Curt Anderson | Associated Press
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials proposes removal of the wading bird from the endangered species list.
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After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project has officially been completed to repair the sprawling he Herbert Hoover Dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during hurricanes.
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The Coast Guard has returned another 177 Cuban migrants who were caught off Florida’s coast to the island.
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The Florida House has passed sweeping legislation that would overhaul the state’s property insurance system, which has struggled due to insolvencies, high costs and major storms.
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Environmental groups are asking U.S. wildlife officials to return manatees to the endangered species list four years after they were downlisted to threatened, as hundreds continue to die mainly from pollution-caused starvation.
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Lettuce will be on the menu again this year for Florida manatees as part of an effort to slow the starvation deaths of the beloved marine mammals.
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Election officials in some Florida counties are urging people to vote early where possible as potentially severe weather threatens the state on Election Day.
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One of 20 people arrested with fanfare under an election fraud program launched by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has had his case dismissed by a Miami judge. Those arrested had voted in 2020, the first election cycle since the implementation of Amendment 4 that that allowed many felons to have their voting rights automatically restored, except for those convicted of murder and felony sexual assault.
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Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2 million people before aiming for the Atlantic Coast.
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The polluted leftovers of Florida’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry are at risk for leaks or other contamination when Hurricane Ian comes ashore in the state, environmental groups say.
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Ian has now strengthened into a Cat 4 hurricane overnight Tuesday with up to 140 mph winds.
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A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it became a major Category 3 storm early Tuesday.