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› Florida Coastal suspended from federal student loan program
Florida Coastal School of Law says a “procedural matter” resulted in its termination from the federal student loan program, triggering the process for closing the school. By direction of the American Bar Association, Florida Coastal submitted a teach-out plan May 7 that would allow the school to maintain its accreditation while its students are allowed to transfer to other accredited law schools to complete their education.
› Zoo Miami welcomes endangered baby Orinoco crocodiles
Officials at Zoo Miami have been welcoming critically endangered baby Orinoco crocodiles over the past week. The mother laid 45 eggs on Feb. 5 at the South Florida park, and they began hatching last week, the zoo announced on Facebook. To prevent any loss due to predation or extreme weather, zoo staff collected the eggs several days after they were laid and placed them into incubators.
› Orlando jury awards $2 million to Burger King employee fired for having a trachea tube
A jury awarded more than $2 million to a former Orlando-area Burger King employee who sued after claiming she was fired solely because she had to use a trachea tube to breathe. Ashley Merard, of Orlando, sued franchisee Magic Burgers LLC in the U.S. District Court in Orlando. About a year before working for the company in 2017, she was in a car accident that led to her needing the tube, according to the lawsuit.
› Feds say UM hid inflated charges from patients in $22 million settlement over Medicare fraud
The University of Miami fraudulently billed millions to the Medicare program for unnecessary transplant lab tests and inflated doctors’ fees even after federal regulators had caught UM hiding the higher charges from patients, the Justice Department said as it released a settlement agreement with the school.
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