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Orlando’s ‘Big Tree,’ has withstood the elements for over 400 years

ORLANDO – It’s been struck by lightning at least three times and has survived multiple hurricanes – and it sprouted from an acorn around the same time Juan Ponce de León’s ship first landed on Florida’s eastern coast. “Big Tree,”…

City of Palm Springs offers to pay Section 14 Survivors $4.3 million

The Palm Springs City Council has offered to settle the claim for damages filed against the city over the Section 14 evictions by paying 145 households about $30,000 each for what it says was the wrongful destruction of homes that…