A day in Gainesville with US Senate candidate Val Demings
Rep. Val Demings, D-Orlando, had some company when she wrapped up her speech to the crowd at Gainesville’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — her first of six stops Saturday.
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Rep. Val Demings, D-Orlando, had some company when she wrapped up her speech to the crowd at Gainesville’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — her first of six stops Saturday.
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For decades, they thought it was a bluff.
Police cleared an Amazon facility after the building received a bomb threat Tuesday, causing it to be searched by a bomb squad and a K-9 for four hours.
A man is dead after a motorcycle crash early Tuesday morning, police said.
With voter fraud claims from top state officials and the bottom of Facebook comment sections, post-primary questions linger in the aftermath of the Aug. 23 election despite the confirmation of all race results.
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