Author: Freida Frisaro
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Judge in Trump’s classified documents case hears arguments about a trial date during crucial hearing
The federal judge overseeing the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump has heard arguments about a potential trial date
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Florida issues health advisory after 4 locally contract malaria
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TERRA CEIA ISLAND, Fla. • The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory Wednesday after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa. On Monday, a health alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also noted that another case has been…
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Woman dies after shooting at MLK Day party in Florida
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MIAMI • A 30-year-old woman has died following a shooting that broke out between rival gang members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Florida, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. The woman, whose name has not been released, was attending a party with her 6-year-old daughter Monday evening following the MLK Day parade in…
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Nicole forms; Florida awaits rare November storm
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MIAMI • A Florida-bound storm strengthened into Hurricane Nicole on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. It’s a rare November hurricane for storm-weary Florida, where only two such hurricanes have made landfall since recordkeeping began in 1853 — the 1935 Yankee Hurricane and…
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Tropical Storm Nicole churns toward Bahamas, Florida
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MIAMI • Tropical Storm Nicole churned toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline on Tuesday and was forecast to develop into a hurricane over the next couple of days, forecasters said. A range of warnings and watches remain in place. Many areas are still reeling from damage caused by Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida’s…
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Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian
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MIAMI • Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day weekend. Leaving lighter-than-expected damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the second hurricane of the 2019 season swirled toward…
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Hurricane Irma: Punishing winds, rain lash much of Florida
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MIAMI — Hurricane Irma gave Florida a coast-to-coast pummeling with winds up to 130 mph Sunday, swamping homes and boats, knocking out power to millions and toppling massive construction cranes over the Miami skyline. The 400-mile-wide (640-kilometer-wide) storm blew ashore in the mostly cleared-out Florida Keys, then marched up its western coast, its punishing winds…
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Growing sinkhole swallows 2 houses, 1 boat in Florida
LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. — A sinkhole that swallowed a boat and destroyed two homes had stopped growing and officials said Saturday they would monitor it over the weekend before determining when cleanup can begin. The hole has been stagnant since Friday afternoon, said Kevin Guthrie, Pasco County’s assistant administrator for public safety. He confirmed…