WLRN WEEKEND: A collection of this week’s feature stories for your weekend reading
FEATURED NEWS
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The Florida Department of Transportation held a kickoff meeting to introduce the project to the public this week. Officials also said they are considering the possibility of a dedicated bike lane across the bridge.
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After hitting the road on their first headlining tour in a couple of years, South Florida band Woolbright returns their focus to their first full-length album in seven years.
- At age 90, America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space
- At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'
- In Knesset speech, GOP's Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel
- Iran's president has died in a helicopter crash, state media reports
FLORIDA NEWS
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Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy.
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The MLB team’s home base hasn’t delivered on all of its promises, residents say. The most lucrative outgrowth of the stadium: those with the space to offer paid parking.
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In Florida, Arizona and Texas, laws that target undocumented people or deny them driver's licenses make it especially difficult for them to travel out of state for care.
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