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Hurricane Dorian's Sluggish Movement Makes Future Path Hard To Project

12:11pm September 02, 2019

by Rachel Martin

The storm has slowed as it passes over the Bahamas, battering the islands. It's expected to move west and north, grazing Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, but the track is less solid than usual.

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Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward the Florida coast on Sept. 1.

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Historic Hurricane Dorian Bears Down On Northern Bahamas As A Category 5 Storm

11:39pm September 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

With sustained winds of 185 mph, Dorian is hitting the Bahamas as "the strongest hurricane in modern records" to hit the archipelago, according to the National Hurricane Center.

This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hurricane Dorian Reaches Category 5 Status As It Approaches The Bahamas

8:19am September 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Forecasters warned the storm will bring "life-threatening storm surge" and "devastating winds" when it reaches the archipelago before continuing toward the southeastern U.S.

A group representing importers said it was gratified that the Trump administration is lifting the tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. But it cautioned that beefed-up inspections could act as another barrier to free trade.

Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On Imports

3:49pm August 21, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices.

Suzanne Devine Clark, an art teacher at Deerfield Beach Elementary School, places painted stones at a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting on Feb. 14, 2019, in Parkland, Fla. The stat

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Florida Could Serve As Example For Lawmakers Considering Red Flag Laws

6:40am August 21, 2019

by Greg Allen

Florida adopted a red flag law last year after the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Since then, courts there have approved about 2,500 risk protection orders.

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In surveillance video, an unarmed black man Markeis McGlockton (far left) is shot by Michael Drejka, who is white, during an altercation a the parking lot in Clearwater, Fla., in July 2018.

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'Stand Your Ground' Trial Begins In Florida A Year After Unarmed Black Man Is Killed

4:26pm August 19, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Michael Drejka who is white, says he feared for his life after Markeis McGlockton, who is black, pushed him to the ground in a dispute over a handicapped-accessible parking space in 2018.

Courtney Irby is charged with misdemeanor trespassing in connection with guns owned by her estranged husband. A member of her family told local media that Irby had feared for her life.

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Woman Accused Of Turning In Husband's Guns To The Police Will Face Misdemeanor Charge

6:43pm July 03, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Courtney Irby had taken her husband's guns from his home, and given them to police. At the time he was under arrest for allegedly ramming her car with his.

Homeowners Tom Carroll and Hermine Carroll held a ceremonial planting of vegetables in their garden on Monday. The Village of Miami Shores had prohibited front-yard gardens, but the Florida legislature passed a law that assures such gardens' legality.

After 6-Year Battle, Florida Couple Wins The Right To Plant Veggies In Front Yard

6:22pm July 02, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

A 2013 zoning ordinance threatened Hermine Ricketts with a $50 fine each day for the garden she had tended for years. So she pulled it up — and got a lawyer.

The campaign for restoring voting rights to felons was resoundingly approved by Florida voters last November.

ACLU Sues Over Florida Law That Requires Felons To Pay Fees, Fines Before Voting

6:46pm July 01, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The ACLU says the new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis creates "two classes of returning citizens: those who are wealthy enough to vote and those who cannot afford to."

Arrow, a heroin user since the 1970s, is a client of Florida's first clean needle exchange, a pilot program in Miami that has proved so successful that conservative Republicans want to expand it.

Key Florida Republicans Now Say Yes To Clean Needles For Drug Users

11:30am June 27, 2019

by Sammy Mack

Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives.