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A digital illustration in bright Copic marker and pencil shows a cluster of realistically drawn Amanita muscaria mushrooms in different phases of growth, from the button stage to fully mature. These mushrooms have a distinct red cap covered in small, white nubs, which give it a spotted appearance. The gills and stem are a cream white color.
The Ybor City store highlights the gaps in oversight of this new national market despite concerns from federal officials.
1199SEIU Florida hopes a five-day halt on voluntary overtime will force the company to address what it sees as staffing shortages at 19 Florida hospitals.
Always keep photocopies and records of all communication with Medicare, whether written or oral, concerning your denial.
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  1. Pro-Ron DeSantis merchandise is sold outside First Baptist North Spartanburg church in Spartanburg, S.C., during an appearance there by Florida's governor on April 19. The appearance was part of DeSantis' first public trip to the early voting state before he kicked off his 2024 Republican presidential bid.
  2. A protester waving a pride flag with the Florida State Seal joined hundreds of people from across the state in a rally and march, Monday, May 1, 2023, in Orlando.
  3. Members of 1199SEIU Florida, which represents more than 10,000 health care workers at 19 HCA hospitals across the state, voted overwhelmingly for the action.
  4. Always keep photocopies and records of all communication with Medicare, whether written or oral, concerning your denial.
  5. Check your fitness rings! It looks like you’ve been frozen in a state of overwhelm for the past 16 hours and are spiraling into an emotional pit of despair from which you will not emerge unless you make at least one meager attempt to move your body!
  6. A digital illustration in bright Copic marker and pencil shows a cluster of realistically drawn Amanita muscaria mushrooms in different phases of growth, from the button stage to fully mature. These mushrooms have a distinct red cap covered in small, white nubs, which give it a spotted appearance. The gills and stem are a cream white color.
  7. Ellen Clarke, assistant managing editor at the Tampa Bay Times, uses the exercise bike at St. Pete Strength Club on May 19 in St. Petersburg. The gym played a pivotal role during treatment for rectal cancer.
  8. Numerous Republican rivals for the GOP presidential nomination have criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' record as a U.S. representative and governor, and his feud with The Walt Disney Co.
  9. A good hurricane kit is essential for Floridians during hurricane season.
  10. Chlorinated water flows over a weir at the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Tampa City Council members indicated Thursday they will end a contract for the proposal known as PURE. The proposal called for using reclaimed water,  essentially, highly treated wastewater, to augment the city's existing water supply.
  11. Derek Sanz, liver transplant donor, on left, looks on as his mom Patricia Sanz, liver transplant recipient, smiles while answering questions during a press conference at Tampa General Hospital on Tuesday, The procedure was a first for Tampa General's Transplant Institute, which the hospital hopes will expand access to lifesaving liver transplantation for patients with end-stage liver disease and liver cancer.
  12. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a political roundtable, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Bedford, N.H. The Florida governor is one of Donald Trump's main contenders for the Republican nomination.
  13. Tap water flows into a sink. Hillsborough County rescinded its boil water notice for 95,000 customers in south-central portion of the county.
  14. You have 8 months to sign up for Medicare Part B without a penalty if you are not “working full-time or have lost your company benefits, whichever comes first.”  The 8-month period will run whether you choose COBRA or not. COBRA has an 18-month benefit period.
  15. Yard signs promoting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024, financed by the super PAC promoting DeSantis for president, line the street leading up to a Republican congressional fundraiser on May 13. 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa.
  16. From above, Trichodesmium blooms can look like oil slicks or streaks of pollution, as seen in this image taken in July 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico.
  17. Judy Karpinski, 59, was told she had skin cancer in 2021. She later learned that was not the case but she didn't have many options. Here, Karpinski and her husband John Karpinski, 73, are pictured in St. Pete Beach on March 3, 2023.
  18. Cruz Cervantes-Garcia, 29, and his sister, Jasmin Cervantes-Garcia, 13, laugh together at their home on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Wimauma.
  19. A dead goliath grouper is shown floating on the surface in 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico. That year, red tide killed thousands of sea creatures.
  20. Nearly 250,000 Medicaid recipients have lost coverage in Florida since the state began reviewing the eligibility of close to 5 million people in April.
  21. A Burmese python moves through the grass during a demonstration by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 2015.  Among the 1,500 projects tucked into the record $117 billion budget Florida lawmakers passed this month is $3.35 million to expand efforts to remove Burmese pythons and other non-native fish and wildlife. The money also would go to “research and to assess risk and the efficacy of control efforts.”
  22. Five people pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to wire fraud conspiracy for participating in a fake nursing diploma scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degrees from three Florida-based nursing schools.
  23. Nearly 250,000 Medicaid recipients have lost coverage in Florida since the state began reviewing the eligibility of close to 5 million people in April.
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