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From testimony to song: How Broward students tell a Holocaust survivor's story with music
A Jewish community center in Broward County is on a mission to advance Holocaust education through the arts, preserving survivors' testimonies through song.
Did Colombia's presidential front-runner help hook up a Colombian criminal and a Miami professor?
Right-wing Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo De la Espriella was the attorney for Venezuela's alleged corruption mastermind, Colombian-born Alex Saab, when UM prof Bruce Bagley was recruited into Saab's money-laundering schemes. Did De la Espriella help facilitate the relationship?
Determined and driven: The people who show up each Sunday to demand closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz'
They have come from various churches and faith traditions in South Florida to hold "Freedom vigils" for nearly a year to pray and demonstrate against what they say are inhumane conditions inside the immigrant detention center.
All World Cup matches in Miami could face dangerous heat risk, NPR analysis finds
Dangerously hot, humid weather is likely at many of the 2026 World Cup soccer venues. NPR crunched the numbers to see which matches are most at risk — and all seven matches to be played in Miami are at a high heat illness risk.
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Miami-Dade County via YouTubeMiami-Dade County transportation officials say they're ready for an influx of people expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. -
Mark Schiefelbein/APA federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in the U.S. The judge criticized the policy for putting immigrants' lives in "indeterminate legal limbo" and accused the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of ignoring the law.
- Miami-Dade will take PortMiami fuel facility on Fisher Island by eminent domain
- Haitian film by Miami-born director at Tribeca Festival aims to change 'depiction of Black fathers'
- Pinecrest councilmember fears loss of village identity with looming tax cuts
- Fort Lauderdale based West Marine files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Florida enacted emergency rules Friday to prevent the New World screwworm from making its way to the Sunshine State. The state created protocols to protect Florida's cattle herds from the parasitic fly after it was found in Texas earlier this week. -
Former state Senator Shevrin Jones is running to succeed eight-term U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson in Congressional District 24, according to paperwork filed Thursday morning. -
On June 2, the Republican-controlled Legislature voted in favor of putting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax amendment on the ballot for voters to consider in the November election.
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