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  • FILE – A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 28, 2010. The unprecedented effort to feed starving Florida manatees thousands of pounds of lettuce officially ended for the year Wednesday, March 29, 2023, as reported deaths of the marine mammals appeared to be slowing, despite the long-term threat of water pollution that chokes off their main seagrass food source. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)Environment

    Florida is trying to save its manatees from starvation by feeding them lettuce and it’s kind of working

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Rotting oranges laying on the ground in Florida after a hurricane.Environment

    Twin hurricanes just decimated Florida’s orange crop

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Family members and friends of Tyre Sampson leave items during a vigil in front of the Orlando Free Fall drop towerFinance

    Florida hits amusement park ride operator with $250,000 fine and lifetime ban over death of 14-year-old visitor

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • tropical weatherEnvironment

    Hurricane Ian covers southwest Florida in water as one of the strongest ever to hit the U.S.

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • This GOES-East GeoCcolor satellite image taken at 10:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Ian over the Gulf of Mexico. Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday, knocking out power to the entire country and leaving millions people without electricity, before churning on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. (NOAA via AP)Environment

    Hurricane Ian is just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status as it prepares to slam into the Florida coast

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This aerial photo taken from an airplane shows a reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine on April 3, 2021, in Bradenton, Fla. The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry, more than 1 billion tons in “stacks” that resemble enormous ponds, are at risk for leaks or other contamination triggered by Hurricane Ian, said environmental groups Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP, File)Environment

    Hurricane Ian could slam into over 1 billion tons of polluted radioactive waste from Florida’s mining industry in giant pondlike structures

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Workers board up university buildingEnvironment

    Hurricane Ian approaches Florida as extremely dangerous Category 4

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Miami, Florida, Metrorail TrainHealth

    Florida judge overturns CDC mask mandate for planes, other public transit

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The site at C. B. Smith Park will offer monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)Health

    Florida’s battle over mask mandates in school heads to appeals court

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The site at C. B. Smith Park will offer monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)Health

    Florida judge rules schools can impose mask mandates

    By Terry Spencer, Curt Anderson, and others
  • Operations At The American Airlines Group Inc. Terminal Ahead Of Earnings FiguresPolitics

    Mechanic in American Airlines Sabotage Case Had Islamic State Videos on Phone, Prosecutors Say

    By Curt Anderson and The Associated Press