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Florida officials ask Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce strict new immigration law

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Florida officials ask Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce strict new immigration law

Washington — Florida officials asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce a new immigration law that makes it a crime for people in the United States unlawfully to enter Florida.  In an emergency appeal to the high court, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the justices to put on hold … Read more

Shark bites 12-year-old girl off Hilton Head Island days after 9-year-old almost lost hand in Florida attack

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Shark bites 12-year-old girl off Hilton Head Island days after 9-year-old almost lost hand in Florida attack

A 12-year-old girl was airlifted from South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said. The girl was bitten in the waters off Hilton Head’s Sea Pines on Tuesday, authorities said. Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue said in a statement she had sustained “a leg injury consistent with lacerations typically … Read more