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Florida Highway Patrol asking for patience as holiday weekend winds down
WJHG - Florida
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July 7, 2025
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Many visit the Panhandle come holiday weekends, but the same people who come in also have to make their way out, which usually means more cars on the road. Officials with Florida Highway Patrol say even with busy...
Trump Administration Ends 25-Year Migrant Protections for Two Countries
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
The Trump administration is ending over 25 years of protections for immigrants from two countries: Nicaragua and Honduras. In notices published in the Federal Register on Monday morning, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it...
This exceptionally stupid award says everything about the mess Florida's in
Raw Story
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July 7, 2025
If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ridiculed, education crippled, and hatred valorized, take a look at Preston Damsky, racist, antisemite, and top law...
Florida Lottery Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 results for July 6, 2025
Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida
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The Florida Lottery offers several draw games for those hoping to win one of the available jackpots. Here’s a look at the winning numbers for games played on Sunday, July 6, 2025 Winning Cash4Life numbers from July 6 drawing 15-17-33-55-57, Cash...
2025 AAC Preseason Previews: Florida Atlantic Owls
Underdog Dynasty - Louisiana
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July 7, 2025
Moving on from 2024 Sometimes a hire looks great on paper but doesn’t quite pan out as expected. Tom Herman immediately guided the Houston Cougars and Texas Longhorns to New Year’s Six bowl victories and top 10 finishes. Florida Atlantic took a...
Gov. DeSantis signs measure putting FSU Election Law Center into statute
Florida Politics
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July 7, 2025
Florida State University’s Election Law Center now has a place in state statute, even if it didn’t receive full funding. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation (SB 892) formally establishing the Center, which has existed since 2023 at the...
Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ reveals the ongoing cruelty towards migrants in US
The Guardian
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July 7, 2025
After the cruelty, the mockery. As the first detainees were being hauled into Donald Trump’s controversial migrant jail in the inhospitable, steamy wetlands of the Florida Everglades last week, his supporters were indulging in some parallel retail...
Death toll climbs amid Texas floods, ‘No wake law’ now in effect in Florida, and Deltona deals with Senate Bill 180
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 7, 2025
Good morning, Central Florida. Here's what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Slightly drier air has settled into Central Florida as we head back to work after the holiday weekend. Afternoon storms will still be around, they will just be...
Unbreakable record? Trick shot artist Dennis Walters went 51 years between USGA events
Yahoo Sports
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Dennis Walters holds a USGA record that likely never will be broken. The 75-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member and trick-shot artist extraordinaire, who will compete in the fourth annual U.S. Adaptive Open this week in Maryland, went 51 years...
Florida man recreates boat seen in ‘Jaws’
KYMA - Arizona
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July 6, 2025
(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - The Orca is one of the most famous boats in movie history and it dates back to 1975, and a man in Florida has built a look-alike. "'Jaws' is, to me, the go to let's see, today. Look, it's rainy, it's hot. And you want to go...
Newsmax Analyst Lauds DeSantis for New Anti-Censorship Law
KBOI - Idaho
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July 7, 2025
Newsmax analyst Tom Basile hailed a groundbreaking move by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling it a “huge deal” in the country’s fight against the “censorship industrial complex” on “Newsline” with host Bianca de la Garza. Last week, DeSantis...
Students' scores on Florida tests show benchmark improvements. National indictors aren't as promising
WUSF - Florida
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July 7, 2025
Florida students did better on their state benchmark tests this year. But one critic said these tests are not an accurate indicator of how students are — or aren’t — improving. Students take Florida Assessment of Student Thinking tests for math...
No veto on controversial election change. Miami mayor already signed it into law
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 7, 2025
By Tess Riski and CD Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald MIAMI — Within hours of the Miami City Commission approving a controversial measure to postpone the upcoming November election to 2026 in order to move the city to even-year elections, Miami Mayor...
Women make history at two Florida university marching bands
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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The historic story: Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 is legend for its performances, which draw huge crowds when the band tours the state. It’s about to make some history in its 79-year existence: For the first time, it will have a woman...
NCH Rooney Heart Institute earns high ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons
WUSF - Florida
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July 7, 2025
The Rooney Heart Institute at NCH was recently awarded three-star ratings, the highest classification possible, from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, for various categories. The divisions include isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG),...
A third of Florida's third-graders have untreated cavities. How parents can protect their kids' teeth
WUSF - Florida
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July 7, 2025
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Olga Ensz is a clinical assistant professor of community dentistry at the University of Florida. "He...
DeSantis again includes full funding for two affordable-housing programs in the Florida budget
WUSF - Florida
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July 7, 2025
Affordable housing projects in Florida are not solely dependent on money from the federal government. Gov. Ron DeSantis fully funded a pair of programs that Florida Housing Coalition’s Ashon Nesbitt said could fill in the gap by subsidizing...
Bachelor in Paradise Goes Golden, ‘Art Detectives’ Finale and Return of Madame Blanc, Survival Stories
TV Insider
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July 7, 2025
Disney/Bahareh RitterBachelor in Paradise I wonder if anyone participating in this year’s summer bacchanalia has seen Harold and Maude (a 1971 dark comedy about a young man’s romantic attachment to an eccentric, elderly woman). Probably not, but...
TV Talk: 25 years after PBS’s living history series, Magnolia goes ‘Back to the Frontier’
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 7, 2025
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. It’s been more than two decades since the advent of PBS’s living history series that began with 1999’s “The 1900 House” and 2002’s “Frontier House.” These quasi-social...
Tennessee population surge persists years after pandemic-era migration
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Tennessee ranks highly as a popular moving destination in 2024, driven by affordability and job opportunities. Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga are the top Tennessee cities for relocation, attracting diverse age groups. High cost of living in...