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FILE - Dr. Otto Frank holds the Golden Pan award, given for the sale of one million copies of the famous paperback, "The Diary of Anne Frank". A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust. “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in Indian...

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Fla. school removes graphic version of Anne Frank book

by Mike Schneider Associated PressApril 10, 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. — A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative advocacy group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.“Anne Frank’s Diary: The…

FILE - Homes in suburban Salt Lake City are shown, April 13, 2019. According to estimates released Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, by the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. population grew by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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International migration drives US population growth in 2022

by Mike Schneider Associated PressDecember 22, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Judge tosses challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

by Mike Schneider Associated PressOctober 21, 2022

Responders from the de Moya Group survey damage to the bridge leading to Pine Island, to start building temporary access to the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The only bridge to the island is heavily damaged so it can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Frustrations mount as rescues continue in storm-hit Fla.

by Caina Calvan Associated Press, and Mike Schneider Associated PressOctober 3, 2022

Residents who rode out the storm arrive at a dock to evacuate by boat in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, on Pine Island in Florida's Lee County, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. The only bridge to the island is heavily damaged so it can only be reached by boat or air. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Feds vow major disaster aid for Hurricane Ian victims

by Caina Calvan Associated Press, and Mike Schneider Associated PressOctober 2, 2022

Allyson Jacobs stands for a portrait outside her workplace, May 4, in New York. For Jacobs, life in her 20s and 30s was about focusing on her career in health care and enjoying the club scene in New York City. It wasn’t until she turned 40 that she and her husband started trying to have children. They had a son when she was 42.

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Motherhood deferred: US median age for giving birth hits 30

by Mike Schneider Associated PressMay 6, 2022

FILE - The Times Square section of New York City is pictured with the lights still on before 100 non-striking maintenance men pulled the switches in a sympathy demonstration, 1950. Genealogists and historians can get a microscopic look at sweeping historical trends when individual records from the 1950 census are released this week. Researchers view the records that will be released Friday, March 31, 2022 as a gold mine, and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in...

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‘Gold mine’ of census records from 1950 being released

by Mike Schneider Associated PressMarch 31, 2022

Marchers make their way toward the St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022 during a march to protest the controversial "Don't say gay" bill passed by Florida's Republican-led legislature and now on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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Disney workers plan walkout over CEO’s delayed criticism of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

by Mike Schneider Associated PressMarch 16, 2022

Light afternoon traffic flows in downtown Dallas, Aug. 12.

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US population growth hits new low

by Mike Schneider Associated PressDecember 21, 2021

A sign is displayed at the entrance to the Flatwoods Conservation Park on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, outside Tampa, Fla. The census lists no people living in the Flatwoods Conservation Park outside Tampa, even though it says there is a home occupied by people. According to Hillsborough County spokesman Todd Pratt, two county employees live there while maintaining security for the park. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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People, homes vanish in 2020 census

by Mike Schneider Associated PressOctober 31, 2021