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Author: Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach Post

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5 school officials charged with failing to report suspected sexual assaults of Florida HS student

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on 5 school officials charged with failing to report suspected sexual assaults of Florida HS student

A Florida high school principal and four other school staffers were arrested Monday on charges of failing to report sexual abuse of 15-year-old.

News

Florida board scraps questions about student athletes’ menstrual history, asks for sex at birth

February 9, 2023Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on Florida board scraps questions about student athletes’ menstrual history, asks for sex at birth

A Palm Beach Post investigation raised furor about the menstrual questions on the form. Now a question about athletes’ sex at birth has been added.

Sports

Florida HS sports association panel recommends making menstrual cycle questions mandatory

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on Florida HS sports association panel recommends making menstrual cycle questions mandatory

The sports medicine committee of the Florida High School Athletic Association wants the menstrual history questions to be mandatory.

Sports

Florida senator vows legislation to prevent asking high school athletes menstrual questions

December 26, 2022Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on Florida senator vows legislation to prevent asking high school athletes menstrual questions

The five questions, marked optional for athletes, have come under new scrutiny from school officials, doctors and now a key legislator.

Nation

He needed emergency surgery days before their wedding. So, they got married in a hospital.

November 27, 2022Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on He needed emergency surgery days before their wedding. So, they got married in a hospital.

Daniel Pecoraro, a teacher in Greenacres, Florida, needed emergency heart surgery three days before he planned to marry Lisa Siegel.

Travel

‘I have no idea how to fly’: How air traffic controllers helped a passenger land a plane

May 17, 2022Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on ‘I have no idea how to fly’: How air traffic controllers helped a passenger land a plane

A small plane was traveling from the Bahamas to Florida when its pilot became incapacitated. Two passengers had to figure out what to do next.

Nation

‘Never smoked a day in my life.’ Firefighter with Stage 4 lung cancer traces it to his job

August 23, 2021Katherine Kokal, Palm Beach PostComments Off on ‘Never smoked a day in my life.’ Firefighter with Stage 4 lung cancer traces it to his job

More than half of firefighter deaths in 2021 have been cancer-related. Brian Wolnewitz hopes he’s not one of them.

Headlines

‘Never seen anything like this’: Idalia deluge still wreaking havoc in Southeast. Live updates

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023John Bacon, Douglas Soule and Christopher Cann, USA TODAY

A State Department office is giving young people a voice. Abby Finkenauer is leading the effort

August 31, 2023Rachel Looker, USA TODAY

Far-right candidate seduces Argentine electorate

August 31, 2023AP

Hundreds join Nepal gay pride rally

August 31, 2023AP

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

These kids are good: Young Reds in pursuit of a pennant stretch to remember

August 31, 2023Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

Dog repeatedly escapes Michigan shelter, sneaks into nursing home, is adopted by residents

August 31, 2023John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

Kia recalls nearly 320,000 cars because the trunk may not open from the inside

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY
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