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Opinion: President Trump's so-called "law enforcement" capture of Venezuela's dictator Nicolás Maduro will be regarded a failure if it doesn't mean democracy restoration — which may require more U.S. military force. On the latest episode of Americas Decoded, WLRN’s Americas editor Tim Padgett warns that in Venezuela Trump may have removed the brutal dictator but he’s left the brutal dictatorship intact. The socialist regime’s top goons, led by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, remain entrenched in power, while Trump has sidelined opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. It’s a worrying sign that, unlike the country’s oil, a return to democracy in Venezuela is low on his agenda. You can watch the video for this and other Americas Decoded commentaries on WLRN’s YouTube channel on WLRN.org/Decoded. Subscribe to Tim’s Substack to receive his weekly digital commentaries and new episodes of Americas Decoded, at WLRN.org/AD. Sign up for his Americas Report newsletter on WLRN.org/newsletters. WLRN is South Florida’s NPR member station.

Joe Biden is again the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, with Bernie Sanders looking to regain the delegate lead Tuesday, as six more states vote.

The Kennedy Bunker on Peanut Island in Palm Beach was really amazing. It was like a this huge tin cylinder 27 feet underground and could house 30 people…

This post will be updated today, Thursday, April 15, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

With the general election a week away, more than 6.4 million ballots had been cast through the mail and at early voting sites as of Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Division of Elections.

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Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. Every Broward County district school will receive $500 to help provide lunches for students in need. The University of Miami has named a longtime atmospheric scientist as the new dean of its top-ranked marine and atmospheric science school, and other local news.

Listen to South Florida news as heard on WLRN’s Morning Edition. A Boca Raton Republican representative has filed a bill that would limit political action and speech at schools and college campuses. Top officials in Miami-Dade County applaud a proposal that would decide the future of the Miami Seaquarium and more local news.

Listen to the latest South Florida news as heard on WLRN's Morning Edition. The job market may be cooling but the region’s top Federal Reserve official is more worried about higher prices. Governor Ron DeSantis still hasn’t called a special election for a vacant Miami state House seat, and other local news.

Monroe County Mayor Michelle Lincoln sent a letter Friday to members of the Florida Legislature expressing deep concerns over the proposed bill, known as SJR 2-F, just ahead of the start of Monday's special legislative session in Tallahassee.

Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

Richard Glossip has had nine execution dates set over the years. He's eaten his last meal three times. He was tried twice and has had multiple appeals, including one at the Supreme Court.

Saul Sanchez, a father of six and a beloved community member in Greeley, Colo., was one of thousands of meatpacking employees who contracted the coronavirus. He died of COVID-19 at age 78.

Wildfires have forced the evacuation of people from about 2,000 homes in southwestern Colorado, and the U.S. Forest Service will close the 1.8 million acre San Juan National Forest.

A presidential daily briefing from Aug. 6, 2001, draws much attention as National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Sept. 11 commission. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and analysts Reuel March Gerecht -- a former CIA Middle East specialist -- and Daniel Benjamin, a former member of the National Security Council staff.

A jury orders the owners of the NBA's New York Knicks to pay $11.6 million to a former team executive. The jury of four women and three men found that team officials, including coach Isiah Thomas, sexually harassed Anucha Browne Sanders.

Florida Atlantic University's Recorded Sound Archives at the Wimberly Library will be purged this January. Well, sort of.The library's sound archive is…

The move came after federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss both the Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents cases against Donald Trump.