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Judge weighs whether to block Florida’s social media ban for minors

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is weighing whether to block a Florida law from going into effect that would ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and 15-year-olds. The measure was ...

Florida ups the stakes for crimes by immigrants in the US illegally

By DAVID A. LIEB and KATE PAYNE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For most people in Florida, misdemeanor theft can result in up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. For an immigrant illegally in Florida, that same crime now carries a felony punishment of up to five years behind ...