Small Population Of Woolly Mammoths Survived For Centuries, Against All Odds

TALLAHASSEE — Don’t expect a special legislative session to address soaring costs faced by Florida condominium associations and owners. Lawmakers will start addressing condominium issues when they hold committee meetings in the weeks before the 2025 regular session, which will start in March, new House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, said Tuesday. Perez expects lawmakers to address condominiums during the regular session, rather than a special session, he said. “I have heard the call for a special session on condos, just like the rest of us have,” Perez told reporters.

In just the last few months, food such as Boar’s Head Deli Meats, cucumbers, and even fresh basil have sent Floridians to the hospital. Now, federal authorities are monitoring for people sickened by baby carrots, which were sold in Florida at Publix, Target, Trader Joe’s, and Whole Foods. So far, no one in the state has reported a case of E.

MIAMI — With an offense that largely has been stagnant this season, Erik Spoelstra has turned to a perpetual-motion machine. Actually two. Such is part of the thought with the latest lineup shift that has Duncan Robinson paired alongside Tyler Herro. With Herro playing off the ball more frequently this season, and with Robinson a disciple of the Reggie Miller constant-movement school of shot location, Spoelstra sees a pair of keys with the potential to unlock the Miami Heat’s offense. “I think at this point, they both understand how they can confuse defenses,” Spoelstra said amid this five-day break that has the Heat idle until Sunday’s 6 p.m.

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain will legalize about 300,000 undocumented migrants a year, starting next May and through 2027, the country’s migration minister said Wednesday. The policy aims to expand the aging country’s workforce and allow foreigners living in Spain without proper documentation to obtain work permits and residency.

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield progress in the war, the U. S. defense secretary said Wednesday, in Washington’s second major policy shift in a week after its decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with longer-range U.

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