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What is the fate of the Parkland shooting site now that jurors have visited it?

PARKLAND, Fla. — On Thursday, jurors for the murder trial of the Parkland shooter visited the site of the shooter’s rampage, where they witnessed dried blood in the same spots some of the victims died along with desks and walls that still had bullet holes.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office for what he said was Warren’s disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them.

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City of Orlando car blocked driveway of abortion clinic; driver ‘harassed’ volunteers, complaint alleges

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando officials are investigating a complaint that an employee parked a city-owned vehicle, blocking the driveway of an abortion clinic and, when asked, wouldn’t move it.

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Hurricanes running back Don Chaney Jr. ready to play following ‘ridculously hard’ injury recovery

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — In his darkest moments while recovering from a torn ACL and meniscus, late at night when sleep failed to come, Don Chaney Jr. questioned himself.

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Parkland’s 1200 building: Jurors view crime scene of chilling destruction, frozen in time moments after bloodbath

PARKLAND, Fla. — Jurors in the Parkland mass shooting trial were taken to the crime scene Thursday, a scene that is as much a time capsule as it is a towering piece of evidence in a criminal case that decides whether mercy should be offered to a gunman determined to…

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SeaWorld, buoyed by strong finances, looks to draw more theme park visitors

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando-based SeaWorld Entertainment continued to see robust financial results last quarter even as certain types of attendance at the company’s theme parks remain below prepandemic levels and operating costs increase, executives said.

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Parkland jury follows killer’s path through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

PARKLAND, Fla. — Jurors in the Parkland mass shooting trial retraced the path of the confessed gunman Thursday morning through the hallways and stairwells of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, an exercise the prosecution says was necessary to truly understand the crime that was committed and the terror experienced by…

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Hurricane experts still expect more storms than normal as peak of season approaches

ORLANDO, Fla. — Although tropical storms have been off to slower start this year than anticipated, experts are still calling for the 2022 season to be an above-average year.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes, removing him from office and naming his replacement.

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After 16 Florida elections, Charlie Crist gears up for one more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Charlie Crist was considering a run for Florida governor, in 2014, he shared a moment of clarity with one of his consultants.

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Nikki Fried is running for Florida governor. Is she an insider or an outsider?

TAMPA, Fla. — In spring 2003, the culture wars came to the University of Florida.

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John Romano: So Tom Brady was flirting with the Dolphins? Um, that’s what players do.

TAMPA, Fla. — All these months later, the evidence seems clear:

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Florida lawmaker proposes special tax on out-of-state homebuyers and real estate investors

ORLANDO, Fla. — Out-of-state real estate investors and homebuyers would pay a special tax under a state senator’s plan designed to tackle sky-high rents pricing tenants out of Orange County.

Orlando Sentinel

John Romano: Hey, Rays still can get Juan Soto. You just need to wait until he’s 35.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When you have a center fielder hitting .147, you obviously need to upgrade.

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Omar Kelly: Dolphins’ Preston Williams struggling to get noticed in crowded receiver unit

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Nobody really likes leftovers. Sometimes a meal’s tasty the second time around, but rarely do we look forward to digging into yesterday’s old meal.

Orlando Sentinel

Beyond Artemis I, NASA plots cheaper rocket rollout while Congress calls for more flights

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA has yet to get its next-generation moon rocket off the ground, but this week announced a shift in how it plans to pay for future launches while also falling under a new directive from Congress to increase the number of flights each year.

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Dolphins’ tampering with Tom Brady ‘has nothing to do with us,’ Bucs coach Todd Bowles says

TAMPA, Fla. — A day after the revelation that Tom Brady was having talks about joining the Dolphins in some capacity late in the 2021 season, the seven-time Super Bowl champ had a pre-planned day off from practice.

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Parkland jury to follow killer’s path through high school crime scene

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors will trace the path of the confessed Parkland gunman at the high school where he murdered 17 people. The trip to the crime scene will be Thursday morning, as the prosecution continues its portion of the sentencing trial.

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Florida will not declare a state of emergency over monkeypox, DeSantis says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he will not declare a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak despite more than 500 cases in the state. At the same time, Florida Surgeon General Joe Lapado reminded the public that the efficacy of the Jynneos vaccine now…

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‘It’s an ache that is just constant’: Parents share tearful memories of teens who died in Parkland shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Empty bedrooms. Empty dining room chairs. The scent of a book. Each seemingly mundane item holds trauma for the family members of a Parkland victim, the fathers, mothers and friends told jurors who will decide the sentence for the confessed school shooter.

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Rays defeat Blue Jays for 4th win since All-Star break

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Despite their recent hitting struggles and their reappearance on Wednesday, the Rays had a chance to take the lead in the sixth inning. All David Peralta needed to do was maneuver the ball around a Blue Jays infield that was pulled up to the Tropicana Field…

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John Romano: Has the world ever seen a receiving trio quite like this Bucs group?

TAMPA, Fla. — Of course, the trophy is the reason. It’s the reason Tom Brady is back, it’s the reason a lot of free agents came aboard, it’s the reason fans were coerced into buying two years of season tickets.

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Binders, backpacks... and inflation are on this year's back-to-school shopping list

This year's back-to-school shopping season lands in the middle of the highest inflation in four decades — how will this affect spending?

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Even with new additions, Rays’ bats quiet again in loss to Blue Jays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Maybe the Rays should have traded for more hitters.

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‘All you see is a broken family’: Parkland victims’ families tell jurors about how mass shooting ripped apart their lives

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deepest wounds of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School don’t show up on surveillance video, crime scene photos or autopsy pictures of the 17 who were slain.

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