Florida

News from the state of Florida

Peppa Pig theme park set for Legoland Florida Resort in 2022

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A standalone Peppa Pig theme park is set to open next year at the Legoland Florida Resort, park officials announced...

Ex-congressman ordered to pay $456k for election violations

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MIAMI — A federal judge ordered a former Florida Republican congressman on Tuesday to pay $456,000 for secretly funneling thousands of dollars to a...

Deaf Costco worker with mumbling manager won’t get award

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A deaf former employee of a South Florida Costco store won't be collecting $775,000 a federal jury awarded her in...

Man sentenced for concert investment scheme

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months in federal prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar...

Lawyer: Hate crime claim against Florida doctor ‘not true’

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MIAMI — Lawyers for a South Florida doctor accused of attacking a Hispanic man at a supermarket say the allegation that she committed a...

Florida man indicted, accused of trying to join terror group

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A former Florida resident accused of traveling to Turkey and attempting to join the Islamic State group was indicted Tuesday on...

Florida woman charged with setting fire to 10 trash trucks

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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A South Florida woman who set fire last fall to 10 garbage trucks outside a solid waste business where she...

Ghislaine Maxwell makes third attempt at bail on sex charges

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NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, says...

Brooklyn man arrested in Florida in SoHo store robbery

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NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was arrested in Florida in the brazen daylight armed robbery of a SoHo luxury store after authorities say...

National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format

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The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who...