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As Hurricane Preparedness Week gets underway, emergency managers are urging Floridians to assess their homes and fortify any vulnerable areas; organize and safeguard all important papers and items; double-check your home-insurance policy; prepare an emergency kit; identify if you live in an evacuation zone.
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A new Florida law prohibits many Chinese citizens from buying homes because of national security concerns. Critics say it has fueled discrimination and chilled the local property market.
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This year's winning entry is an emotional account of living with schizoaffective disorder, from a student at Miami Dade College.
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The Biden administration says it'll cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud. At its height, the chain had campuses across the country, including in New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles.
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The new map was drawn up alongside voting rights advocates after more than a year of tense litigation over a redistricting effort that a federal judge called "racially gerrymandered." The deal includes a federal settlement agreement that would take taxpayers' total bill close to $3 million.
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As war and conflict rage around the world, the artworks at “Loaded,” Farrow’s solo exhibition at VISU Contemporary Gallery on South Beach, are as relevant as ever. But his artistic inspiration is a tale as old as time.
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Survivors of Guatemalan military massacres have brought former army general Benedicto Lucas García to trial for genocide — and many, after fleeing threats, are now part of Lake Worth Beach's large Maya community.
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Navigating reproductive health care can be confusing, especially as abortion policies change in Florida. We break down what's available and what could be coming next.
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This month, the Education Fund got a boost of $50,000 from the LifeTime Foundation, a nonprofit run by a national fitness company, to expand and maintain the forests. Since the Food Forest Program started in 2015, 30 school in the county have planted food forests.
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For the first time in more than a decade, Palm Beach County voters will choose a new state attorney and, for the first time in more than two decades, they will also pick a new public defender.
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Democrats believe young Florida voters will go to the polls in November because of the abortion and marijuana measures on the ballot. If they do, President Joe Biden will likely get their support even though many are lukewarm to a second term for him.
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The National Hurricane Center is gearing up for what might be an extremely active, even record-breaking hurricane season. To prepare, meteorologists are keeping an eye on rapid intensification and making several changes to the way information is shared.
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Another American has been arrested in the Turks and Caicos for bringing ammunition into the islands — a reminder the Caribbean is lashing back at its gun-trafficking surge, most of which law enforcement say can be traced back to South Florida.
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The Interior Department is sending $9 million to boost coral work after a decimating summer heat wave bleached two-thirds of South Florida's reef.