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Best Teacher, Police Chief Honored, Manatees In Crisis: FL News
Time Magazine named two Florida cities the greatest in the world while two top Florida officials were diagnosed with coronavirus this week.

FLORIDA — Just as life was getting back to normal, Florida coronavirus cases spike, posing a risk to the nearly half of Florida's population that remains unvaccinated. Among those infected with the new delta variant were the state's attorney general and a U.S. Congressman.
See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites.
- 2 FL Cities Named To World's Greatest 100 Places By Time Magazine
- Sharks Move Into Longboat Key Canals To Avoid Red Tide: Report
- Eisenhower 5th-Grade Teacher Named Florida's Teacher Of The Year
- As COVID Caseload Spikes, DeSantis Vows Again: No More Lockdowns In Florida
- Florida To Receive $1.3 Billion Settlement In Opioid Settlement
- Attorney General Tests Positive As FL Coronavirus Rates Surge
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