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At Florida prisons without AC, masks add discomfort to ‘unbearably hot’ summer

July 27, 2020 at 2:23 p.m.

When Laurette Philipsen was imprisoned at Lowell Correctional Institution years ago, she said the heat was so unbearable she would wake in the middle of the night and stand in...

Florida’s Turnpike worker killed his boss after argument over politics, cops say

January 22, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

The fatal stabbing of a construction manager near Florida's Turnpike Monday may have been prompted by an argument between the manager and his employee over politics, according to an affidavit...

Scott Paul Beierle, from Deltona, shot six people, killing two, at a Tallahassee Hot Yoga on Friday. He then killed himself, police said.

Who is Scott Paul Beierle, the man accused of the Tallahassee yoga studio shooting?

August 24, 2019 at 3:08 a.m.

The man who shot to death two people at a yoga studio in Tallahassee on Friday night was a Deltona resident with a history of violence toward young women, police...

Tallahassee police chief Michael DeLeo speaks to the press at the scene of a shooting, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Tallahassee, Fla. A shooter killed one person and critically wounded four others at a yoga studio in Florida's capital before killing himself Friday, officials said. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)

Gunman at Tallahassee yoga studio was Central Florida resident, police say

August 24, 2019 at 3:08 a.m.

The man who shot to death two people at a yoga studio in Tallahassee Friday night was a Central Florida resident, police said, in a crime that shocked Florida’s capital...

UCF football linebacker arrested on sexual battery charge

December 12, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

A University of Central Florida football player was arrested by campus police Tuesday on a sexual battery charge. Demetreius Mayes, 18, is accused of raping an intoxicated person who police...

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