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They face some of the same financial pressures that bedevil hospitals’ labor and delivery units, including payments from insurers that don’t cover the full cost of providing maternity care. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/06/r...
Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow • Florida Phoenix
Hospitals across the country are closing labor and delivery units, leaving many communities without nearby maternity care. Freestanding birth centers could help fill those gaps. But state regulations,...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
They face some of the same financial pressures that bedevil hospitals’ labor and delivery units, including payments from insurers that don’t cover the full cost of providing maternity care. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/06/r...
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Nestle issues a global recall of some baby formula products over concerns they contain a toxin which can cause food poisoning. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2...
Nestle issues global recall of some baby formula products over toxin fears
The food giant discovered some batches of SMA infant and follow-on formula could lead to vomiting
www.bbc.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Nestle issues a global recall of some baby formula products over concerns they contain a toxin which can cause food poisoning. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2...
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The 32-page SB 1052, filed Monday by Vero Beach Republican Sen. Erin Grall, instructs public colleges and universities to exclusively admit students who are “citizen[s] of the United States” or “lawfully present therein.” floridaphoenix.com/briefs/flori...
Florida bill would ban public colleges from admitting undocumented students • Florida Phoenix
Undocumented immigrants in Florida won't be able to attend public universities if a sweeping new education bill passes the state legislature.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The 32-page SB 1052, filed Monday by Vero Beach Republican Sen. Erin Grall, instructs public colleges and universities to exclusively admit students who are “citizen[s] of the United States” or “lawfully present therein.” floridaphoenix.com/briefs/flori...
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DeSantis, often hyperactive on social media, was one of the few state leaders who’d stayed quiet in the first days following the operation — even though the Sunshine State boasts the largest Venezuelan community in the nation. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/05/d...
DeSantis condemns 'destructive' Maduro government while announcing arrests of 10K non-citizens • Florida Phoenix
Without directly praising President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday at Florida's "Deportation Depot" condemned the "destructive" Nicolas Maduro regime days after the Venezuelan authoritarian wa...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
DeSantis, often hyperactive on social media, was one of the few state leaders who’d stayed quiet in the first days following the operation — even though the Sunshine State boasts the largest Venezuelan community in the nation. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/05/d...
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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A search of the website “datacenters.com” turns up 139 of them in Florida already, mostly in such urban locations as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/t...
Thirsty AI data center runs into Florida community opposition • Florida Phoenix
Happy New Year! How’s 2026 treating you so far? Looks to me like it’s got a new twist on the challenges of 2025, at least when it comes to AI. “AI,” in case you’ve just awakened from 12 years in a com...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A search of the website “datacenters.com” turns up 139 of them in Florida already, mostly in such urban locations as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/t...
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“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!” Trump wrote on his social media site, TruthSocial. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/r...
Trump gives up on National Guard deployment in 3 cities • Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. The mov...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!” Trump wrote on his social media site, TruthSocial. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/01/r...
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What are we doing?
NYT - Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/cl...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
What are we doing?
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Because of you, community radio continues to thrive. Your support helps keep independent voices on the air and brings music and news to listeners across Tampa Bay and beyond.
Thank you for helping keep community radio strong and independent. 🎶
#wmnf #communityradio #thankyou
Thank you for helping keep community radio strong and independent. 🎶
#wmnf #communityradio #thankyou
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Because of you, community radio continues to thrive. Your support helps keep independent voices on the air and brings music and news to listeners across Tampa Bay and beyond.
Thank you for helping keep community radio strong and independent. 🎶
#wmnf #communityradio #thankyou
Thank you for helping keep community radio strong and independent. 🎶
#wmnf #communityradio #thankyou
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Trump administration announces it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/t...
Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after series of fraud schemes
President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trump administration announces it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota. kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/t...
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18 years for having a stillbirth. Medical testing showed meth but a med examiner testified he couldnt say it was the cause of death. She’s 1 of at least 20 Alabama women who suffered miscarriage/stillbirth then faced sentencing as severe as for murder, rape or kidnapping. www.al.com/news/2022/09...
She lost her baby, then her freedom. ‘When the judge said 18 years, I couldn’t believe it.’
Brooke Shoemaker suffered a stillbirth in Auburn in 2017. Although a state medical examiner found the cause of death to be undetermined, the county coroner blamed her methamphetamine use. After she lo...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
18 years for having a stillbirth. Medical testing showed meth but a med examiner testified he couldnt say it was the cause of death. She’s 1 of at least 20 Alabama women who suffered miscarriage/stillbirth then faced sentencing as severe as for murder, rape or kidnapping. www.al.com/news/2022/09...
