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The death toll is rising in Florida folllowing Hurricane Ian as desperate residents fled their flooded homes by boats and air.

A Florida highway was blocked on Wednesday after a crash with five semi-trailers led to thousands of beet cans being spilt onto the road.

The Independent says The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz refused to step down Monday, rejecting a motion by his attorneys who accused her of being biased against their client and prejudicing the jurors who will decide if he should die for murdering 17 people four years ago.

The Guardian says A federal judge has named Raymond Dearie, a senior US district judge with experience handling US national security matters, as an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation.

A redacted version of the court papers that allowed the FBI to raid Donald Trump’s Florida home will be released to the public.

The Independent says a complaint has been filed with at least eight school districts in Florida to ban the Bible, arguing that the holy book’s contents fall under topics “prohibited” by a controversial new state law.

The Metro says Florida lawmakers on Thursday voted to strip the Walt Disney Company of its special self-governing status, adding fuel to an ongoing political feud between the company and the governor.

The Independent says a 59-year-old Florida man has died after hitting an 11-foot alligator on the road with his car.

The Guardian says veterans at a nursing home were evacuated, joining residents from more than 1,000 homes, as firefighters and emergency workers battled two massive wildfires Sunday.

France24 says Rescue crews searched waters off Florida’s Atlantic shore on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing by a survivor found clinging to a boat that capsized.