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Nearly five years after voters passed a constitutional amendment about victims’ rights, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office Monday urged the Florida Supreme Court to use the measure to make it harder for Death Row inmates to get stays of execution.
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In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August through mid-September is the busiest time for tropical storms and hurricanes. This season is no different.
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Hurricane Lee is expected to stay off the U.S. East Coast this week, but that could change for the upcoming weekend.
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Seeking a final ruling before the legislative session starts in January, both sides in a battle over a congressional redistricting plan have asked an appeals court to fast-track the case to the Florida Supreme Court.
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The storm was located about 1,130 miles (1,815 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 14 miles per hour (22 kilometers per hour) on Wednesday. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour).
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Sarasota’s climate scientist says nine Atlantic basin storms typically have been seen much later ... if at all.
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Use these checklists to organize yourself and your supplies before returning home, while doing the first inspection, and while cleaning flood and wind-damaged houses.
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The storm is projected to come ashore early today as a Category 4 system with sustained winds of at least 130 mph in the Big Bend region of the state, although effects are being felt along Florida's west coast.
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The last major hurricanes to land near Cedar Key in 100 years were Hurricane Easy in 1950 and an unnamed storm in 1935. Hurricane Idalia reached Category 3 strength before making landfall.
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The Department of Transportation will stop collecting tolls in Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Pasco, Pinellas and Sumter counties.