How About an Airboat Ride: Everglades Style?
Taking an airboat ride is an exciting and thrilling way to see the incredible and awesome Florida Everglades.
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Taking an airboat ride is an exciting and thrilling way to see the incredible and awesome Florida Everglades.
As a Floridian, chances are you've had your share of boating, swimming and maybe even a little diving, so isn't it time for an airboat ride through the enchanting Florida Everglades!
The four victims from the boating accident off of Dinner Key on the Fourth of July have been identified, all of which are young adults.
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A northeast Florida sheriff has suspended without pay two detectives and two supervisors involved in the wrongful arrest of a teen.
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Miami Dolphins player Dion Jordan was suspended without pay after testing positive for performance enhancing substances, the team announced Thursday.
The Florida Supreme Court approved a series of changes Thursday aimed at improving the death-penalty appeals process.
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The Florida Supreme Court will consider whether convicted felons have the right to claim immunity under the state's controversial "stand your ground" self-defense law, even if they are barred from possessing guns in the first place.
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"Frozen" fans will now be able to get their fix at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
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Summer in South Florida is an amazing time of year, and the perfect occasion to explore one of the area's most incredible natural resources- the Everglades.
Looking to plan a family getaway that's sure to keep the teenagers entertained? If zipping across a river of grass at top speeds while encountering wildlife in their natural habitat sounds like fun, an airboat ride thorough the Everglades may be the perfect answer.
A Florida judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC. Judge Debra Nelson said in an order made public Monday that Zimmerman had failed to show that the news network acted with malice.
Jorge Labarga, set to be the state's first Cuban-American Chief of Justice, will be sworn-in Monday by the Florida Supreme Court.
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A chaotic scene broke out overnight at a party off Key Biscayne after a number of people became unconscious.
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Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
Researchers in Dublin discovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library.
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A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
The rain will continue through Wednesday, with a short break on Thursday and Friday.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
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The rain will continue through Wednesday, with a short break on Thursday and Friday.
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In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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Incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had occasionally broken with the Trump administration, lost his bid for a third term.
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In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
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A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
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More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
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The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
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The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
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The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.