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Florida Flies 2 Planeloads of Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
About 50 migrants unexpectedly arrived by plane on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, local officials said, escalating a tactic in which Republican-led states have shipped busloads of migrants to liberal bastions like Washington and New York to protest the significant rise in illegal immigration under President Biden. The migrant group, which included children, arrived on two […]
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Julianna Peña vs. Amanda Nunes: U.F.C. Battle of Toddler Moms
There, she met Nina Ansaroff, who trained at the same gym. Initially sparring partners, the two soon struck a romantic relationship. They soon shared a two-bedroom home with seven other people in Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood with some of the city’s highest poverty rates. Their lives began to stabilize as they entered the U.F.C., […]
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A Culture Warrior Goes Quiet: DeSantis Dodges Questions on Abortion Plans
When the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to an abortion last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was among the many Republicans who celebrated. “The prayers of millions have been answered,” he tweeted. But while other Republican leaders vowed to charge ahead with new restrictions — or near-total bans — Mr. DeSantis offered only […]
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Listeria Outbreak Is Linked to Ice Cream, C.D.C. Says
A listeria outbreak blamed for the death of one person and the hospitalization of 22 people across 10 states has been linked to ice cream made in Florida, the federal authorities said on Saturday. Big Olaf Creamery, a family-owned company in Sarasota, Fla., exclusively sells ice cream in Florida, the federal Centers for Disease Control […]
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One Dead and 22 Have Been Hospitalized in Listeria Outbreak Tied to Florida
One person has died and 22 people have been hospitalized in a listeria outbreak, with most of the infected people having been in Florida about a month before they became sick, the federal authorities said Thursday. A food source has not been identified as the cause of the outbreak, which has sickened people across 10 […]
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To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat
The state is seeking to improve detection of pythons in the wild, because they are skilled at camouflaging and settling in remote areas, Ms. Spencer said. “We need to try multiple methods, multiple ways to try to control these animals,” she said. Burmese pythons were introduced to the Everglades in the 1980s by the exotic […]
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Inside One Abortion Clinic, Signs of Nationwide Struggles
FORT MYERS, Fla. — At a Planned Parenthood health center on Florida’s Gulf Coast, new restrictions on who can get an abortion are shaking up routines and creating challenges for the clinic’s patients, doctors and nurses. The center, in Fort Myers, has seen a steady influx of patients from Texas since last September, when a […]
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Synagogue Sues Florida, Saying Abortion Restrictions Violate Religious Freedoms
Religion, particularly the influence of Christian conservatives, has been at the heart of the anti-abortion movement and the push to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion throughout the United States. But a lawsuit filed last week by a South Florida synagogue challenges new legislation in the state banning most abortions after 15 […]
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Alligator Kills Florida Man Retrieving Frisbees in Lake, Officials Say
The body of a man who had been retrieving Frisbees from a Florida public park’s lake that serves as habitat for alligators was found with its arm torn off on Tuesday, the authorities said. It was the state’s first fatal alligator attack since 2019. The episode occurred at a 53-acre lake in John S. Taylor […]
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