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No Gaetz Charges, Best Employers, Woman Fights Attacker: FL Top News
Topping this week's news, a car rolls into the bay when the owner chases a dog and Tom Brady's "retirement sand" sells for thousands.

FLORIDA — The ousted Hillsborough County state attorney is taking his case to the Florida Supreme Court, a Lee County woman has claimed the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot, a possible threat forces the lockdown of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on the anniversary of the mass shooting, and preschoolers are painted in blackface.
Plus, prosecutors decide not to file sex-trafficking charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz, a woman who fought off a would-be rapist urges other women to fight back, Gov. DeSantis gains approval to relocate migrants across the country, and Forbes names the best large employers in the state.
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- $126M Mega Millions Prize Claimed By Lee County Woman: Florida Lottery
- 'Never Give Up': Woman Fights Back Against Attacker In Apartment Gym
- Tom Brady’s ‘Retirement Sand’ Sells For Thousands On Ebay
- Car Rolls Into Sarasota Bay After Driver Chases After Dog: Police
- 3 FL Companies Ranked Among ‘America’s Best Large Employers’: Forbes
- 'Possible Threat' Prompts Lockdown At Parkland School A Day After Shooting Anniversary
- Matt Gaetz Won't Face Charges In Sex Trafficking Case: Report
- Bill Authorizing Authority To Relocate Migrants Signed By DeSantis
- New Charges In Teen’s Death At Street Racing Event: St. Pete Police
- Ousted Hillsborough State Attorney Takes Case To FL Supreme Court
- 2nd Murder Suspect Charged In Teen’s Fatal Shooting: St. Pete Police
- Preschoolers Painted In Blackface At Miami Daycare Center
- Hillsborough Sheriff's Deputy Charged With Driving Under Influence
- College Board Slams FL's Response To AP African American Studies Class
- ‘Burn After Reading’: Petito Attorney Wants Letter From Laundrie’s Mom
- Man Bound, Sexually Assaulted 70-Year-Old Woman At Sarasota Home: SCSO
- County Funding Revoked For Uhuru-Affiliated Radio Station In St. Pete
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