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Waymo is gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami which will accelerate an expansion that’s been happening while its hobbled rivals remain in its rearview mirror.

The former Florida attorney general is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power as he tried to condition U.S. military assistance to Ukraine on that country investigating then-former Vice President Joe Biden.

President-elect Trump has pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants — including a million in Florida — but the immigrants most vulnerable to his sweep may actually be those who are here legally.

Between things like climate change and an affordability crisis, people in both states have a lot in common. Alexis Madrigal, host of “Forum” at KQED in San Francisco, joined Tom Hudson on “The Florida Roundup” for a live simulcast following Election Day.

The tornado that killed six people in St. Lucie County lasted an agonizing 31 minutes. As of Wednesday, 26 tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton have been confirmed from Florida City to Highlands County to St. Lucie County.

As they size up whom to cast their ballot for in the presidential election on Nov. 5, Hispanic voters nationwide are becoming more and more like other U.S. voters, focusing more attention on pocketbook issues, like the economy and inflation, said a leading expert on the nation’s Hispanic vote.

Hurricane Milton has made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key in Sarasota County. Milton is bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and flooding Wednesday night along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

For the third time in 13 months, a 50-mile sliver of the state’s vast coastline took a direct hit from a hurricane with Helen's arrival. The hits in the windswept stretch of Florida’s Big Bend are forcing residents to reckon with the costs of living in an area under siege by storms that researchers say are becoming stronger because of climate change.

Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane — with sustained winds oer 130 mph — as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night.

The storm, which could make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and create storm surges of up to 18 feet across parts of the Gulf Coast, forced at least 16 Florida counties to issue mandatory evacuations, including three total evacuations in Franklin, Taylor and Wakulla counties.

A coalition of major publishing houses, along with several prominent authors, students, and parents, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida public school officials. It challenges the state's controversial 2023 law, which has led to the widespread removal of books from public school libraries.

Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed. Death row inmate Loran Cole is appealing the state's lethal injection procedures to the U.S. Supreme Court.