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In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, Anthony Stansbury fishes in the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs, Fla. When Stansbury moved down the street from the Anclote River in Florida last year, he didn’t know his slice of paradise had a hidden problem. The neighborhood is adjacent to the Stauffer Chemical Co. Superfund site, a former chemical manufacturing plant on the list of the nation’s most polluted places. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Toxic Trouble: Hundreds of Superfund sites face flood risks

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Angeliki Kastanis Associated PressDecember 22, 2017

Blood runs from the lip of a man wearing a shirt with swastikas after he was punched by a protester outside a University of Florida auditorium where white nationalist Richard Spencer was preparing to speak, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 in Gainesville, Fla. (Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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White nationalist Spencer drowned out by protesters in Fla.

by Jason Dearen Associated PressOctober 19, 2017

This Sept. 22, 2017 photo shows Shelby Hoogendyk and her 17 month-old son Caelan, at the St. Francis House in St. Augustine, Fla. Hoogendyk, her son and husband were evacuated from the homeless shelter during Hurricane Irma. When they arrived at a hurricane shelter they were segregated from the rest of the evacuees. Advocated for the homeless say the ill treatment of homeless people during disasters is a national problem that reflects the lack of state and local emergency planning to deal with that population. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

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Yellow wristbands, segregation for Florida homeless in Irma

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressSeptember 29, 2017

Children's bicycles are flooded outside a home as Ezequiel Cruz retrieves belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Bonita Springs, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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FEMA estimates 25 percent of Florida Keys homes are gone

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Martha Mendoza Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

This undated photo provided by Kianna Kaizer, shows Jeremy Himmelman and his girlfriend Kianna Kaizer. Himmelman was fatally shot along with his friend Andrew Oneschuk, 18, by a roommate in the Tampa apartment the men all shared. The friends met through an obscure neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division. After his arrest for the shooting, roommate Devon Arthurs told police that he killed Himmelman and Oneschuk because they along with Atomwaffen’s leader Brandon Russell were planning to bomb synagogues, nuclear facilities and other sites. (Kianna Kaizer via AP)

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Killings put spotlight on possible neo-Nazi threat

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Michael Kunzelman Associated PressAugust 22, 2017

A large sinkhole on the Mosaic Co. property is shown in this aerial photo Thursday in Mulberry, Fla.

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Fla. sinkhole neighbors worry about polluted water from fertilizer plant

by Tamara Lush Associated Press, and Jason Dearen Associated PressSeptember 29, 2016

The forecast for noon, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 shows Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to move off the mid-Atlantic Coast. Tropical storm conditions are expected along the coast, with heavy rain expected. Showers and storms will be likely over the Northern Plains. (Weather Underground via AP)

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After slamming Florida, Hermine threatens East Coast

by Jason Dearen Associated PressSeptember 2, 2016

A tattoo showing solidarity with Orlando Pulse is seen on a customer at the Stigma Tattoo parlor, Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. Tattoo artists donated their time to draw various designs, and all proceeds will be donated to the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shootings. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Attorney General says Mateen investigation moving forward

by Terrance Harris Associated Press, Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Alex Sanz Associated PressJune 20, 2016

Josh Mercer wears a T-shirt Monday, June 13, 2016, in honor of two of his friends who were killed during a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Orlando killer appears to have been ‘homegrown extremist’

by Jason Dearen Associated Press, and Terrance Harris Associated PressJune 13, 2016

Beach goers get caught in a sudden downpour when a band associated from Tropical Storm Colin came ashore at Clearwater Beach, Monday, June 6, 2016, in Clearwater, Fla. A large portion of Florida's western and Panhandle coast was already under a tropical storm warning when the National Hurricane Center announced that a swift-moving depression had become a named storm. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Emergency declared as tropical storm nears Fla.

by Tamara Lush Associated Press, and Jason Dearen Associated PressJune 6, 2016