Paper apologizes for coverage of wrongly accused Groveland 4

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida newspaper is apologizing for coverage seven decades ago that helped give credence to the false narrative that four young African-American men had raped a white woman in central Florida.
The Orlando Sentinel on Thursday printed an apology for the newspaper’s role in “this injustice” against the men known as the Groveland Four.
The apology comes a day before newly inaugurated Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Cabinet meet to discuss the Gr