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A Hillsborough resident who experienced climate change had questions. Hear a climatologist's answers
De'Andre Long of Riverview asks Florida climatologist David Zierden some questions about how weather is affected by infrastructure, industries and other human activities.
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The state reached its peak of 17,121 COVID-19 related hospitalizations on Aug. 23, 2021. -
Daylina Miller/WUSFSix school districts are suing the state and say the Department of Health’s basis for issuing a rule giving parents the right to opt out of mask mandates is wrong.
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The meetings turned into rowdy affairs with some parents who loudly voice their opinions on the mask mandate and critical race theory.
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Daylina Miller/WUSF Public MediaFlorida election supervisors call political rhetoric, fueled by 2020 election, a threat to democracyElections officials in various parts of the country are receiving death threats over the outcome of the 2020 presidential race.
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Wilfredo Lee/APDeSantis wants to act against businesses that issue coronavirus vaccine mandates.
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Ongoing water quality problems have wiped out more than half of the seagrass in the northern Indian River Lagoon.
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On Oct. 25 1921, the most destructive hurricane that the Tampa Bay area experienced hit the region. The National Weather Service took a look back at the Category 3 storm.
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In a paper published Wednesday, scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium explained how, for the first time, they located hardier heat-tolerant coral on Florida's reef.
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La Niña leading up to the winter months follows an early end to what has been an active rainy season.
Coverage of the red tide outbreak across the region.
WUSF is reporting on how distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine exposes inequities in Florida’s health care system.
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Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Officials are looking into four confirmed cases of the dangerous bacteria discovered in the sprays. Two deaths associated with the bacteria are being investigated.
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Lots of people suggest guzzling a tall glass of H2O before the injection. But is there any evidence it'll reduce side effects or improve vaccine effectiveness? Also: painkiller protocols!
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Actor Alec Baldwin says he is "full cooperating" with the investigation into how he discharged a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set Thursday, killing a crew member and injuring the film's director.
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NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Dana Graber Ladek of the International Organization for Migration in Mexico and Yael Schacher of Refugees International on the future of the "Remain in Mexico" policy.
WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
Climate change is impacting so much around us. How have you experienced climate change over time?
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