Authorities have found a total of 5 bodies, and 34 people are still missing after an overloaded 25-foot vessel sinks off the Florida coast.
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Florida Republican introduces ‘copycat’ bill to ban most abortions, echoing Texas law
In some instances, the Florida bill goes further than the Texas law.
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Court says DeSantis ban on school mask mandates back in force
The on-again, off-again ban to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students is back.
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Judge hears power struggle over masking in Florida schools
At least seven school districts representing more than 1 million Florida students were defying the governor’s order and others have scheduled votes soon on the issue.
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More than 5,000 Florida students in quarantine because of 1 school district’s COVID-19 spike
The school district’s case count, which stands at around 730, is nearly 20 times higher than it was at the same time last year.
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Tropical depression drenches earthquake-stricken Haiti
Heavy rain and strong winds whipped at the country’s southwestern area, which was hit hardest by Saturday’s earthquake, and officials warned that rainfall could reach 15 inches in some areas.
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Biden administration backs Texas, Florida school districts on mask mandates
The 2 states are experiencing some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, but their Republican governors have prohibited local districts from mandating mask wearing.
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Florida to receive hundreds of ventilators from federal government as hospitalizations hit records
An average of more than 20,000 people a day in the state are being infected.
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Residents of Miami condo forced to evacuate after building deemed unsafe
The partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside near Miami Beach on June 24, which left 98 people dead, has shone a spotlight on buildings in need of repairs.
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DeSantis’ battle against mask, vaccine mandates nears boiling point in Florida
The state is the epicenter of a spike, reporting a fifth of all new U.S. infections and current hospitalizations.