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  1. Ricky Ortiz, left, poses for a portrait with his father, Daniel Ortiz, while recovering from brain surgeries on Friday, March 15, 2024, in Ruskin.
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  3. Heriberto Sanchez-Mayen is seen after an incident with St. Petersburg police that a lawsuit says left him paralyzed and without both legs.
  4. University of South Florida student demonstrators watch as members of their group address the USF board of trustees on Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tampa. The students were asking school officials to sever ties with companies supporting Israel's war effort in Gaza.
  5. Marie Lucie St. Fleur, left, sits in the arrivals area after arriving on the first evacuation flight out of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, that landed at Miami International Airport on Sunday.
  6. Boaters make their way along the river near Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and the Tampa Riverwalk during the River O’ Green Fest on Saturday in Tampa.
  7. Candidates are lining up to replace St. Petersburg Council member Ed Montanari, who must leave the post due to term limits and is seeking a state House seat.
  8. Heather Noreen, the founder of Climate Tours, stands with her bike outside of Maya Cafe Lounge and Gallery in Winter Park at the start of her 3,300-mile ride from Miami to Montreal.
  9. This screenshot of a video posted on Facebook by Craig Marcum of Sea Tow Venice shows a shark feasting on the carcass of a 70,000-pound sperm whale after it died off the coast of Venice. Sea Tow Venice towed the carcass 15 miles out to sea this week.
  10. Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors say a network of supporters has helped fugitives from Florida avoid capture to face charges stemming from the riot. Prosecutors argued Thursday that a Jan. 6 defendant, Thomas Osborne, is a flight risk because he is close to the family of a brother and sister from Lakeland who remained on the run for months after they were charged with storming the Capitol.
  11. An oak leafroller inches across a pollen-speckled window in Clearwater. This caterpillar is the immature or larval stage of the oak moth.
  12. A man rides his motorcycle along the intersection of Northeast First Street and Northeast Second Avenue in Delray Beach on Feb. 12. A Clearwater man was arrested last month after police say he defaced the mural by doing burnouts on it with his truck.
  13. Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas is seen in Labadee, Haiti, in 2012. The cruise line has suspended sailings to Labadee for the next several days.
  14. The University of South Florida has been targeted in a complaint about a research project that resulted in two pigs being euthanized after surgery in July 2023. A national animal welfare group says the school violated federal law and should face consequences.
  15. The Florida Capitol Complex is viewed March 29, 2022, in Tallahassee.
  16. Jennifer Lopez arrives at the premiere of "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story" on Feb. 13 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Lopez has axed several upcoming shows on her “This is Me ... Now” tour, including a stop in Tampa, and there has been no explanation why.
  17. This screenshot of a video posted on Facebook by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office shows a motorcyclist leading deputies on a high-speed chase Tuesday. The sheriff's office said the biker reached estimated speeds of 145 mph and had a "WILL RUN" license plate.
  18. In 2022 the state added 25,000 single-family homes and 39,966 multi-family rental units. But a new report from the University of Florida’s Shimberg Center for Housing Studies shows that may not be enough to keep up with population growth.
  19. A "for sale" sign sits among an acreage of orange trees in Bartow on Oct. 12, 2007. More people moved to a county rich with citrus groves located between two of Florida’s most populous metros than in any other county in the U.S. last year. That's according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  20. Rioters stand on the U.S. Capitol building to protest the election of President Joe Biden on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Federal officials say a Broward County man took to TikTok to report that he “HAD A BLAST” storming the U.S. Capitol with his partner on Jan. 6.
  21. Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute is grappling with a major cyberattack that hit Change Healthcare in February.
  22. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board chairperson Martin Garcia, right, deliver remarks during a news conference at the board's headquarters at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Feb. 22. More than a year after Walt Disney World's governing district was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees, its shakeup continued Wednesday with the departure of Garcia. Garcia's departure is coming a week after the district's administrator, Glen Gilzean, left to accept an appointment by DeSantis as interim elections supervisor in Orange County, the home of Orlando, at half the salary.
  23. A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches a sailing vessel packed with migrants whom law enforcement sources said were from Haiti off the coast of Key Largo on Nov. 21, 2022. With Haiti in disarray, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state will be sending hundreds of law enforcement officers and soldiers to patrol the southern coast of Florida to “combat illegal vessels” that may be carrying desperate Haitians fleeing a country whose government is under attack by gangs.
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