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Surfing Santas & CPR: Holiday tradition teams up with local charity to save lives
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Over half of Florida hurricane home insurance claims rejected. Here’s why
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FAA probes holiday drone show accident that injured a boy in Florida
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Florida seeks to slam door on prison heat case
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New images show state inspection of Disney World monorail
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‘Customer service crisis’ at Social Security Administration leaves Florida family in limbo
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Lost leadership: How a small Florida town nearly found itself without a mayor for 10 days
Read full article: Lost leadership: How a small Florida town nearly found itself without a mayor for 10 daysA town of just 1,800 residents nearly found itself without a mayor due to a puzzling standoff over election procedures.
Florida troopers helped detain hundreds of illegal migrants in Texas, new records reveal
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1 dead after a Russian missile hits a Ukrainian apartment block
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Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu
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NFL players who use platform to share their faith say it's their duty to spread their love of Jesus
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Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning 'irresponsible'
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California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve
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North Carolina man charged with murder in fatal shooting of officer at supermarket, police say
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Man arraigned on murder charges in NYC subway death fanned flames with a shirt, prosecutors say
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Heavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights
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Amsterdam court sentences 5 men over violence linked to Ajax-Maccabi soccer game
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Here’s when these Central Florida malls will close on Christmas Eve
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Middle East latest: Israeli raid and airstrikes in West Bank kill at least 8 Palestinians
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South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting president
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