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The artificial intelligence boom is providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in the Caribbean. ChatGPT’s debut nearly two years ago sent companies scrambling to acquire websites that end in .ai, which are controlled by Anguilla.
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Although there are no official figures or estimates of how many pets have been left behind by their owners who leave Cuba, the number of abandoned cats and dogs has spiked in the last two years as Cubans migrate in record numbers, animal activists say.
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A storm surge as high as 12 feet is forecast for Tampa Bay and up to 15 feet for points farther south between Sarasota and Fort Myers as Hurricane Milton churns closer to the west coast of Florida.
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Scientists say human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of deadly Hurricane Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%.
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As powerful Hurricane Milton is charging closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, officials are reiterating calls for residents to evacuate. Officials say time is running out and the odds of survival are bleak for holdouts determined to stay.
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The lawsuit filed this weeks says the goal was to make sure DeSantis appointee Andrew Bain faced no Republican competition in the race for State Attorney in Orlando. Bain is running with no party affiliation.
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Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law.
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The agreement reached Thursday settles a lawsuit that argued that the district unlawfully decided to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content.
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Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry the U.S. flag.
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All over Florida, arts groups are scrambling to plug large budget gaps after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unexpectedly vetoed $32 million in arts funding.
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Some Disney followers see it as fitting that the attraction starring Tiana from the 2009 film "The Princess and the Frog" is opening in the space formerly occupied by the Splash Mountain ride. Tiana's Bayou Adventure opens to the public later this month at Disney World in Orlando.
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In a video published on YouTube, Conille said he is now feeling well and is “ready” to continue to help steer the country out of its current security crisis by forming a government that will also prioritize issues like health care.