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Gov. DeSantis signs bill to prohibit activities ‘intended to affect’ weather, temperature, sunlight intensity

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis signs bill to prohibit activities ‘intended to affect’ weather, temperature, sunlight intensity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday that prohibits geoengineering and certain “weather modification activities,” making it a third-degree felony.

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Gov. DeSantis signs bill allowing Floridians to make transactions in gold and silver

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis signs bill allowing Floridians to make transactions in gold and silver

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Apopka.

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On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

Read full article: On air, '60 Minutes' reporter says 'none of us is happy' about changes that led top producer to quit

Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” explained the departure of the show's executive producer to viewers and said “none of us is happy” about the conditions that led to Bill Owens' departure.

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House passes bill to propose dog registry, liability insurance for owners following attack on Putnam mail carrier

Read full article: House passes bill to propose dog registry, liability insurance for owners following attack on Putnam mail carrier

The House passed a new bill aimed at creating a dog registry and requiring owners of those dogs to have $100,000 in liability insurance on Wednesday.

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Georgia lawmakers pass bill that could let Trump, others recover costs of election meddling case

Read full article: Georgia lawmakers pass bill that could let Trump, others recover costs of election meddling case

Georgia’s Senate has passed a bill that would allow President Donald Trump and more than a dozen people to seek compensation for legal bills stemming from an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

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After 4 decades, a legendary Jacksonville Beach surf reporter has retired

Read full article: After 4 decades, a legendary Jacksonville Beach surf reporter has retired

If you’re into surfing and live somewhere in the 904, there’s a pretty good chance you or someone you know has heard the voice of Bill Longenecker.

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Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Read full article: Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes, and that is raising safety concerns because of the fire danger.

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Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87

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New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, has died.

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Celtics pay tribute to 1986 champion Bill Walton before Game 1 of the NBA Finals against Dallas

Read full article: Celtics pay tribute to 1986 champion Bill Walton before Game 1 of the NBA Finals against Dallas

Bill Walton only spent one full season with the Boston Celtics, but his impact was unforgettable.

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With $4 billion in potential projects in the pipeline, JEA rates expected to climb for years

Read full article: With $4 billion in potential projects in the pipeline, JEA rates expected to climb for years

So, when you get your JEA Bill next month you might notice a difference but it may not be in a bad way — at least for now.

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Bill Zito is a thinker and a problem-solver. The approach might bring a Stanley Cup to Florida

Read full article: Bill Zito is a thinker and a problem-solver. The approach might bring a Stanley Cup to Florida

Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito is a thinker and a problem solver.

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Ghana's parliament passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that could imprison people for more than a decade

Read full article: Ghana's parliament passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that could imprison people for more than a decade

Ghana’s parliament has passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that could send people to prison for more than a decade.

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The Patriots don't just need a new coach. They need a quarterback and talent to put around him

Read full article: The Patriots don't just need a new coach. They need a quarterback and talent to put around him

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft needs to find himself a new coach for the first time in almost a quarter century.

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State senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting

Read full article: State senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting

A Minnesota state senator is getting social media attention after casting what should have been a routine vote at a legislative commission hearing.

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Do you think Florida lawmakers should regulate drag performances?

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The Florida Legislature is voting on a bill that would allow the state to revoke the licenses of restaurants and other establishments that allow children to attend drag shows.

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Child marriage ban bill resurrected in West Virginia Senate

Read full article: Child marriage ban bill resurrected in West Virginia Senate

A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia has been resurrected a day after its defeat in a Senate committee.

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Florida lawmaker from St. Johns County files bill to raise age for driving a golf cart from 14 to 16

Read full article: Florida lawmaker from St. Johns County files bill to raise age for driving a golf cart from 14 to 16

Florida Representative Cyndi Stevens filed House Bill 949 Monday, a bill that would improve safe operation of golf carts and other utility vehicles.

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What's in the House, Senate bills overhauling Jan. 6 count

Read full article: What's in the House, Senate bills overhauling Jan. 6 count

The central idea behind House and Senate bills to reform an arcane federal election law is simple: Congress should not decide presidential elections.

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Gov. DeSantis signs legislation proclaiming Nov. 7 as ‘Victims of Communism Day’

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis signs legislation proclaiming Nov. 7 as ‘Victims of Communism Day’

Governor DeSantis on Monday signed a bill designating Nov. 7 as an annual Communism Victims Day.

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Tech leaders face threat of prison under new UK online bill

Read full article: Tech leaders face threat of prison under new UK online bill

The British government has unveiled its online safety bill in Parliament, which is aimed at protecting internet users from harm.

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Controversial local lawsuits bill sponsored by St. Augustine lawmaker to see changes

Read full article: Controversial local lawsuits bill sponsored by St. Augustine lawmaker to see changes

A controversial measure that could lead to businesses filing lawsuits against cities and counties likely will be revamped Thursday when it goes before the Florida Senate.

