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Police: Bank attack random

by Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressJanuary 25, 2019

SEBRING, Fla. — A man accused of fatally shooting five women at a small-town bank in Florida had dreamed of hurting classmates in high school and had long been fascinated with killing, police and a former girlfriend said Thursday.The slayings did not…

Dr. Michael Hoffer, of the University of Miami School of Medicine, speaks at a conference, Wednesday, in Miami.

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Cuba health mystery: Inner-ear damage early on

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, and Lauran Neergaard Associated PressDecember 12, 2018

Hiwaida Elarabi is shown at a graduation ceremony in Medford, May 21, 2017. When Elarabi, a Sudanese immigrant, learned the U.S. government was ending the temporary protected status that allowed her to live and work in the country legally for two decades, she sold off the restaurant that had been her life’s dream.

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Immigrants cheer ruling on protected status

by Philip Marcelo Associated Press, Amy Taxin Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressOctober 4, 2018

American flags placed in honor of Memorial Day are reflected in puddles at the Panama City Marina as Subtropical Storm Alberto approaches Panama City, Fla., Monday, May 28, 2018. (Joshua Boucher/News Herald via AP)

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Alberto brings flood threat to Fla., Ala.

by Jennifer Kay Associated PressMay 28, 2018

In this April 10, 2018 photo, Eden Hebron looks at a photo with her best friend Alyssa Alhadeff, while speaking about the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Hebron was in a classroom where four students died, including Alhadeff.

Parkland students quietly share stories to process trauma

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press, and Kelli Kennedy Associated PressMay 15, 2018

Six crosses are placed at a makeshift memorial on the Florida International University campus in Miami on Saturday, March 17, 2018, near the scene of a pedestrian bridge collapse that killed at least six people on March 15.

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Bridge victim’s grieving uncle lashes out at ‘incompetence’

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, and Allen G. Breed Associated PressMarch 18, 2018

Workers use a front loader to clear debris from a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge Friday near Florida International University in the Miami area. The new pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday afternoon, crushing vehicles beneath massive slabs of concrete and steel, killing and injuring several people, authorities said.

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State: Voicemail about cracking in bridge wasn’t picked up

by Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press, and Jennifer Kay Associated PressMarch 17, 2018

Demonstrators protest Jan. 15 in West Palm Beach, Fla., over remarks made by President Donald Trump about Haiti.

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NAACP suit says DHS Haiti policy racist

by Jennifer Kay Associated PressJanuary 25, 2018

In this Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, photo, Ed Swift, president of Key West-based Historic Tours of America, speaks during an interview, in Key West, Fla. "When housing is eliminated, as it was in this storm, there's literally no place to go. There's no suburbs, there's no driving for an hour and a half to find someplace to live. That's just not possible here," said Swift. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

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Irma’s destruction of trailers may challenge the Keys’ lifestyle

by Jennifer Kay Associated PressSeptember 27, 2017

Boats are partially submerged in the wake of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in Key Largo, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Aircraft carrier rushed to battered Keys

by Jennifer Kay Associated Press, and Doug Ferguson Associated PressSeptember 11, 2017