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    Possible Hurricane Milton, Sarasota Bradenton on track
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    Possible Hurricane Milton, Sarasota Bradenton on track

    Employee report | Sarasota Herald-Tribune Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune. Sarasota and Manatee counties are currently at risk from Tropical Storm Milton. Here's the latest: Below are the latest updates as Sarasota and Manatee counties prepare for another potentially devastating storm. The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. update shows that […]

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    Hurricane is on track for this week
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    Hurricane is on track for this week

    Tropical Storm Milton is expected to strengthen into a hurricane this evening as the storm slowly tracks east across the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday morning, bringing the tropical cyclone somewhere in the middle of the Florida Peninsula. The storm intensified early Sunday with winds reaching 60 miles per hour. Heavy rain is expected well […]

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    Jimmy Carter at 100: A powerful maverick from the farm to the White House and on the world stage
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    Jimmy Carter at 100: A powerful maverick from the farm to the White House and on the world stage

    PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Barack Obama and his advisers had two living former presidents to consider when planning the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Bill Clinton, out of the Oval Office for eight years, remained a symbol of centrist success that warranted a prime-time speaking slot. But Jimmy Carter The landslide defeat against Ronald Reagan continued […]

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    Florida schools have been pressured to withdraw sex education about contraception and consent
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    Florida schools have been pressured to withdraw sex education about contraception and consent

    Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons under pressure from state officials who have deemed certain lessons on contraception, anatomy and consent as inappropriate for students. Florida Department of Education officials, led by a representative of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, have ordered some […]

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    Officials in Florida are pressuring schools to roll back sex education
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    Officials in Florida are pressuring schools to roll back sex education

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some school districts in Florida are scaling back from a more comprehensive approach Sex education They advocate abstinence-oriented instruction under pressure from state officials who have deemed certain lessons on contraception, anatomy and consent unsuitable for students. Florida Department of Education officials, led by a representative of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, […]

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