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Florida woman becomes 5th US tourist arrested in Turks and Caicos over ammo in luggage
Five Americans are facing prison sentences of up to 12 years in the Turks and Caicos Islands on charges they illegally carried ammunition during recent trips to the popular, upscale tourist destination about 600 miles southeast of Miami.
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Florida principal arrested, accused of hitting child with charging cable
The principal of a central Florida elementary school was arrested this week and accused of holding a child in a room for 40 minutes, putting him in a chokehold and hitting him with a charging cable.
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US citizen sues Florida sheriff after he wrongfully detained and nearly deported to Jamaica
Peter Sean Brown is a U.S. citizen who born in Philadelphia and currently lives in the Florida Keys. In 2018, he was wrongfully detained on a deportation order.
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Video shows moment Florida man apologizes after crashing loader into police cruiser: ‘I'm sorry'
Body camera video captures the moment a Key West Police cruiser was hit head-on by heavy machinery driven by a suspect who was later arrested.
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Pickup driver facing DUI charges in Florida bus crash that killed 8 farm workers, injured over 40
A bus crash in Florida left eight people dead and over 40 others injured Tuesday morning, officials said.
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2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida
A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Pregnant bride gets married in hospital wearing ‘wedding dress' of bed sheets
“I thought I’d have to get married in a hospital gown.”
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Florida sheriff's office releases bodycam video of fatal shooting of Air Force airman by deputy
A Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state’s Panhandle, according to body camera video shown to reporters Thursday.
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US airman fatally shot by Florida deputies after bursting into wrong apartment, attorney says
The 23-year-old senior airman was in his off-base apartment when the shooting happened on May 3.
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Dead infant found at Florida university campus
Police say a newborn infant was abandoned and found dead on a Florida university campus. The Tampa Police Department said in a news release Monday an investigation is underway to determine what happened. The infant was found Sunday night at the University of Tampa, which is adjacent to downtown. The university sent a text alert at 11:41 p.m. Sunday about...
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Florida teen accidentally kills 11-year-old brother with a gun found in alley
A 14-year-old Florida boy told police he accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old brother after finding a gun in an alley near their home, authorities said.
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Kodak Black drug possession case dismissed after judge removes last charge
A judge has officially dismissed the last charge in a drug possession case against South Florida rapper Kodak Black.
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Video shows moment bottle service sparklers set Florida restaurant on fire
A video released by police in Florida shows the moment a bottle service sparkler set a restaurant in Tampa on fire.
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Florida man accused of stealing Elvis jacket from display at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
A man has been arrested for the alleged theft of an Elvis Presley jacket from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
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NASA says mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station
NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks teacher pronoun restriction in Florida
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote that Florida cannot “dictate, without limitation, how public-school teachers refer to themselves when communicating to students.”
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Florida pre-med student stabs mother more than 70 times, killing her during visit, authorities say
After killing his mother, the pre-med student perplexedly told detectives that he loved her and that they had a good relationship — but that he had wanted to kill her for years because she irritated him.
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Woman shoots drivers on Florida highway and says God told her to because of the eclipse
The Florida Highway Patrol says a woman who said she was going on a God-directed shooting spree because of the solar eclipse shot two drivers.
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Florida college student stabs mom to death because ‘she got on my nerves': Sheriff
A 21-year-old college student is charged with first-degree murder after Florida authorities say he drove to his mother’s home and stabbed her multiple times because she got on his nerves.
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Brazilian skydiver killed, another injured after mid-air collision over Florida airport
A 42-year-old man was killed Monday after he and another skydiver collided over a Florida airport, authorities said.