-Old Falls From Florida Roller Coaster

Boy hospitalized in Orlando with traumatic injuries

(Newser) - A 6-year-old boy was hospitalized with traumatic injuries after falling from a roller coaster at a Florida amusement park. Fire officials said he was found on the ground about 20 feet below the Galaxy Spin's track at Fun Spot America, near Kissimmee, on Thursday afternoon, NBC News reports. Information...

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