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The death penalty trial for the Parkland shooting trial resumed this week after a two-week break and Nikolas Cruz's lawyers have continued to take jurors through his life chronologically as they seek to prove his difficult childhood contributed to the violence. They hope it will be enough to persuade one juror to not back the death penalty, which would be enough for him to get life in prison instead.
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Most of the people arrested had received voter ID cards and thought they were eligible to vote, according to court documents.
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Decisions made before the shooting, including some in utero, should be factored into the decision to give Nikolas Cruz the death penalty, his lawyers argue.
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It's not a new debate — but could showing graphic evidence of mass school shootings change public opinion on gun laws?
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It could happen if a controversial proposal goes through that would raise the height cap to 500 feet on projects that get special zoning. The new ordinance would apply citywide, not just in high-rise-friendly downtown, where zoning already encourages supersized towers.
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Consumer confidence among the multi-ethnic Hispanic population, the fastest growing population and a growing base for the demand of goods and services, is bleak.
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Day 3 of the trial continued with more brutal testimonies from survivors of the shooting.
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The jury heard more emotional testimony on Day 2 of the death penalty trial.
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The evidence on the first day of the trial was brutal and graphic. It was also a taste of what the next few months of the trial will be like.
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Prices are showing no signs of slowing down in the nation's hottest housing markets.
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A Broward County inspector general alleges that a City of Fort Lauderdale building services official improperly authorized building permits for a beach front luxury condo project, an apartment building and a warehouse converted into offices for the Broward Sheriff's Office.
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Fort Lauderdale has taken the next step in possibly building an Elon Musk tunnel under Las Olas. Plus, a South Florida teacher goes to Poland, where he's going to help teach Polish and Ukrainian refugee students. And this month’s Sundial Book Club is about the intense and intertwined history between the U.S. and Cuba.