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Education

Record $3 Billion Gift Builds Carnegie Mellon’s Miami Campus

Ken Griffin’s record $3 billion gift will finance Carnegie Mellon’s new Miami campus and major Pittsburgh investments, creating a test of whether donor-funded expansion can preserve governance, access and academic quality.

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Travel

Orlando Parks Today: Universal Deadline Day Meets Disney’s Anniversary Eve

Sep 30, 2026

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Travel

Universal Orlando Update: Passholder Perks End as Studios Closes at 5

Sep 30, 2026

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Travel

Disney World Update: Smash Mouth Opens EPCOT Run Before 55th Anniversary

Sep 30, 2026

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Travel

Orlando Parks Today: Bakso’s Departure Window and Universal’s Deadline Week

Sep 29, 2026

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Travel

Universal Orlando Update: Passholder Perks Near Deadline as Epic Nights Debut Saturday

Sep 29, 2026

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Travel

Disney World Update: Bakso Tiger Will Leave Animal Kingdom as Magic Kingdom Closes Early

Sep 29, 2026

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Policy

Florida Clarifies 14-Day Atlantic Red Snapper Season

Sep 26, 2026

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Policy

Florida Pays $10 Million in Bonuses to 1,506 New Officers

Sep 25, 2026

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Tech

Florida Driver Database Breach Traced to Police Credentials

Sep 25, 2026

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Business

Florida Approves Rate Cuts for 62,666 Home Policies

Sep 24, 2026

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Healthcare

Florida Dengue Cases Reach 152 as State Confirms Death

Sep 24, 2026

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Policy

Florida Supreme Court Takes Up Citizens Arbitration Mandate

Sep 23, 2026

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Policy

Florida Anti-Spam Proposal Targets AI Voice Scams and Phone Farms

Sep 23, 2026

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Policy

Florida Opens Short-Term Career Programs to Workforce Pell

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Florida Settlement Sets Four-Year Starbucks Compliance Review

Sep 22, 2026

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Travel

10 Days Remain to Combine Universal Orlando’s 2026 Passholder Perks With Halloween Horror Nights

Sep 21, 2026

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US

U.S. Brings 18 Haiti Assassination Defendants to Florida for Trial

Sep 21, 2026

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