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August 23, 2022

DeSantis-backed candidates flip Florida school board from liberal to conservative

The Sarasota, Florida school board has flipped from liberal to conservative as part of a Tuesday election night where Gov. Ron DeSantis-supported candidates won 25 elections.

August 23, 2022

Charlie Crist wins Democratic nomination for governor of Florida, will take on DeSantis in November

Rep. Charlie Crist secured the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, and will challenge Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the November midterms.

August 23, 2022

Florida mail carrier, 61, mauled to death by pack of dogs after truck breaks down

A 61-year-old mail carrier for the USPS was killed on Sunday after being mauled by a pack of five dogs when her mail truck broke down in north Florida.

August 23, 2022

Miami Zoo x-ray shows python and its transmitter inside cottonmouth snake

After failing to find a snake it had been tracking, the Miami Zoo in Florida located the Burmese python, and its electric tracker, inside a native cottonmouth.

August 23, 2022

Parkland school shooting: Nikolas Cruz's drawings from Florida jail reveal disturbed mind

Drawings that Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz made from solitary confinement in Florida jail reveal a trouble mind, with many demonic and violent images.

August 23, 2022

Senate GOP election arm defends Rick Scott's anniversary trip to Italy days after he slammed Biden's vacation

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is vacationing in Florida after criticizing President Biden for doing the same thing in Delaware, according to an Axios report.

August 23, 2022

How religion, abortion will affect the midterm elections in Florida among crucial Hispanic voters

Despite emphasis on the economy and crime ahead of Florida's Tuesday primaries, abortion could sway Hispanic Floridians whose demographic is seeing a shift to the Republican party.

August 23, 2022

Florida pilot recounts crashing plane on busy Orlando highway after stunning turn of events

Cessna pilot Remy Colin joined 'America's Newsroom' to recount the harrowing experience in which he crash-landed a small plane on a busy Florida highway.

August 23, 2022

Florida day care owner arrested after ‘sickening’ child abuse: sheriff

Rong Liu, owner and director of Children's Land of Imagination Academy in Odessa, Florida, was arrested after allegedly abusing at least one child at the school.

August 23, 2022

MSNBC analyst rips Ron DeSantis over 'rampant bigotry' and 'homophobia': 'Everybody knows he's terrible'

MSNBC political contributor Dr. Jason Johnson slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis for alleged "bigotry" on "The 11th Hour" Monday, claiming the governor is unpopular.