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The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is questioning whether the state’s Office of Safe Schools is equipped to handle evolving responsibilities as its workload increases along with a growing public school system. -
Meet Fort Lauderdale's new Police Chief Larry Scirroto. Also, a local Haitian-American activist gives an update on the Haitian refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, this month's Sundial Book Club title author Patricia Engel discusses her new novel "Infinite Country."
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Florida is suing the federal government, accusing the Biden administration of violating immigration laws by releasing many undocumented immigrants who cross the nation’s Southern border.
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The Florida Department of Health is trying to scuttle a public-records lawsuit seeking information about COVID-19, arguing that requested reports don’t exist and that the underlying data is confidential.
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Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of their vaccine in young children "in the coming weeks."
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Advocates have been calling for changes in the field. They say these jobs are exhausting, with low wages, little respect and little career growth. "We need a complete transformation," one expert says.
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Boosters are available for higher-risk people who got the Pfizer vaccine. But what about people who got the one-shot Johnson & Johnson? Some doctors say they need an extra shot even more urgently.
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City of Miami commissioners on Monday gathered during a special session to discuss the past actions and the future of Acevedo, the 57-year-old chief who moved here from Houston six months ago. They were upset with a whole host of actions taken by the chief during his brief tenure.
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Minimum wage workers in Florida will get a boost to their pay starting this week. The minimum wage rate will jump from $8.65 to $10an hour. The rate for tipped workers will increase to $6.98.
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Republicans' opposition leaves the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
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The ruling focused heavily on whether the plaintiffs had proven that Twitter, Google-owned YouTube and Facebook “aided and abetted” shooter Omar Mateen in violation of a federal law known as the Anti-Terrorism Act.
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Jarrod Ramos admitted to killing five people in the Capital Gazette's newsroom in 2018. Prosecutors sought multiple life prison terms for the attack.
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Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun SentinelMeet Fort Lauderdale's new Police Chief Larry Scirroto. Also, a local Haitian-American activist gives an update on the Haitian refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, this month's Sundial Book Club title author Patricia Engel discusses her new novel "Infinite Country." -
Al Diaz/Miami HeraldFlorida’s monoclonal antibody treatment supply was cut by the Biden Administration. Plus, a look into how an OB-GYN doctor injured and killed some of his patients. Also, carbon monoxide can poison boaters even if they're outside.
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