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National champion Florida adds Princeton transfer as Gators begin rebuilding elite backcourt
Princeton transfer guard Xaivian Lee committed to Florida after averaging 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists in ...
UCF center Moustapha Thiam likely to jump to Big 12 rival
The Knights’ 7-foot-2 center has entered the transfer market after one season in which he averaged 10.4 points and 6.4 ...
Florida House to students: Keep off your cellphones during entire school day
TALLAHASSEE — An effort to keep students off cellphones throughout the school day passed the Florida House on Wednesday, ...
What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order
In 1987, a divided Supreme Court ruled that district court judges have the authority to appoint private attorneys to ...
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
Birds are among the most vulnerable. Since humans arrived, 71 birds have gone extinct, according to the state Department of ...
Sanford man gets 5 life sentences for hit-runs that kill motorcyclist, good Samaritan
Kraft struck and killed biker with his car before returning to scene and fatally running over a good Samaritan assisting the ...
Sean Emery
Sean Emery is a crime and public safety reporter for the Register who covers state and federal courts and criminal justice issues. He has worked for the Register since 2006, previously covering ...
DOGE wanted to assign staff to the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice because it got federal funds
DOGE has also taken control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created and funded in part by Congress ...
The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services’ access to the president
The Associated Press says that a new White House media policy violates a court order by giving the administration sole ...
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says US autism cases are climbing at an ‘alarming rate’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at ...
Man in police custody after armed kidnapping incident at Orange Walmart
An armed man who police say kidnapped his daughter from an Orange County Walmart and fired a shot at her mother on Saturday ...
What’s it worth to bring WrestleMania to Orlando? How about $18 million in hotel-tax cash?
Orange County commissioners will be asked Tuesday to offer nearly $30 million to host WrestleMania, UFC pay-per-view fights ...