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Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., announced Monday that he will be “sidelined in Sarasota for several weeks” while recovering from a fractured pelvis, a punctured lung and torn ligaments in his neck — injuries that his office said he sustained when he fell from a ladder last week. […]
GETTY/Maskot (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has rejected an African American history course that is set to be a part of the college board’s slate of advanced placement courses in high schools. In a letter obtained by ABC News, the Florida Department of Education rejected the course, calling it “inexplicably contrary to Florida law […]
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has rejected an African American history course that is set to be a part of the College Board’s slate of Advanced Placement courses in high schools. In a letter obtained by ABC News, the Florida Department of Education rejected the course […]
amphotora/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — A man who allegedly threatened a mass shooting against LGBTQ people at Florida State University has been arrested by the FBI. Sean Michael Albert, 19, waived his preliminary hearing and is now in detention, according to court filings. Albert has been charged with interstate communication of a threat to injure […]
miljko/iStock (FLA.) — Florida’s Department of Education announced on Monday that it would withhold school board members’ salaries in Alachua and Broward counties because of their school mask mandates. Both counties’ school districts said on Tuesday they still plan on requiring masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic and are exploring legal action. The department’s announcement came after a circuit court […]
miljko/iStock (FLA.) — Florida’s Department of Education announced on Monday that it would withhold school board members’ salaries in Alachua and Broward counties because of their school mask mandates. Both counties’ school districts said on Tuesday they still plan on requiring masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic and are exploring legal action. The department’s announcement came after a circuit court […]
eggeeggjiew/iStock (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida Board of Education suggested Tuesday it could remove local school officials who broke state rules and required masks for students, the latest in a weekslong battle between Gov. Ron DeSantis and school leaders who say they are desperate to keep students safe as pediatric cases of COVID-19 rise in […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The remnants of Fred redeveloped into a tropical storm over the southeastern part of the Gulf of Mexico earlier Sunday morning. Tropical Storm Fred has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, is moving to the north-northwest at 10 mph and the center is currently about 235 miles south of Panama […]
WFTV (ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.) — A Florida mother was fatally shot by her toddler while on a Zoom video call for work, prompting one of her colleagues to call 911, authorities said. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was killed Wednesday at her apartment in Altamonte Springs in central Florida after one of her two toddlers picked up […]
