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  • Guests arrive at the joint funeral service for Irma Garcia and her husband, Joe Garcia, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday. Schoolteacher Irma Garcia died in the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, and her husband died two days later of a heart attack.
    The tragic history of police responding too late to active shooters
    In similar tragedies over the years, police encountered similar problems during the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999 and at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
  • Beach dunes stand in Lovers Key State Park before Hurricane in September 2022.
    Lovers Key State Park schedules wildlife programs, other activities
    State park to offer guided nature programs for 2023-2024 season; Lovers Key State Park to host wildlife programs and recreational activities.
  • Locations of tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service during Hurricane Milton.
    What made Hurricane Milton a record-breaking storm for tornado activity?
    It’s not uncommon for hurricanes to spawn tornadoes. For instance, according to the National Hurricane Center, in 2022 Hurricane Ian produced 14 tornadoes in Florida, mostly with magnitudes of EF0 — that’s the lowest — but one that was an EF2. Hurricane Ivan in 2004 holds the record for the most tornadoes spawned by a hurricane in the United States, with 118 confirmed twisters, but that was across nine states. When it comes to hurricanes spawning tornadoes just here in Florida, then Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9, 2024 is record breaking. We learn what about Milton led to both a record number of tornadoes, as well as more stronger ones than we typically see during strong tropical storms.
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    What made Hurricane Milton a record-breaking storm for tornado activity?
    It’s not uncommon for hurricanes to spawn tornadoes. For instance, according to the National Hurricane Center, in 2022 Hurricane Ian produced 14 tornadoes in Florida, mostly with magnitudes of EF0 — that’s the lowest — but one that was an EF2. Hurricane Ivan in 2004 holds the record for the most tornadoes spawned by a hurricane in the United States, with 118 confirmed twisters, but that was across nine states. When it comes to hurricanes spawning tornadoes just here in Florida, then Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9, 2024 is record breaking. We learn what about Milton led to both a record number of tornadoes, as well as more stronger ones than we typically see during strong tropical storms.
  • Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books, including <em>The Bluest Eye</em>, by Toni Morrison and<em> Lawn Boy</em> by Jonathan Evison, that have been the subject of complaints from parents in Salt Lake City on Dec. 16, 2021.
    Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs
    A conservative campaign to ban certain books from schools is prompting other parents to push back. The issue is often framed as the latest "culture war" battle, but some see democracy itself at stake.
  • Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could
    Active shooter drills are one way schools prepare for possible shootings. Now a new report underlines a method for prevention: threat assessment, along with social and emotional support for students.
  • Area in the Cypress Trail wildfire here the wildfire tied into a prescribed burn scar. A fire official said the black from a few months can be seen under all the bright green new growth that won't burn. Without that burn the fire would still be chunking its way to the west.
    Big Cypress NP temporary closes area for prescribed fire activity
    Big Cypress National Preserve has issued a temporary closure to promote visitor safety during prescribed fire activity beginning Tuesday, February 27, 2024. During the closure all recreational use including off-road vehicles, hiking, camping, hunting and commercial activities are prohibited in the designated areas.
  • The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Harlem's legendary Abyssinian Baptist Church, died on Friday at home in New York City. He was 73.
    The Rev. Calvin Butts left behind a legacy of prayer and political activism
    Butts died Friday at home New York of pancreatic cancer. He was 73. The pastor and powerbroker lived a life filled with prayer and political activism.
  • Two Active Named Storms, Possibly Three by Friday, No Threat to Florida
    Tuesday was officially the traditional peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season, and for the first time this season, we are tracking two named storms at the…
  • Pro-democracy group learns about extremist hate activity in Florida
    Several groups interested in preserving democracy in Florida held a virtual meeting last evening.
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