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Alligator kills Florida woman after tipping over her canoe

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.…

John McCarthy May 7, 2025

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Snapping turtle presentation goes off the rails when it bites man, Florida video shows

MIAMI — A demonstration of how not to handle a snapping turtle turned into a cringe-inducing illustration when the turtle bit its handler and refused to let go. A video…

John McCarthy January 31, 2025

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Prosecutors didn’t talk to eyewitness before filing misdemeanor charges in deadly boat crash

MIAMI — Police and prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office didn’t follow up with a key witness who contradicted the captain’s main defense in a one-vessel boat crash that…

John McCarthy July 29, 2024

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NIGHT OF THE IGUANA: Now That The Iguanas Have Invaded From St. Thomas and Are Part of Our Ecosystem … What Next?

DAY OF THE IGUANA: An iguana in St. Croix takes in the view over a culvert near the Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School in Estate Peter. MIAMI -- Growing up…

VI Free Press December 28, 2017