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  1. Private Florida school won’t employ vaccinated teachers
    3 hours ago• Health
    A security guard walks the perimeter of the Centner Academy in Miami. The private school founded by an anti-vaccination activist in South Florida has warned teachers and staff against taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
  2. Biden to propose free preschool, as speech details emerge
    3 hours ago• Education
    President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment.
  3. Broward schools chief Robert Runcie, top lawyer will resign
    5 hours ago• Education
    Broward County School Board Superintendent Robert Runcie looks on during Tuesday's school board meeting. Runcie is charged with perjury after he was indicted by a statewide grand jury empaneled after the Parkland school shootings. He has offered to resign.
  5. Why did Florida and other Sunbelt states fall short in census?
    5 hours ago• Florida
    Florida and other Sunbelt states didn't grow in the 2020 census as much as many experts predicted.
  6. Florida Senate to consider police reform, but Democrats say it ‘doesn’t go far enough’
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Florida Sen. Perry E. Thurston Jr. speaks, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, during a legislative session at the Capitol.
  7. Candidates for school presidents won’t be secret in Florida after all
    5 hours ago• Politics
    Florida State University campus
  8. Broward schools chief Robert Runcie: ‘I will be vindicated.’
    5 hours ago• Education
    Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, who was indicted on a perjury charge, released a video statement Tuesday saying he will be vindicated.
  9. FBI starts probe into death of Black man killed by deputies
    6 hours ago• Nation & World
    Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., Wayne Kendall, left, and Ben Crump hold a news conference Tuesday outside the Pasquotank County Public safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C., to announce results of the autopsy they commissioned. The attorneys say an independent autopsy shows that Brown, a Black man, was shot five times, including in the back of the head. Brown was shot Wednesday by deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrant.
  10. Florida lawmakers advance bill to penalize social media companies
    6 hours ago• Politics
    The Facebook app is shown on a smart phone, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Surfside.
  11. Twelve puppies valued at $49,000 stolen from Largo pet store, police say
    Yesterday• Crime
    Two people stole nearly $50,000 worth of puppies from a pet store in Largo, according to police.
  12. ‘Go get the shot’: Biden highlights path back to normal
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden responds to a question from reporters on Tuesday about COVID-19, on the North Lawn of the White House.
  13. Fully vaccinated Americans can go outside without a mask, says CDC
    Yesterday• Health
    In this March 11 photo, President Joe Biden holds up his mask as he speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House in Washington. U.S. health officials on Tuesday say fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering outside in some cases, too.
  14. U.S. orders big drawdown at Kabul embassy as troops leave
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, testifies Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing on the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy and plans to withdraw troops after two decades of war.
  15. Florida tax collector orders workers to vaccinate or risk being fired
    Yesterday• Health
    Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon has told her employees they must get a coronavirus vaccine or risk being fired.
  16. Apple’s iPhone privacy clampdown arrives after 7-month delay
    Yesterday• Business
    In this June 16, 2020 file photo, the sun is reflected on Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York.
  17. Largo 19-year-old killed two women in knife attack, police say
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Sage Curry, 19, faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery, according to Largo police.
  18. Florida adds 5,271 coronavirus cases, 46 deaths Tuesday
    Yesterday• Health
    Florida’s positivity rate was about 9 percent Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  19. No plea deal for Tampa Super Bowl streaker, says Hillsborough judge
    Yesterday• Florida
    A fan who ran on the field, later identified as 31-year-old Yuri Andrade of Boca Raton, is chased by security during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 55. Andrade was arrested and charged with trespassing.
  20. $2 billion packaging company relocating HQ to Tampa, bringing 200 jobs
    Yesterday• Business
    The $2 billion packaging company Signode is relocating its headquarters to Tampa from Chicago, bringing 200 jobs.
  21. Frustration shows as Hillsborough school leaders tackle twin problems
    Yesterday• Education
    Hillsborough County School Board member Jessica Vaughn looks at superintendent Addison Davis on Tuesday during a tense meeting that focused on Davis' performance and the school district's financial problems.
  22. Pasco superintendent apologizes for school mask confusion
    Yesterday• Education
    Pasco County schools superintendent Kurt Browning posted a video on April 27, 2021, apologizing for any confusion he caused with past statements about masks in schools.
  23. Florida tuition breaks part of higher-education deal reached by lawmakers
    Yesterday• Politics
    Sen. Joe Gruters.
  24. Florida Orchestra joins forces with YMCA for free summer arts camp
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    A free summer arts camp will be held June 14 through July 9 at the Childs Park YMCA in St. Petersburg. Children will lessons in the violin, piano and visual art.
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