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Church rocked by triple homicide seeks healing in wake of tragic loss

Read full article: Church rocked by triple homicide seeks healing in wake of tragic loss

The director of music at the church, William Broyles, has been charged with fatally shooting his 57-year-old wife, 27-year-old daughter and 28-year-old son at their home in Callahan.

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Who is William Broyles, Nassau man accused of killing wife, daughter & son?

Read full article: Who is William Broyles, Nassau man accused of killing wife, daughter & son?

A bio page lists William Broyles as director of music ministries at Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church.

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Dozier survivors are one step closer to restitution

Read full article: Dozier survivors are one step closer to restitution

The legislation still must overcome many hurdles before becoming law.

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New bill would ban retail sale of dogs, cats

Read full article: New bill would ban retail sale of dogs, cats

The dog days may soon be over for pet retailers that sell dogs and cats in their stores.

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WJXT mourns loss of longtime engineer Bill Tomlinson

Read full article: WJXT mourns loss of longtime engineer Bill Tomlinson

The News4JAX family is mourning the loss of longtime engineer Bill Tomlinson, who passed away Thursday.

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$40B pledged for gender equality, with $2B from Gates group

Read full article: $40B pledged for gender equality, with $2B from Gates group

A U.N.-sponsored global gathering to promote gender equality has generated about $40 billion in pledges towards aiding women and girls on Wednesday.

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Wild weekend weather spills into the work week

Read full article: Wild weekend weather spills into the work week

Deep tropical air rolled over Jacksonville over the weekend. This deep tropical air has been responsible, not only for tropical storm Bill, but our intense afternoon and evening storms.

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Tropical Storm Bill dissipates near Nova Scotia

Read full article: Tropical Storm Bill dissipates near Nova Scotia

The second named storm of this year’s hurricane season, Tropical Storm Bill, was downgraded to extra-tropical early Wednesday morning.

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National Hurricane Center predicts 40% chance of tropical disturbance in the Gulf

Read full article: National Hurricane Center predicts 40% chance of tropical disturbance in the Gulf

The National Hurricane Center is watching a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that could become a named storm by early next week.

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Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

Read full article: Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

As much as billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates want to keep their pending divorce private, the split is already sending shockwaves through the worlds of philanthropy and public health.

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Freshwater fishing license-free in Florida this weekend

Read full article: Freshwater fishing license-free in Florida this weekend

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says license-free fishing days are a great way for residents and visitors to get out on the water and find out why the state is known as the Fishing Capital of the World.

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Restitution for victims of infamous Dozier boys school hits snag

Read full article: Restitution for victims of infamous Dozier boys school hits snag

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Legislation seeking to put in place a means of providing restitution for victims of the infamous Dozier School for Boys in Marianna has hit a snag in both chambers. Victims of the reform school came to the State Capitol on Wednesday in hopes of drumming up support for the effort. The state has already formally apologized for the atrocities that occurred at the Dozier School for Boys, a reform school run by the state for a century. MORE | Florida’s Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror StoryNow the victims are asking the state to back its words up with action. In 2013 an excavation of the reform school led to the discovery of the remains of 40 boys.

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Florida Senate looks to shield colleges from COVID-19 lawsuits

Read full article: Florida Senate looks to shield colleges from COVID-19 lawsuits

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Senate committee Tuesday will take up a bill that would shield colleges and universities from lawsuits over decisions to shut campuses because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill also would make pandemic-related changes in accountability requirements for schools in the kindergarten through 12th-grade system. The bill (SPB 7070), which will be considered by the Senate Education Committee, focuses in part on lawsuits that have been filed in Florida and other parts of the country against colleges and universities. Such lawsuits have sought tuition reimbursements because students were forced to take online classes when campuses closed last year to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For example, it would prevent using performance on standardized assessments this year to determine whether to retain third-grade students.

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Clashes in English city of Bristol leave 20 police injured

Read full article: Clashes in English city of Bristol leave 20 police injured

A vandalised police van on fire outside Bridewell Police Station, in Bristol, England, Sunday March 21, 2021, as people took part in a protest demonstrating against the Police and Crime Bill. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)LONDON – A protest in the English city of Bristol against new policing legislation turned into violent clashes that left at least 20 officers injured — two of them seriously — widespread damage to a police station and police vehicles torched, police said Monday. Seven people were arrested during the protest, which started Sunday afternoon and ran through to the early hours of Monday morning. The violence, which also saw several police vehicles damaged, was branded as “unacceptable” by Britain's interior minister, Priti Patel. Under the terms of the legislation, which covers England and Wales, police will be handed new powers to tackle demonstrations.

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Georgia GOP senators propose overhaul of state’s election laws

Read full article: Georgia GOP senators propose overhaul of state’s election laws

Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta on Jan. 5. ATLANTA – A group of Republican state senators want to make sweeping changes to how elections are carried out in the peach state. The bill comes after a large increase in mail voting, spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, helped propel Democrats to victory in November’s presidential election and in two Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoffs. State election officials have said unequivocally that there was no widespread fraud or irregularities in mail voting, despite relentless false claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies. Fair Fight, a voting rights group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams, slammed the proposals.

