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Florida Police Officer Seized and Renovated Dead Man’s Home, Sheriff Says

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office arrested the officer, Brian Sguros, alleging that he used the man’s identity after finding him dead at home during a welfare check.

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The home where Dennis West lived in Lauderhill, Fla.
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Florida Mayor Is Accused of Taking Covid Grant Funds She Helped Approve

Mayor Jackie Espinosa of Kissimmee, Fla., and her family received money from a grant program she helped create during the pandemic, the state attorney general said. She was arrested on Wednesday.

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Jackie Espinosa at a restaurant she owned in 2023, before she was elected mayor of Kissimmee, Fla.
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Gambling Hotline Ex-Director Stole $1.5M to Feed Betting Habit, Prosecutors Say

Philip L. Sullivan started running the Florida hotline in 2025, a year after he was accused of stealing from a previous employer. He was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

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The Bay County Courthouse in Panama City, Fla., where Philip L. Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to nine years and 10 months in prison.
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Florida Man Killed by Alligator While Fishing Near Lake Apopka in Winter Garden

The man, 71, was fishing at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park near Lake Apopka when he was killed by a 12-foot alligator. The reptile was later “removed as a danger to the public,” the authorities said.

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The shoreline near Lake Apopka, where the man was fishing, is a known alligator habitat, according to state wildlife authorities.
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Miami Tugboat Captain Gets 18 Months in Crash That Killed 3 Children

Five girls and a camp counselor were thrown into the water off Miami Beach in July last year when a barge pushed by a tugboat struck their stalled sailboat.

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Emergency workers responding to the Miami Yacht Club after the barge collided with the sailboat in July 2025.
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Florida Executes First Prisoner Since Botched Injection in Tennessee

The execution of James Robertson, who said he deliberately killed another inmate to get on death row, occurred without complications, state officials said.

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Florida State Prison near Starke, Fla., in July.
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He Would Be Florida’s First Black Governor. Can He Sway Black Voters?

Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout.

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Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman since 2021, is hoping to become Florida’s first Black governor.
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Hurricane Isaias’s Aftermath in Video and Pictures

It was the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, and the first to hit the mainland United States in two years.

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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs

A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.

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President Trump speaking to reporters at the White House last week.
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Man Posing as ICE Agent at Miami Polling Site Faces Felony Charges

Danilo Alves Silva wore an Immigration and Customs Enforcement costume from Amazon at a polling location for the Brazilian presidential election.

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The Kendall campus of Miami Dade College in Florida, where Brazilian nationals voted in their country’s presidential election.
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