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Mitnick was “chief hacking officer” at Clearwater security training firm KnowBe4.
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Also approved were new rules on discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.
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Lithium ion batteries stored at the clinic started leaking highly flammable hydrogen gas, prompting an evacuation.
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Fewer Tampa Bay residents who voted by mail in 2022 are registered to do so again in 2024.
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The woman visited a parody hit-for-hire website and said she wanted “to get something done once and for all.”
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Lawyers for the family of the girl, who was 4 when she was burned in 2019, were seeking $15 million in damages.
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