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Jacksonville City Council members say ‘NOPE,’ call for salary freeze

Read full article: Jacksonville City Council members say ‘NOPE,’ call for salary freeze

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Several Jacksonville City Council members are calling for a freeze on council salaries. Councilman Rory Diamond introduced a bill Wednesday that would get rid of built-in pay raises for council members and instead require them to pass standalone legislation to increase their salaries. This is not the time for an automatic pay increase.”DOCUMENT: View a copy of the proposed legislationThe City Council OK’d a $2,302 raise programmed into the 2020-21 city budget, bringing salaries for most council members to over $52,000. According to figures provided by Diamond, the city spends more than $1 million a year on council salaries and $595,000 more in benefits. Under his legislation, the City Council would fix annual salaries for council members at a rate equivalent to half the salary for a county commissioner in a county roughly the same size as Duval.

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Effort to put Tubman on $20 bill restarted under Biden

Read full article: Effort to put Tubman on $20 bill restarted under Biden

With a change of administrations, it looks like Harriet Tubman is once again headed to the front of the $20 bill. Obama administration Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had selected Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson, the nations seventh president, on the $20 bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON – With a change of administrations, it looks like Harriet Tubman is once again headed to the front of the $20 bill. Obama administration Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had selected Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president, on the $20 bill. Under the schedule Mnuchin announced in May 2019, the redesigned $20 bill would not have come out until 2028 with final designs for the bill not announced until 2026.

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Florida bill would criminalize vaccine scams

Read full article: Florida bill would criminalize vaccine scams

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Floridians, especially seniors, are one step closer to being protected from scams related to the COVID-19 vaccine. Reports of vaccine scams are growing. Jared Moskowitz is the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and is in charge of the vaccine distribution network. Those are so egregious against people who are really vulnerable right now, and just wanting to get back to normal life,” said Smith. “I think this bill sends a loud and clear message, that, hey, if you engaged in this type of activity, we’re coming after you,” said bill sponsor Rep. Ardian Zika.

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Trump says AG Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Read full article: Trump says AG Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Barr went Monday to the White House, where Trump said the attorney general submitted his letter of resignation. ...Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, whom he labeled “an outstanding person,” will become Acting Attorney General. Barr’s break from Trump over election fraud wasn’t the first.

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Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Read full article: Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. Barr went Monday to the White House, where Trump said the attorney general submitted his letter of resignation. “As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump tweeted. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, whom he labeled “an outstanding person,” will become acting attorney general. But Democrats have repeatedly accused Barr of acting more like the president’s personal attorney than the attorney general, and Barr had proved to be a largely reliable Trump ally and defender of presidential power.

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Bill Bidwill, longtime Arizona Cardinals owner, dead at 88

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Christian Petersen/Getty Images(CNN) - Bill Bidwill, whose family has owned the Arizona Cardinals for almost 80 years, has died, according to the football team. "It is with great sadness that we share the news that our owner, Bill Bidwill, has passed away today at the age of 88," the Cardinals said in a statement. According to the Cardinals website, Bidwill became sole owner in 1972 when he bought his brother's stake in the team. "Bill Bidwill was part of the NFL family his entire life, starting from his days as a ball boy through his time as an owner, " NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. We extend our condolences to Bill's family and the Cardinals organization, which along with his faith, meant so much to him."

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'IT Chapter Two': James McAvoy and Director Andy Muschietti Discuss THAT Cameo

Read full article: 'IT Chapter Two': James McAvoy and Director Andy Muschietti Discuss THAT Cameo

Stephen King has arrived in Derry. In IT Chapter Two, Bill (James McAvoy) and the rest of the Losers are called back to their hometown to once again face the villainous Pennywise (Bill Skarsgrd). According to Muschietti, King was worried that whenever he appears in an adaptation of one of his stories, it typically "bombed" at the box office. "There was improvisation in the scene," Muschietti recalled. "There's [also] something behind Stephen King in that scene that Stephen King fans will recognize," Muschietti plays coy.

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'Mindhunter' Star Says Wisdom Comes at a Price in Season 2 (Exclusive)

Read full article: 'Mindhunter' Star Says Wisdom Comes at a Price in Season 2 (Exclusive)

Mindhunter, David Finchers thriller based on the true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, returns for a second season on Netflix. The series follows special agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), who created the FBIs Behavioral Science Unit in order to interview and profile serial killers with the hope of applying this knowledge to ongoing cases. But things hit a little too close to home when its discovered a gruesome murder has taken place in his neighborhood, allowing for a bit of paranoia to creep in. Inevitably, they end up taking their work home with them because they become obsessed with trying to find these guys before they can kill again, McCallany says. Were all a little wiser by the end of season two, but there was a price to pay along the way.Mindhunter season two debuts Friday, Aug. 16 on Netflix.

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