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The Lee County school district is passing out newly-branded stickers for classrooms designated as a Safe Space for students. But, there is something missing from this new batch in the a time of what appears to be never-ending culture wars in Florida. Noticeably absent from the new safe space stickers are the bright burst of colors associated with LGBTQ issues. Also absent are the words, “This is a safe space for ALL including all genders, all orientations.”Instead of rainbow colors, the subdued stickers in shades of blue and orange simply say, SAFE SPACE for all.The district said it will not be telling teachers to remove the rainbow-flag colored Safe Space stickers, but it is merely offering up a secondary sticker should they chose to replace the old ones.

Florida Power & Light Company volunteers will participate in FPL’s annual Power to Care Week. Marking the week-long initiative’s sixteenth year, hundreds of volunteers will come together as part of its commitment to power strong communities by making Florida an even better place to live, work and raise a family.

It's that time of the year when fronts start to lag and lose forward speed, usually right over or very close to our state enhancing showers and storms but they also could leave enough energy for tropical systems.

After the backlash over the plan to bring golf courses and pickleball courts to state parks, a Stuart Republican filed a bill that would ban those changes.

Rat and human lives have long intersected, but there's relatively little research about them. Thanks to advances in genomics and paleoarcheology, a lot more study may be on the horizon.

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County lifted nearly a dozen health alerts due to red tide

Big Cypress National Preserve has re-issued a temporary closure to promote visitor safety during prescribed fire activity beginning Tuesday. Closure incudes all areas and trails within the treatment perimeter, however, due to changes in weather and environmental conditions, the previously planned Boundary Prescribed Fire Phase 1 treatment perimeter has been amended.

The world celebrates International Day of Forests on Friday, but President Trump aims to expand American logging and roll back reforestation efforts.

Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.