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• Neil Kakita

  

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  First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed

  Associated Press - TERRY SPENCER

  MIAMI (AP) — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida’s Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s owner, …

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  Brightline to start Orlando service after multiple delays

  wesh.com - Meaghan Mackey

  ORLANDO, Fla. — In nine days, Brightline says they will be starting service out of Orlando. The announcement comes after several delays. Service was …

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  DeSantis lashes out at audience member over Jacksonville shooting

  POLITICO - By Kimberly Leonard

  “That is such nonsense!” DeSantis yelled at an audience member who blamed his policies for the shooting. MIAMI — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis got into a heated argument during a press conference on Thursday with an audience member who blamed him for a recent racially motivated mass shooting that …

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  Biden calls Jacksonville shootings a `terrorist act' driven by racial hatred

  USA TODAY - Maureen Groppe

  A white man wearing a mask and carrying a gun painted with a swastika killed three Black people inside a Dollar General store Aug. 26 in what authorities described as a racially motivated attack in a predominantly African-American neighborhood. The gunman, who shot and killed himself at the store …

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  Tropical Storm Idalia Forecast to Become Major Hurricane on Its Path to Florida

  The Wall Street Journal. - Alyssa Lukpat

  Tropical Storm Idalia is set to intensify into a hurricane on its way toward Florida, which is bracing for its first major storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

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  Loving mother. Devoted father 'taken away from us forever': Families mourn Jacksonville shooting victims

  USA TODAY - Thao Nguyen

  Hundreds of people gathered Sunday to remember and mourn the loss of three Black people who were fatally shot in what authorities say was a racist attack in Jacksonville, Florida. Authorities say the suspect, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, who wore a tactical vest while carrying an …