The State Department declared Tren de Aragua a terrorist organization, and news reports say its members are wreaking havoc across the country. The reality is more nuanced.
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Everyone is more likely to cast a ballot when voting is convenient, data from Florida’s early on-campus poll site shows.
As executive orders ban teaching ‘gender ideology’ and ‘critical race theory’ and the Big Five publishers file a joint lawsuit against book bans, a new era begins.
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an innovative method for dating ancient sediments.
The future of scrub mints could be in jeopardy because of climate change, development and misclassification.
Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat to the survival of the beloved species.
Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans and may keep incarcerated people on-site instead of moving them to safety.
Seven measures passed, three failed. What’s left behind is a mosaic of laws that can be hard to understand.
Two medical measures in Nebraska passed decisively but face legal challenges.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of racist literacy tests and poll taxes to ban Black voters. It came too late for Black voters in Ocoee, Florida.
The question is how many inactive voters will come out.
Five states have marijuana on the ballot in some form this November. But the once-bipartisan legalization movement now faces an uphill battle in states dominated by Republicans.
Nearly a million Florida property owners are facing a deadline, as associations are required to have their buildings inspected and assess the funds for repairing them.
As Florida and North Carolina change voting rules because of the hurricanes, they might face legal challenges – and open the doors to false claims of election fraud.
In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway joined the relief efforts – and became enraged at government inaction.
Milton’s fast spin-up in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most rapid intensifications on record. Two scientists who study hurricanes explain why this happens and what’s changing.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
The promising compounda were discovered on an organic farm.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.
The home states of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are part of the image of each campaign.
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