Weekend things to do in South Florida Sept. 30-Oct. 1

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One of the most pleasant fixtures of the fall season in downtown Fort Lauderdale has always been the monthly Sunday Jazz Brunch along the New River, with three stages an easy stroll between each other along its shaded northern bank.

You’ll find vendors offering everything from eggs Benedict to prosecco amid a steady stream of dogs and strollers, dancers and wallflowers, readers and snoozers.

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7,000 National Guard members ready to respond to storm emergencies in Florida

7,000 National Guard service members are mobilized and ready to respond to any storm-related emergencies from Hurricane Ian in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

Speaking at the state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, DeSantis said 5,000 guardsmen are from Florida, and an additional 2,000 from Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina are mobilized.

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Top 5 Things to Do North of Tampa  • Authentic Florida

We want to put a spotlight on the best things to do north of Tampa, since our friends at WUCF covered a lot of territories specifically in the downtown area, in their Tampa episode of  Florida Road Trip .

Additionally, we highlighted some of our favorite spots in Tampa in this Authentic Florida article: Top 10 Authentic Things to Do in Tampa, Florida .

Publisher: Authentic Florida
Date: 2022-09-26T15:44:00 00:00
Author: Melanie Lentz Janney
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Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it barreled toward Cuba on a track to hit Florida’s west coast as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday.

Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida.

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Jan. 6 sedition trial underway for Oath Keepers leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with  seditious conspiracy , one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Amid complaints by attorneys for Stewart Rhodes and the others that they can’t get a fair jury in Washington, the judge began winnowing the pool of potential jurors who will decide the fate of the first Jan. 6 defendants to stand trial on the rare Civil War-era charge.

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