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Sloth World’s owners were legally permitted by the state to possess captive wildlife. But permit holders aren’t required to report animal illness or death to the state. Lawmakers want to see that changed.
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The proposal from the Florida Department of Education would require state colleges to check all students admitted into an institution are citizens or legally allowed to be in the country. It would affect 28 public state colleges.
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Dozens of sloths were captured from the wild and shipped to Florida for the now-canceled attraction. At least 34 of those sloths are now dead.
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The legal complaint asks a judge to block the new map for flouting the state constitution’s protections against partisan gerrymandering.
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A new pilot program is introducing an active shooter response program to Deltona High School in Volusia County. Once active, the 39 drones will deploy within 15 seconds of being notified.
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Jamahl Mosley paid the widely expected price after the team blew a 3-1 series lead and got eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in Round 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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The 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.
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Spirit 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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President Donald Trump’s speech was filled with stories, asides and political insults. It focused to some extent on a range of economic issues, especially those affecting seniors.
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The dozens of passengers, including the wife of a Dutch man who died, left the cruise ship during a stop at the British territory, the Dutch foreign ministry said on Thursday.
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The French league leader will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30, after the Gunners defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday to progress 2-1 on aggregate.
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The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made a brief show of force last summer.
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President Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority.
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Lutnick said last year that he cut ties with Epstein, his former neighbor, in 2005. But the Epstein files indicate that the two kept in contact, including for a 2012 lunch on Epstein's private island.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about broadcaster Ted Turner's legacy.

