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| 5/7/2018

› In Florida, school districts take different safety paths
Unwilling to turn school staff into gun-packing “guardians,” some officials across Florida are turning to a controversial alternative to meet the demands of a state law approved after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

› Anti-gun group wants Florida assault weapons ban on 2020 ballot
Frustrated by the Legislature’s refusal to pass a ban on assault weapons, a group of gun control advocates is working to put the issue before voters in 2020. Ban Assault Weapons Now consists of relatives of victims of the mass shootings at Pulse nightclub and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, as well as current and former elected officials.

› Norwegian Cruise Line cruises from Port Canaveral to Cuba start Monday
The first regularly scheduled cruises from Port Canaveral to Cuba begin Monday, when the Norwegian Sun departs on a four-night cruise there. The cruises to Cuba will include stops in the Cuban capital of Havana, as well as in Key West.

› Regulators terminate Duke Energy’s Levy County nuclear licenses
Regulators have finally closed the books on the Levy County nuclear project that never was. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission terminated Duke Energy Florida’s licenses last week for the proposed nuclear reactors at the utility’s request — more than a decade after the project was first proposed.

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