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stock.adobe.comNew limits on SNAP purchases are meant to encourage better nutrition. But not all high-sugar items are excluded, raising questions about consistency. Plus, childbirth dangers for Black women and insight on a controversial police firing. -
Jessica Meszaros/WUSFEnvironmental advocates celebrated a win in Manatee last month with a new law blocking a plan for a new cruise port. But is the Terra Ciea Aquatic Preserve safe from development? Not everyone thinks so.
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The fight against the Everglades' immigration detention center is not the first time the land has been at the heart of environmental controversy.
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North Florida's flat, rural cattle pastures — longtime dumping grounds of South Florida's sewage sludge — will close their gates to feces-filled trucks by 2028. That's owing to a provision of Florida's Farm Bill. -
A 1,733-acre wildfire was being fought in the Picayune Strand State Forest on Monday afternoon. The fire was south of Alligator Alley and prompted a warning from the Florida Highway Patrol. -
A grand jury indicted Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky of Destin after investigators alleged he mistakenly removed the liver and not the spleen of a patient during a procedure in Walton County. -
DeSantis originally called the session to produce new maps for the U.S. House in an unusual mid-decade redistricting in January and it’s scheduled to start Monday.
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Rebecca Blackwell/APFor nearly a year, Rob Pimental has been on dialysis but continues to work long hours, supported by the NBA team and inspired by his family. April is National Donate Life Month, a cause close to the Heat. -
Darron Cummings/APThe Lakeland Ranch resident says his longtime oncologist, Dr. Rick Brown of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma in Vitale's lung and liver cavity.
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