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Video screenshot/Central Florida Zoo & Botanical GardensThe zoo’s veterinary team is keeping an extra-close eye on two of the remaining eleven animals recently transferred from a Sloth World warehouse in Orlando. -
Wilfredo Lee/APSpirit Airlines has ended its 34-year run, closing the chapter on a discount carrier that reshaped U.S. air travel. Once known for bright yellow planes and deeply discounted fares, the airline announced early Saturday it had shut down after its final flight from Detroit landed in Dallas.
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Most of the wild sloths imported by a planned tourist attraction in Orlando did not survive. -
No law required Sloth World operators to report animal deaths to the state, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. -
Several groups are planning to sue over new congressional districts approved by state lawmakers this week, leaving the new map’s fate uncertain. -
The 1960s-era interchange is one of the state highway system’s oldest, Gov. Ron DeSantis said. -
On the day Bandit the sloth died, State Rep. Anna Eskamani sent a formal request, asking the Florida attorney general to open a criminal investigation
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision late on Wednesday morning bolstered support for the new maps from Florida Republicans, though litigation is expected. -
House Republicans called the new maps “persuasive” while recognizing that they’re predicated on unsettled law.
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The United States will launch an effort on Monday to "guide" stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, as two ships around the strait reported attacks. -
Hantaviruses are usually spread by exposure to urine, saliva or feces from infected rodents, such as rats or mice. Hantavirus infections are rare but can cause deadly respiratory infections. -
U.S. gas prices were nearly $3 an average prior to the start of the war in Iran. -
The pellet "definitively" links the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, to the attack, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told CNN on Sunday. -
On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account. -
New York City-based content creator Isabel Klee is known for fostering some of the hardest-to-place dogs. She's written a memoir, "Dogs, Boys, And Other Things I've Cried About."
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