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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police ordered downtown residents to shelter in place early Friday afternoon while they confronted a man armed “with a possible gun” on a balcony, but said it was not an active shooter incident.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Patrice Bergeron did not travel with the Bruins here for Games 3 and 4, but according to coach Jim Montgomery, the Bruins’ captain is “likely” to play in Game 5 when the series shifts back to Boston.

TAMPA, Fla. — An early morning test of Florida’s emergency alert system that roused people from sleep on Thursday — and raised questions and tempers — wasn’t supposed to go to phones, state officials said.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — She called it cute, the microscopic single-celled organism on her microscope slide. She said she liked its little hairs, and the way it swam beneath her lens. Looking through her microscope, Mya Breitbart found one of the ciliates — this type of single-celled creature — and…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Disney’s agreements seeking to preserve its power over development in Central Florida didn’t follow requirements in state law, rendering them null and void, lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis tourism oversight board said Wednesday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale — known as the “Venice of America” for its many waterways — was marred by water dirtier than a toilet during last week’s historical flooding.

TAMPA, Fla. — Toni Morrison’s groundbreaking novel “The Bluest Eye” is headed back to Pinellas County high schools this week.

The USMNT will play group stage games in Chicago, St. Louis and Charlotte with the Gold Cup final set for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The opening statements in Andrew Gillum’s federal corruption trial on Tuesday were stark contrasts in viewpoints.