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Florida Veteran Breaks Record for Time Living Underwater
As of May 12, associate professor Dr. Joseph Dituri of the University of South Florida has broken the world record for days spent living underwater.
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Mother of Tristyn Bailey’s Murderer Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
On Friday afternoon, the mother of Aiden Fucci, Crystal Smith, was sentenced to 30 days in St. Johns County jail and five years of probation after being accused of tampering with evidence related to Tristyn Bailey’s murder.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Several New Bills
Tuesday, May 9th, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill enforcing several educational changes such as the prohibition of student cell phone use during class along with the restriction of the use of the social-media platform TikTok, on school grounds.
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Raising Concerns About Teen Vaping: Interlachen High School’s Incident
Interlachen High School, in Putnam County, Florida, had an incident on Friday, April 22nd when two students had to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital with vaping-induced health issues.
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Disney Duals Desantis
By: Hanna Virts On Wednesday, April 26, Disney sued Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in retaliation for the governor attempting to take away special privileges of the company. Earlier this year, Florida Legislation passed the “Parental Rights in Education Act”, more widely known as the “Don’t Say Gay Law”, prohibiting any kind of education on sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten through third grade. Disney did not support this kind of regulation, which began tensions between the organization and Florida legislation. Then, the special tax and governance grants that the company had had since it was founded were potentially going to be taken away, hinting at the end of the…
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Gymnastics Unlimited Gym Catches Fire
Early this Monday morning, on April 24, 2023, a gymnastics gym, Gymnastics Unlimited, caught on fire.
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Expanding the Voucher Program
House Speaker Paul Renner introduced House Bill 1 to make vouchers available to all Florida children eligible to enter kindergarten through 12th grade. The bill would greatly expand the state’s voucher programs by allowing voucher recipients to use public funds for more than tuition at a private school and transportation. Families would be allowed to spend the money on home-schooling, college courses, private tutoring and specialized testing such as Advanced Placement exams. “It’s about freedom and opportunity,” Renner shares during his news conference. “We empower parents and children to decide the education that meets their needs.” Critics say that the legislation will hurt public schools by sending money to private…
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DeSantis Expands “Don’t Say Gay” Laws
On Wednesday, April 19th Florida’s Board of Education approved an expansion to the Parental Rights in Education law, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. This expansion was requested by Governor Ron DeSantis. The law currently bans classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. This new rule will extend that law up to 12th grade. This law had drawn intense criticism from progressive groups. Joe Saunders is the senior political director of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Florida. He said that this law is part of DeSantis’ “assault on freedom.” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said, “All we are doing is we are…
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Florida’s 4:45 AM Mishap
On Thursday morning, at 4:45 AM, Florida residents across the state were woken up by a notification on their phones from the Emergency Alert System.
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SpaceX Calls Off the Launch of Starship, the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Made
SpaceX has called off its first launch attempt of Starship, its most powerful rocket ever built, after a problem cropped up during fueling.