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The consequences of these choices have yet to be fully felt by Floridians. But they definitely are on the near horizon. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/30/v...
Vaccines, Medicaid, and rural health dominated the health care debate • Florida Phoenix
The past year saw a number of significant actions at the state and federal levels that could transform how health care is delivered and financed in 2026 and the years to come. The consequences of thes...
floridaphoenix.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The consequences of these choices have yet to be fully felt by Floridians. But they definitely are on the near horizon. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/30/v...
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They’re not sending their best.
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
They’re not sending their best.
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Now the question is: Will the nitwits who let Florida’s greatest treasures get so terribly tarnished be willing to spend the money to polish them back to a bright shine? floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/25/d...
Dear Santa, can you please help our crumbling Florida state parks? • Florida Phoenix
Dear Santa, I know you’re already in the air delivering gifts around the world, but I hope you’ve got an emergency miracle stuffed in your big bag. Our Florida state parks could sure use your help. Yo...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Now the question is: Will the nitwits who let Florida’s greatest treasures get so terribly tarnished be willing to spend the money to polish them back to a bright shine? floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/25/d...
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Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
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“Are these critical minerals going into energy technologies, which then have a whole host of societal benefits, or are they simply being dug out of the ground in one place to be blown up in another place?” floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/23/r...
The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition • Florida Phoenix
This story was originally published by Grist. Pete Hegseth, who has taken to calling himself the Secretary of War, says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.” Just last week, he ass...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Are these critical minerals going into energy technologies, which then have a whole host of societal benefits, or are they simply being dug out of the ground in one place to be blown up in another place?” floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/23/r...
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🌈 Pride is back on St. Pete streets, this time on wheels!
After rainbow crosswalks were forced to go, the City of St. Petersburg is keeping the spirit alive with colorful Pride‑themed bike racks along Central Ave and 25th Street, right where a beloved Pride mural once stood.
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After rainbow crosswalks were forced to go, the City of St. Petersburg is keeping the spirit alive with colorful Pride‑themed bike racks along Central Ave and 25th Street, right where a beloved Pride mural once stood.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
🌈 Pride is back on St. Pete streets, this time on wheels!
After rainbow crosswalks were forced to go, the City of St. Petersburg is keeping the spirit alive with colorful Pride‑themed bike racks along Central Ave and 25th Street, right where a beloved Pride mural once stood.
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After rainbow crosswalks were forced to go, the City of St. Petersburg is keeping the spirit alive with colorful Pride‑themed bike racks along Central Ave and 25th Street, right where a beloved Pride mural once stood.
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Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo are pushing to end vaccine requirements for public schools and daycare. Christine Sexton, a senior reporter at the Florida Phoenix, will give us the rundown. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/22/r...
Who decides what vaccines a child should get? • Florida Phoenix
As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has be...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo are pushing to end vaccine requirements for public schools and daycare. Christine Sexton, a senior reporter at the Florida Phoenix, will give us the rundown. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/22/r...
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“We don’t need to be killing people with mental issues.” Protesters stood on a busy Pinellas corner to oppose the execution of Frank Walls and call for alternatives to the death penalty.
👉 Learn more: https://link.wmnf.org/deathpenaltyalternatives
#WMNF #deathpenaltydebate #mentalhealthadvocacy
👉 Learn more: https://link.wmnf.org/deathpenaltyalternatives
#WMNF #deathpenaltydebate #mentalhealthadvocacy
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“We don’t need to be killing people with mental issues.” Protesters stood on a busy Pinellas corner to oppose the execution of Frank Walls and call for alternatives to the death penalty.
👉 Learn more: https://link.wmnf.org/deathpenaltyalternatives
#WMNF #deathpenaltydebate #mentalhealthadvocacy
👉 Learn more: https://link.wmnf.org/deathpenaltyalternatives
#WMNF #deathpenaltydebate #mentalhealthadvocacy
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H-1B visa holders who traveled back to India this month to renew their American work permits are now stranded. wapo.st/4s3bnZ8
H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas. Now they’re stuck.
H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
H-1B visa holders who traveled back to India this month to renew their American work permits are now stranded. wapo.st/4s3bnZ8
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Noem said on social media she was “immediately directing (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.” floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/19/r...
Trump administration moves to pause diversity visa program after Brown, MIT shootings • Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said late Thursday she was suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students ...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Noem said on social media she was “immediately directing (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.” floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/19/r...
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BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law, making it the only state to allow juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death.
Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.
Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law, making it the only state to allow juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death.
Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.
Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.