As the nonnative reptiles thrive with no natural predators, the state’s wildlife agencyencourages homeowners to kill them “whenever possible.”
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Florida man regrets trying to pawn his baby for laughs on Snapchat
Brian Slocum thought this dad joke would get him social media clout but it sparked a police manhunt instead.
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with solicitation of prostitution Friday in connection with an investigation of a day spa in Florida. The 77-year-old billionaire and owner of one of the most successful sports franchises in the world was videotaped engaging in a sex act with an employee at Orchids of Asia Day […]
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Paul LePage plans to move to Florida for tax reasons
AUGUSTA — Regardless of who is elected his successor, Gov. Paul LePage said Monday he plans to move to Florida for tax reasons and maybe to teach. “I’ll be a resident of Florida if Janet Mills wins, I can promise you that,” LePage, referring to the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, said with a smile one day […]
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Mike Woodbury apologizes but defends vulgarities used in leaked audio
A former Maine basketball coach said he’s embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct after his profanity-laced tirade against a student at his Florida school was posted online this week. Mike Woodbury, in a telephone interview Friday with the Press Herald, said he doesn’t believe the edited three-minute audio posted on YouTube tells the complete story of his […]
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DNA, fingerprint match helped lead FBI to mail bomb suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man with a criminal history and a fervor for President Donald Trump sent at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, Justice Department officials said, crediting DNA, a fingerprint match and misspellings for the key break in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the […]
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Answering the calls of injured wildlife
QUINCY, Fla. — As the city of Tallahassee woke up relieved last week that it had been spared from Hurricane Michael’s most brutal gusts, Teresa Stevenson woke up nervous in a den of screeching animals 20 miles away. She was cut off from the world in a trailer in a 36-acre forest, a quarter-mile down […]
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Five more deaths reported in Virginia after Michael rips through
Hurricane Michael, which ripped through the Southeast, leaving a trail of death and destruction from Florida to Virginia, finally moved off the coast, over the Atlantic Ocean overnight. Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest on record to hit the area – wreaking havoc and […]
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Hurricane Michael: Watch drone video showing devastation in Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s Panhandle is littered with evidence that Hurricane Michael is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the mainland United States. Roofs and awnings are peeled from buildings, pieces of homes are scattered amid snapped trees and downed power lines, chunks of beaches are washed away. Michael thrashed Georgia as a hurricane […]
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Michael, third-most powerful hurricane to hit mainland, rips through Southeast
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The third-most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in recorded history left a wide path of destruction, destroying homes and shopping centers and felling trees that killed at least two people in Florida and Georgia. And it’s not done yet. Hurricane Michael finally weakened to a tropical storm on […]