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Here's where the Surfside condo investigation is 2 years after collapsing
It’s been two years since the Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, and definitive answers as to why may be just years away. Here’s where the investigation stands.
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Inside the Parkland Jury: Most Wanted Death, One Adamant for Life Wrote Judge Letter
One of the 12 jurors in the Parkland school shooting sentencing trial said a fellow juror was adamant about giving the gunman a life sentence from the moment deliberations began.
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Lawyers Say Miami Condo Collapse Victims Will Share More Than $1B in Recovery Funds
The pool of funds intended to compensate victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium will increase to more than $1 billion, attorneys Wednesday told the judge overseeing the resulting class action lawsuit.
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Florida Judge Orders Immediate Lifting of DeSantis' Ban on School Mask Mandates
It’s mask up, for now, without state punishment for Florida public school districts that want to impose mask mandates.
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Florida Judge Rules School Districts Can Impose Mask Mandates
Local school districts can impose mandatory mask mandates on students and staff, a Florida judge ruled Friday, dealing a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to let parents decide whether their children wear masks or not. Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled the state has to give school districts due process and allow them to show their mandatory mask…
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As COVID Hits Florida's Children, Gov. DeSantis Stands Firm, Says ‘Deal With' It
DeSantis often trumpets his hands-off policies in what he calls the “free state of Florida” and has referred to measures supported by the nation’s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, as “Faucism,” a play on words on “fascism.”
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Surfside Official Said Building Was in ‘Good Shape' Despite Engineer's Warning
The engineer’s report that in 2018 found “major structural damage” in Champlain Towers South apparently did not raise an alarm with the man in charge of Surfside’s Building Department at the time.
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Student Arrested in Connection With Cyber Attacks on Miami-Dade Public Schools
A student has been arrested in connection with a series of cyber attacks on Miami-Dade County Public Schools that have disrupted the district’s first week of online classes. The student, a 16-year-old junior at South Miami Senior High School, was arrested Thursday morning and faces charges of computer use in an attempt to defraud and interference with an educational...
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Fla. Sheriff Didn't Mention in Job Application He Killed a Man
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Gregory Tony sheriff in the state’s second-largest county without knowing Tony shot a man to death in self defense when he was 14.
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From Day Spa Founder to Selfies With President Trump
A Palm Beach County woman, who 13 years ago began creating several day spas in South Florida, is getting a lot of unwanted attention Friday. This, after the Miami Herald reported she once owned a Jupiter day spa shut down in a highly publicized prostitution sting.
