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Steve Rothaus
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Miami Herald
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the largest employer in a community that's been called "ground zero" for climate change. The school district is now creating a new sustainability officer position to help guide its conservation and resiliency efforts.
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Al Diaz
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Miami Herald
NEWS
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The clause can be found in Section 23 of the state constitution, It reads, in part: “Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life." -
Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.
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If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's advice opens a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids — just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 and older.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration this week asked a Leon County circuit judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging part of a controversial 2021 law that would allow the governor and state Cabinet members to override local governments’ decisions about police spending.
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A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.
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Florida House Democrats are poised to select a new incoming leader on Tuesday, after a would-be leader dropped his re-election bid amid a controversy involving sexual harassment allegations.
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Law professor Kim Mutcherson said that while states are bound by HIPAA laws, individuals are not. This means that abortion "bounty hunters" could help punish people who seek abortions in other states.
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In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.
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Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints
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Governor Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday to increase penalties for trafficking fentanyl.
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The Florida Department of Education is accepting bids from companies through June 10 to provide social-studies books for a five-year period starting in 2023. The department posted to its website a 29-page document that lists criteria for what is expected to be included in the books — and what’s expected to be left out.
Sundial
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Associated Press/Miami-Dade’s Mayor takes on housing and climate challenges. A preview of the upcoming hurricane season. And this month’s Sundial Book Club pick takes us to Miami in the 80s with stories about drugs, disco and debauchery. -
Verónica Zaragovia/The inside on what Congress is doing about condo reform and abortion access. The families of victims of the Surfside condo collapse will get nearly $1 billion. How will that money be divided? And how the Miami Marlins are doing on the field and off the field.
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