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Arts calendar, July 9-27
MyVillager - Minnesota
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Books Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., will start a Silent Book Club in which visitors can read to soft music before sharing what they’re reading from 5-6 p.m. every second Thursday of the month beginning July 10. Seattle-based...
Florida's report card: Which school districts saw a grade of A, B or C
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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Florida's 2024-2025 school district grades show 28 A's, 31 B's, and 8 C's, with no D's or F's. Grades are based on a combination of assessment scores, student achievement, learning gains, and graduation rates. Florida's report card is in....
Florida shark attacks surfer, latched on ‘like a bear trap’ in world’s bite capital
Fox News
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July 8, 2025
Matthew Bender is recovering after being bitten by a shark while surfing at New Smyrna Beach, calling it a miracle that he still has full use of his hand. (Fox 35) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida surfer is vowing to return to...
Florida man marks birthday by doing meth, stealing Conch Train, picking up riders, police say
WKMG 6 - Florida
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July 8, 2025
KEY WEST, Fla. – Key West police say a man told officers, “Today is (my) birthday” after being told he was under arrest for stealing a Conch Tour Train on the Fourth of July, according to News 6 partner WPLG. According to an arrest report, July 4...
Craving BBQ? Study declares 37 Florida cities best for barbecue
The Florida Times-Union
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Florida lacks a distinct barbecue style, but smoked pork with sweet, tangy tomato-based sauce is popular. Kansas City, Missouri, claimed the top spot in the national barbecue rankings. Rankings considered factors like number of establishments,...
Denver Musician Lady Los Is a Top R&B Artist
Westword - Colorado
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July 8, 2025
Celena Miller, also known as Lady Los, has been surrounded by music throughout her life. Considered one of the city's top R&B artists (and a recent Best of Denver award winner), Miller was born in Denver, where she was raised by powerful women,...
Inspiring art galleries, museums and cool creative studios to visit around the world
Woman & Home
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July 8, 2025
Exciting art spaces, museums, and studios go hand in hand with travel, since they’re filled with thought-provoking images and displays that comment on identity, culture, history, and self. Often free to visit, and found in pretty much every city...
“Music is medicine. It can heal you. It really can”: Shinedown’s Brent Smith on finding inspiration in a hurricane, the “genius” Rick Beato, and why you don’t need to be play guitar to write a great rock song
MusicRadar
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July 8, 2025
What ever Shinedown is doing, it is working. Here is a band who have not released a full studio album since 2022’s Planet Zero, and yet this year – once again – they have been tearing it up on the festival circuit and will be spending the hottest...
Advice for New Florida Transplants
UF/IFAS
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July 8, 2025
If you are one of the many people who have recently started calling Jacksonville home, let me extend a welcome I too, am a recent transplant, having moved here not quite two years ago from Memphis. Moving to Florida is a major adjustment for most...
DJ Lagway’s Backup Opens Up On Flip From FSU To Florida Despite His Presence
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
There’s always a competition in the quarterbacks’ room, irrespective of the program. In Gainesville, that competition starts with a star. The 2024 five-star phenom, DJ Lagway, has already been crowned Florida’s QB1 for the future. He’s the kind of...
Tekashi 6ix9ine Thrown Out Of Florida Club And Detained After Altercation
Vibe Magazine - New York
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July 8, 2025
Tekashi 6ix9ine seems to bring chaos wherever he goes. The New York artist was thrown out of a Florida nightclub and detained this weekend after an altercation. AllHipHop reported that Tekashi was enjoying a night out at Playpen 2 in Hialeah,...
Country music singer says he could be deported under Trump’s new law
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 8, 2025
Raul Malo, frontman of the country music band The Mavericks, has shared how the nation’s political climate could impact himself and his family. Malo said he and his family could eventually be kicked out of the country because of Donald Trump’s...
Beep Launches NAVI Fully Autonomous Public Transit System In Florida
Forbes
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One of Beep's fourteen autonomous robo-shuttles operating in Jacksonville, Florida. Beep Earlier this month Beep, Inc., a leading provider of autonomous shared mobility solutions, announced it has begun operating the Jacksonville Transportation...
Pastor, father of 5 deported to Guatemala after 2 decades in Florida
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
By CP StaffTuesday, July 08, 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an effort to deport an undocumented illegal immigrant. | U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementA pastor who led a small Hispanic church in Florida was deported...
In the name of parental rights, new law requires sign-off for corporal punishment in Florida schools
Miami Times - Florida
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The number of students paddled in Florida schools may decrease now that parents are included in a new state law. Starting this school year, the state requires parents to approve use of corporal punishment before school districts may administer it....
5-star CB chooses Florida State over Georgia, others
Yahoo Sports
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The Georgia Bulldogs have seen a recruiting streak cool off recently, and they just recently missed out on another recruit. Five-star cornerback Chauncey Kennon announced he's committing to play for the Florida State Seminoles over the Georgia...
30-year veteran arts leader named executive director of South Bend Symphony Orchestra
South Bend Tribune - Indiana
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SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Steven Haines as its new executive director in a press release issued Tuesday, July 8. He replaces Justus Zimmerman, who left in late January after five years to become...
‘There is no water to take a bath’: Detainees describe conditions in Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Independent
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July 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
The Scoop: Tue. July 8, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
WMNF - Florida
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July 8, 2025
Environmental groups asked a judge to halt operations of “Alligator Alcatraz” The groups asked a U.S. district judge to halt operations of the concentration camp where migrants are held without trial. Friends of the Everglades and the Center for...
Florida-based company purchases West Bend Harley-Davidson
GMToday - Wisconsin
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WEST BEND — Scott Fischer Enterprises, based in Fort Myers, Florida, acquired two Wisconsin Harley-Davidson dealerships, including the West Bend Harley-Davidson Dealership and a Milwaukee dealership, on Thursday. "We know that Harley-Davidson is...