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David and Leila Centner, the wealthy owners of a private school chain in Miami, pulled out of a deal to build a $10 million complex on city-owned land that was backed by former Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla, who is now facing corruption charges related to money he allegedly received from a lobbyist for the couple.
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Indigency applications, filed when a person has been charged with a crime, are the gateway to a poor person’s court process. Before they can reap these benefits, though, they must pay a fee of $50.
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It came hours after Gov. DeSantis signed a bill that allowed for grand jury testimony to be released. It could still become available after July 1.
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A sheriff’s aviation unit used thermal imaging to guide deputies to a missing 5-year-old who wandered into a swampy area near Tampa.
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Key Biscayne Police Chief Frank Sousa revealed an “active and ongoing criminal investigation” into allegations against Key Biscayne gymnastics coach Oscar Olea.
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Mass shootings are most commonly perpetrated by young men. Experts say most extremist attacks in the past few decades have been motivated by right-wing ideologies.
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Groups including the NAACP are challenging the constitutionality of a 2023 Florida law which placed restrictions on 'third party' voter-registration organizations, who play an important role in signing up minority voters. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker denied a request from the state to step down from the case over a previous election law ruling.
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Pointing to permits in “regulatory limbo,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asked a judge for a partial stay of a ruling in a legal battle about a 2020 decision that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to the state for projects that affect wetlands.
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These cases raise a critical question for the First Amendment and the future of social media: whether states can force the platforms to carry content they find hateful or objectionable.
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After homeless Miami resident Willie White sued the City of Miami for its ban on panhandling, the city is moving to repeal the law and settle for $45,000.
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The first full public accounting of the 2022 death of Romen Phelps, a 33-year-old electrician who crashed into Dreyfoos High School of the Arts while in the throes of a drug-induced mania, shows that a 2-minute clash with a cop - who refused to grant police an interview but was later honored - ended his life.
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The City of Parkland hosted its annual commemoration of the 17 lives lost in the 2018 tragedy, just as another mass shooting took place at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade. “They were children with bright futures ahead of them,” said one parent.