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Hurricane center eyes potential system to form near Florida – Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane center eyes potential system to form near Florida  Orlando Sentinel Florida in bull’s-eye for heavy rains as developing system could become tropical trouble  FOX Weather Tropical trouble could be brewing around Florida, hurricane forecasters say  USA Today Why forecasters are concerned about losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak hurricane season  PBS Watching the Gulf for tropical development  WITN Source link

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Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages

Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages

Facebook Tweet Email Link Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.” Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being “unlawfully denied entry” to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed …

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Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked

Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers took a state-arranged tour of the new Everglades immigration detention center on Saturday after some were blocked earlier from viewing the remote facility that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.” Democratic and Republican state legislators and members of Congress were heading into the facility Saturday morning. So many politicians turned up that they were …

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