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Florida principal arrested, accused of hitting child with charging cable
The principal of a central Florida elementary school was arrested this week and accused of holding a child in a room for 40 minutes, putting him in a chokehold and hitting him with a charging cable.
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US citizen sues Florida sheriff after he wrongfully detained and nearly deported to Jamaica
Peter Sean Brown is a U.S. citizen who born in Philadelphia and currently lives in the Florida Keys. In 2018, he was wrongfully detained on a deportation order.
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Video shows moment Florida man apologizes after crashing loader into police cruiser: ‘I'm sorry'
Body camera video captures the moment a Key West Police cruiser was hit head-on by heavy machinery driven by a suspect who was later arrested.
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Pickup driver facing DUI charges in Florida bus crash that killed 8 farm workers, injured over 40
A bus crash in Florida left eight people dead and over 40 others injured Tuesday morning, officials said.
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2 injured loggerhead turtles triumphantly crawl into the Atlantic after rehabbing in Florida
A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Pregnant bride gets married in hospital wearing ‘wedding dress' of bed sheets
“I thought I’d have to get married in a hospital gown.”
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Florida sheriff's office releases bodycam video of fatal shooting of Air Force airman by deputy
A Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a U.S. Air Force airman inside his apartment in the state’s Panhandle, according to body camera video shown to reporters Thursday.
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US airman fatally shot by Florida deputies after bursting into wrong apartment, attorney says
The 23-year-old senior airman was in his off-base apartment when the shooting happened on May 3.
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Dead infant found at Florida university campus
Police say a newborn infant was abandoned and found dead on a Florida university campus. The Tampa Police Department said in a news release Monday an investigation is underway to determine what happened. The infant was found Sunday night at the University of Tampa, which is adjacent to downtown. The university sent a text alert at 11:41 p.m. Sunday about...
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Florida teen accidentally kills 11-year-old brother with a gun found in alley
A 14-year-old Florida boy told police he accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old brother after finding a gun in an alley near their home, authorities said.
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Celtics preparing for pivotal Game 3 against Heat in Miami
The Celtics are in Miami to face the Heat after a tough Game 2 loss.
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Kodak Black drug possession case dismissed after judge removes last charge
A judge has officially dismissed the last charge in a drug possession case against South Florida rapper Kodak Black.
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Video shows moment bottle service sparklers set Florida restaurant on fire
A video released by police in Florida shows the moment a bottle service sparkler set a restaurant in Tampa on fire.
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Florida man accused of stealing Elvis jacket from display at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
A man has been arrested for the alleged theft of an Elvis Presley jacket from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
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NASA says mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station
NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks teacher pronoun restriction in Florida
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote that Florida cannot “dictate, without limitation, how public-school teachers refer to themselves when communicating to students.”
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Florida pre-med student stabs mother more than 70 times, killing her during visit, authorities say
After killing his mother, the pre-med student perplexedly told detectives that he loved her and that they had a good relationship — but that he had wanted to kill her for years because she irritated him.
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Woman shoots drivers on Florida highway and says God told her to because of the eclipse
The Florida Highway Patrol says a woman who said she was going on a God-directed shooting spree because of the solar eclipse shot two drivers.
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Florida college student stabs mom to death because ‘she got on my nerves': Sheriff
A 21-year-old college student is charged with first-degree murder after Florida authorities say he drove to his mother’s home and stabbed her multiple times because she got on his nerves.
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Brazilian skydiver killed, another injured after mid-air collision over Florida airport
A 42-year-old man was killed Monday after he and another skydiver collided over a Florida airport, authorities said.