Last summer the department outlined a plan to allocate as many as 50 full-time employees to review the tidal wave of applications that would cost filers $20 each.
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Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
The tidal wave of undocumented people booked into the Orange County Jail without criminal charges has dropped dramatically following a letter from Mayor Jerry Demings to ICE officials setting new rules for the feds.
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Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
For a wave of young jewelry brands that built their businesses on the promise of high-quality pieces without the high jewelry price tag, that’s a problem.
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Andrea Bossi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
The settings feature 12 different temperatures backed by infared technology to fit any styling mood (the lower temperatures are great for creating waves without completely frying off your hair).
In the first two weeks of the war, there has been a surge in the number of Americans looking to save money on energy—by asking for quotes on home solar systems and looking up electric vehicles online.
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Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
The United States tied the game in the eighth inning on a Bryce Harper two-run home run before Venezuela put together one final offensive surge.
Chopper 4 captured the huge billows of smoke coming out of his home located at NW 27th Court and 172nd Terrace, with flames billowing through a large hole in the roof.
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Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Father and son, both members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, stare out at a sea of green grass and buffalo berry bushes as a herd of 30 or so bison munch patches of grass, flick their tails at flies, and flop onto the ground, creating brief billows of dust.
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