Forget snowbirds: 'Sweat birds' flee the heat of Texas and Arizona to spend summer in cooler northern climates

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Cindy Woudenberg lives most of her year in Arizona and spends the hotter months in Michigan.

Cindy Woudenberg

Disney's firefighters backed DeSantis as he feuded with the company. Now his new board ignored their pleas and stripped away their park benefits.

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The DeSantis campaign has been polling The Walt Disney Co. in early primary voting states, and found it's unpopular.
The DeSantis campaign has been polling The Walt Disney Co. in early primary voting states, and found it's unpopular.

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A 100-year-old tree collapsed on the Florida governor's mansion during Idalia, Casey DeSantis says the family is fine

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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis

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5 job switchers explain why they regretted moving for a new role — or refused to relocate at all

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Shriya Boppana (L), Julianne Elise, and Angela Harris told Insider why moving for work wasn't for them.

Shriya Boppana, Julianne Elise, Angela Harris

I'm a millennial with dreams of owning my own home, but the cutthroat real-estate market has kept me living with my parents in Florida

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David Triana and his mother and father.
David Triana and his parents.

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DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims

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Mourners heckled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims, blaming his policies for the racially motivated attack.

A Florida lawmaker linked the racially-motivated Jacksonville shooting to DeSantis' 'anti-woke policies,' saying they're an 'all-out attack on the Black community'

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis, known for pro-gun and 'anti-woke' policies, booed at vigil for Black Jacksonville shooting victims

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks at a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting a day earlier, in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) speaks at a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting a day earlier, in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday, August 27, 2023.

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Disney firefighters push back against DeSantis board appointees over decision to end free park passes

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Crowds pack and fill Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Orange County, Florida on June 1, 2022. Walt Disney World is celebrating its 50th anniversary all of 2022.
A crowd on Main Street USA at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Park.

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Florida elementary school apologizes after assembling all the Black children from two grades into a room and telling them to do better

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Empty desks.

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