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The man turned out to be a stridently pro-Israel, Messianic Jewish hip hop rapper from Florida’s East Coast.
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An Alachua County judge released all nine pro-Palestinian protesters from jail on Tuesday after their arrest on the University of Florida campus on Monday. The final protester to be released, UF student Allan Hektor Frasheri, posted bail and is facing a felony battery charge related to his arrest.
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The discovery raises questions about whether Rep. Bruce Hadley Antone was legally eligible to hold office.
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Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, criticized universities for incentivizing participation in the survey in a social media post to X on Wednesday.
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The latest round of a controversial state survey of Florida college and university students includes a slew of new questions probing how their political views have affected relationships on campus – and whether it’s hard to be friends with people who have voted for Joe Biden or Donald Trump.
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A Florida appeals court has effectively opened a loophole in the state's long-standing law against recording telephone conversations without the permission of both sides of the call, ruling that law enforcement officers performing their official duties can be secretly recorded because they have no expectation of privacy.
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As Casey leaned against the wooden railing on the third-floor unit in Seacrest, it suddenly gave way – “the next thing I knew, I was falling to the ground,” he said – and he plummeted backward into sand dunes and foliage below. The avid golfer and daily jogger from Atlanta was badly injured.
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The move brings Florida's law against stalking into the digital age, when inexpensive and widely available technology makes it easier than ever to track someone's movements minute by minute without their knowledge.
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Hackers broke into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee, which runs the state's juvenile detention centers and programs to steer troubled kids away from crime. It led to a continuing shutdown of the digital backbone the agency uses to manage cases statewide.
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Back-to-back decisions by Florida's Supreme Court on Monday allowing voters to decide on separate issues at the ballot box whether to prohibit the state government from setting limits on abortion rights and legalizing recreational marijuana will supercharge November’s upcoming election.
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William Thomas Horan, 21, of Pembroke Pines in South Florida is accused of pinning down a classmate on a bed while groping, choking and kissing her and pulling down her pants. Police said Horan’s accuser had bruises on her neck.
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A new Florida law banning young teens from using social media – rewritten after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed an earlier proposal – will take effect in January, after the governor signed it into law Monday. He warned parents about predators online.