The hurricane split pine trees like toothpicks. It chewed up chain link fences and laid highway billboards flat on their faces. It peeled the roof off Tropicana Field, where the Tampa Bay Rays play, and uncorked dozens of tornadoes, including one that ripped through a retirement community in St. Lucie …
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Deborah Dorbert was five months pregnant in November 2022 when she learned that her baby was not going to live. Late in the second trimester of her pregnancy, a scan revealed that his kidneys and lungs were failing to develop; a specialist diagnosed the baby with Potter syndrome, a condition …
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A former lawyer for the Florida Department of Health is pointing the finger at Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration for threatening TV stations airing advertisements supporting abortion rights. Last week, John Wilson, then General Counsel for the Florida Department of Health, abruptly resigned from his position after issuing cease and desist …
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Hurricane Milton made landfall with Florida on Wednesday night, with several powerful tornados ripping through the southern state ahead of the hurricane’s impact. The Associated Press reports that more than 130 tornado warnings connected to Hurricane Milton were issued by the National Weather Services offices in Florida. The hurricane hit …
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Vice President Kamala Harris chastised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for “playing political games,” following reports that DeSantis did not take the vice president’s calls regarding hurricane relief. “You know, moments of crisis, if nothing else, should really be the moment that anyone who calls themselves a leader says they’re gonna …
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is putting the full weight of the Florida government behind an effort to defeat a ballot measure that would protect abortion access in the state —including by enlisting government lawyers in a campaign to silence a young mother with terminal brain cancer who is warning of …
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Conservative Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pulling out all the stops to oppose ballot measures to restore abortion access and legalize cannabis in the state — spending millions in taxpayer dollars on TV ad campaigns designed to undercut both measures. “DUI crashes increase in states with legalized marijuana — putting …
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Florida health officials issued new guidance about abortion on Thursday, threatening to take “regulatory action” against doctors who delay in providing emergency medical care to pregnant patients, as providers say the state’s abortion ban has doctors afraid to do their jobs and is putting patients at risk. “They know their …
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Amid a brazen, state-sanctioned disinformation campaign against a ballot measure to restore abortion rights in Florida — including visits to voters’ homes by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election goon squad — doctors say the state’s ban is putting their patients’ lives at risk, forcing them to confront unfathomably dark medical …
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I n early March of last year, Casey was nearly done with her opening shift at a McDonald’s in DeLand, Florida, when she saw an alert pop up on her screen. It was a text from a friend with reports of a new proposed state law, an early draft of …
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