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Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more than a month after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opened.

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Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally? President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head co...

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Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change how the Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants in the United States illegally.

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US Rep. Cory Mills accused of threatening to release intimate videos after breakup U.S. Rep. Cory Mills of Florida has been accused of threatening to release private images and videos of intimate moments with a woman he was previously involved with.

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Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law A federal judge is hearing arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements A federal judge has ordered officials to produce agreements showing who has legal authority at “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.

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Judge orders Florida, federal officials to produce 'Alligator Alcatraz' agreements

Judge considers whether 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge was filed in wrong venue Government attorneys are arguing in court that a legal challenge to a hastily-built immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.

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Judge considers whether 'Alligator Alcatraz' challenge was filed in wrong venue

Attorneys: 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees held without charges, barred from legal access Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys.

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Why are data nerds racing to save US government statistics? The data nerds are fighting back. After watching data sets be altered or disappear from government websites in unprecedented ways after President Donald Trump began his second term, statisticians, dem...

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Environmentalists' lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court, Florida official says Florida's top emergency official says a lawsuit to stop an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades was filed in the wrong court.

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Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell sues Florida sheriff's office over beach trespassers Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell says a local Florida sheriff’s office isn’t doing enough to protect his multimillion dollar beachfront property from trespassers and is asking a judge for an orde...

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Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell sues Florida sheriff's office over beach trespassers

Florida attorney general identifies wrongful charges under halted immigration law At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal judge halted its enforcement.

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Florida attorney general identifies wrongful charges under halted immigration law

System over Florida has potential to develop into tropical depression, weather service says A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.

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Republican donors and Florida's hurricane know-how helped build 'Alligator Alcatraz' so quickly Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."

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Once known as 'Dirty Myrtle,' Myrtle Beach is now the fastest-growing US metro for seniors Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has become the fastest-growing U.S. metro for seniors. U.S. Census Bureau data shows its population aged 65 and older grew by 6.3% last year, the highest rate nationwide.

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Judge finds Florida attorney general in contempt over immigration law A federal judge has found Florida’s attorney general to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put on hold a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people living in the U.S. illegally to enter t...

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Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor's wife Florida’s child welfare agency has sent a letter to a newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit associated with Gov.

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From ‘Tudo bem?’ to ‘Gracias,’ a growing share of US residents speak a language other than English New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 22% of U.S. residents spoke a language other than English at home.

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US children of divorce have reduced earnings, increased chances of teen births and jail, study says Young children of divorce in the U.S. have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances of teen pregnancy and incarceration.

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What keeps the safety director of the most vulnerable spot in US up at night before hurricane season No place is more vulnerable to hurricanes in the 50 U.S. states than the Florida Keys. The chain of islands celebrated by singer Jimmy Buffett in his odes to tropical escapism is surrounded by water.

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Venezuelan workers at Disney put on leave from jobs after losing protective status Almost four dozen Venezuelan workers who had temporary protected status have been put on leave by Disney after the U.S.

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Is the Southern accent fixin' to disappear in parts of the US South? Southern accents are disappearing in some parts of the U.S. South due to the migration of people into the region from other parts of the United States and around the world.

Southern accents are disappearing in some parts of the U.S. South due to the migration of people into the region from other parts of the United States and around the world.

When did Disney villains stop being so villainous? New show suggests they may just be misunderstood Cruella de Vil wanted to turn Dalmatian puppies into fur coats. Captain Hook tried to bomb Peter Pan, and Maleficent issued a curse of early death for Aurora.

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Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort's biggest bang yet in Florida From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest theme park.

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Giant rodents cuddle with visitors at the Capybara Cafe in Florida Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” animals of the moment. The capybara is a semi-aquatic South American relative of the guinea pig.

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A 16th-century Spanish explorer claimed this Florida beach town. Now it’s a remote work hotspot Thousands of white-collar, remote workers have moved to the St. Augustine, Florida, area in the 2020s.

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Hit by storms and disease, Florida's citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease. As production of the state’s signature crop has declined in recent years, many citrus farmers have sold ...

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Judge pauses GOP states' lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from census count A federal judge has agreed with Trump administration lawyers to pause a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that attempted to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers use...

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Census Bureau under Trump cuts loose expert advisers who work for free The U.S. Census Bureau has eliminated outside advisory committees of demographers, statisticians and advocacy group leaders who provided technical guidance and expertise.

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Florida holds off updating population projections because of uncertainties over immigration policies Florida officials are holding off updating the state’s population projections because of the uncertainties surrounding how the immigration policies of President Donald Trump and Gov.

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