Lorne Lister arrived back in the United States from serving in the Navy in Vietnam in 1969. He thought he had left the experience behind him, until a trip to the doctor’s office in 1992 revealed multiple malignant tumors on his prostate — an effect of his exposure to Agent Orange …
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An initial estimate from Moody's Analytics on Monday projected property destruction from Irma between $64 billion and $92 billion.
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Widespread and prolonged power outages will become part of life for most Floridians over the next few days as Hurricane Irma has started to make an anticipated northern turn that will result in a destructive run through the state starting Sunday.
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Florida's West Coast is now expected to take the brunt of potentially devastating Hurricane Irma, as the system started making itself felt Saturday across South Florida.
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Gov. Rick Scott, who had already issued a state of emergency because of the ominous threat of powerful Hurricane Irma, asked Tuesday for pre-landfall assistance from the federal government.
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Sen. Bill Nelson spoke to University of Florida students Tuesday about proposed legislation that would lower student-loan interest rates.
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As Florida students return to universities and state colleges this month for a new academic year, many will benefit from a major expansion of need-based financial aid.
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Florida is one of four states where texting while driving is a secondary offense, meaning that law enforcement cannot pull over motorists for texting at the wheel, but one Florida representative is pushing to make it a greater offense.
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Florida has fast-tracked concealed-weapons licenses to 82,000 military members and honorably discharged veterans since terror-related shootings at a pair of military installations in Tennessee two years ago.
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While Adam Putnam raised another $2 million in June for his gubernatorial campaign, the three leading Democratic contenders hoping to succeed Gov. Rick Scott could not even match half of that total.
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