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Florida, United States
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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
• Jan. 6, 2025, 6:17 PM ET (AP)
Rudy Giuliani insists he's not hiding assets at contempt hearing over $148 million judgment
• Jan. 3, 2025, 7:47 PM ET (AP)
Canadian ministers head to Palm Beach for talks with incoming Trump administration
• Dec. 26, 2024, 8:57 PM ET (AP)
Palm Beach, town, Palm Beach county, southeastern Florida, U.S., on a narrow barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean (east) and Lake Worth (west). The latter, actually a lagoon (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), is bridged to West Palm Beach. In 1878 a shipwrecked cargo of coconuts was washed onto the barren, sandy beach and took root. Early settlers also gathered the nuts and planted them to create a palm-shaded haven, which was named Palm City in 1880. Renamed Palm Beach in 1887, it developed as a resort after Henry M. Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railway to West Palm ...(100 of 168 words)