David Fischer | Associated Press
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Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.
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A piece of Miami architectural history has sat largely abandoned and covered in graffiti for more than three decades. But local voters can decide whether the Miami Marine Stadium should be returned to its former glory.
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Ex-police officer James Aren Duckett was pronounced dead after a three-drug injection Tuesday afternoon at Florida State Prison. He was convicted of the 1987 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Hours later, 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone was executed for the 1986 killing of his ex-girlfriend’s parents.
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Second octogenarian in modern US history faces lethal injection as Florida set to execute 2 in a dayFormer police officer James Aren Duckett is set to receive a lethal injection at noon Tuesday for the 1987 rape and murder of a young girl. Six hours later, 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone is scheduled to become the oldest inmate executed in Florida's modern history and the second-oldest in the U.S. — for a double murder conviction.
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Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Monday. They were arrested on Saturday to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom.
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Is there such a thing as being too old to execute? Aging death row inmates are set to die in FloridaFlorida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last. In June, the state put Dusty Ray Spencer to death for fatally stabbing his wife in 1992. At 74, he was the oldest person executed in the state's modern history.
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A disorganized cluster of storms that had been plaguing the Gulf Coast for days came together to form Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday — the first tropical cyclone of the season in the Atlantic basin.
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A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship has surrendered after a federal judge reversed his decision on pretrial release now that the teen is charged as an adult. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami confirmed on Monday that Timothy Hudson is in custody.
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Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's recent action thriller "The Rip" used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers' personal and professional reputations. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sergeants filed the lawsuit in federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film production company owned by Affleck and Damon.
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On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 exiles attempted to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion failed, and many were captured. Now, only about 200 veterans remain. They are reopening the Bay of Pigs Brigade 2506 Museum in Miami to mark the 65th anniversary.
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A brother and sister have been charged after an explosive device was found outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe says Alen Zheng fled to China with his sister Ann Mary Zheng, who was arrested upon her return to Florida.
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Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti's former leader, plus related charges.