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In this image made from video, James Burdette speaks during an interview on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, after Hurricane Ian hit North Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo)

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At a Florida trailer park, survivors speak of Ian's wrath
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - The Associated Press
Thu,09/29/22-11:46PM , 286 Reads
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — When Ian's winds swept into this Gulf coast trailer park, they howled with such force that residents felt they would be lifted off the ground, even blown away.
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Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootings in 2018, speaks at the kick off of the Giffords Florida bus tour, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Miami. Giffords Florida was launched by Giffords, the national gun violence prevention organization led by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, in support of Florida candidates to end gun violence. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press
Sun,09/25/22-7:23AM , 213 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Annette Taddeo walked to a podium overlooking Miami’s Biscayne Bay and described to her audience how she had fled terrorism as a teenager in Colombia and now feared for the safety of her 16-year-old daughter at an American public school.
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Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, Friday, July 22, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. DeSantis' effort to place candidates fully aligned with his conservative views on school boards throughout the state is helping him expand his influence. Of the 30 candidates endorsed by DeSantis in the Aug. 23 elections, 19 won, five lost and six are headed to runoffs. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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DeSantis puts his imprint on school board races in Florida
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press
Sun,09/04/22-11:13PM , 494 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — In her 24 years as a school board member in Florida, Marta Perez proposed a Bible study class for students, opposed a measure to boost anti-racism curricula after the killing of George Floyd and spoke out against adopting a textbook that i
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Neil Handler speaks about how his son Jonah was trapped inside a pocket of fallen concrete after the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse, as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Bal Harbour, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Teen's miraculous survival in Florida collapse finds purpose
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - The Associated Press
Wed,06/22/22-11:07PM , 386 Reads
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Jonah Handler’s miraculous rescue from one of the deadliest building collapses in U.S. history might seem to have an obvious parallel, given his name.
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