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Warrington Preparatory Academy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis uses last year's bumpy transition of Warrington Preparatory Academy to highlight new simplified process for convertingn of failed "turnaround schools" into charter schools.
A woman holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; "I will decide" as she joins a march demanding legal, free and safe abortions for all women, marking International Safe Abortion Day, in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2022. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, has decriminalized abortion nationwide.
Marco Ugarte
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AP
With the Florida Supreme Court upholding the state’s new restrictive abortion ban, pregnant women in Florida, especially those in South Florida, may soon head to countries in Latin America, where several countries have legalized the procedure, a reproductive health expert told WLRN on Friday.
The court's first Black justice was Joseph Woodrow Hatchett in 1975, and its most recent Black justice was Peggy A. Quince, who became its first Black female chief justice in 2008. She retired in early 2019 after 20 years on the court.
Lauren Witte
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Fresh Take Florida
The fir tussock moth's scientific name is the orgyia detrita. It's the most common of the species in Florida and can be identified by its bright orange spots.
Lyle Buss
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Entomology and Nematology Department at UF