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Prosecutors drop some charges in Florida nursing home deaths

FILE - Police officers talk to an employee at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills on Sept. 13, 2017, in Hollywood, Fla. Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, against three nurses who had been present when 12 nursing home patients suffered fatal overheating five years ago after a hurricane knocked out power to their facility's air conditioning. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

FILE - A woman is transported from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills as patients are evacuated after a loss of air conditioning due to Hurricane Irma on Sept. 13, 2017, in Hollywood, Fla. Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, against three nurses who had been present when 12 nursing home patients suffered fatal overheating five years ago after a hurricane knocked out power to their facility's air conditioning. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

Prosecutors drop some charges in Florida nursing home deaths