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Judge rules 'Alligator Alcatraz' can stay open for now, but no further detainees or construction are allowed

Within 60 days, the facility must also remove “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles,” which ...

Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact

A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator ...
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Environmental groups who oppose Alligator Alcatraz cheer court decision as 'landmark victory'

This is a landmark victory for the Everglades and countless Americans who believe this imperiled wilderness should be ...
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Firefighters battle thick smoke as wildfires burn in Florida's Everglades

A wildfire broke out Tuesday evening near Alligator Alley in the US state of Florida. Firefighters and authorities are working to bring the situation in the Everglades under control. Thick smoke is ...

Florida woman hospitalized after alligator attack on hiking trail

A hiker has been hospitalized after an alligator attacked and bit her on a Florida hiking trail, authorities say. The woman, ...

Hysterics as Florida cops called to baby gator "lost on his way to class"

A baby alligator found itself in the wrong kind of swamp this week when Alachua County Sheriff's deputies were called to an apartment complex in Gainesville, Florida. On Tuesday morning, Deputies E.

Gator found shot dead in truck bed, leading to five arrests, Florida cops say

An alligator shot dead in a truck led to wildlife officers shutting down an illegal gator-hunting operation in Florida, authorities said. Five people have been arrested, and four of them now have ICE ...

Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost urges shutdown of "Alligator Alcatraz," calls it "internment camp"

Orlando Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost delivered sharp criticism of the site, describing it as "inhumane" and calling for it to be shut down.