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Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls at his waterfront estate in Palm Beach from 1997 to 2006. Now thousands of court documents related to the case are being unsealed. From our news partners the
@MiamiHerald
.
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In less than 36 hours, Rebekah Jones, the former data manager for Florida's Department of Health who was raided by police yesterday, raised $100,000 for her legal defense fund.
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#StonemanDouglas
High School Principal Ty Thompson is under investigation and has been reassigned, but will remain on campus to "not upset the community," teachers say.
Teachers, however, are already furious.
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Restricted in one Miami-Dade school, Amanda Gorman's poem now inspires new graduates in another
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Uber and Lyft are offering free rides for people who need to get to emergency shelters in Palm Beach, Martin and Brevard Counties. The offer is good for $20 each way. The shelters must be state-approved. To use, enter the promo code DORIANRELIEF in the payment section of the app.
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Data: More young people are registering to vote in the wake of the Parkland shooting.
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Agriculture Commissioner
@NikkiFried
praised the passage of a massive federal infrastructure package. The state is slated to get more than $19 billion in federal funding over the next five years for the roads, public transportation and airports.
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Keep these safety tips in mind: What not to do after Hurricane Irma
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President Trump performed so well in Miami-Dade County because he reached beyond Cubans to other Latino groups — even if his pitch to them was often a lie.
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U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel won the Democratic primary for District 21 tonight. She'll face Republican challenger Laura Loomer in November.
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@EmilyMichot
@jkbjournalist
@EmilyMichot
: We were really grateful to the former Palm Beach Police chief. He was so key in making sure the
#JeffEpstein
case went to the FBI. He was trying to get justice for these girls.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the state is investigating allegations that an upscale West Palm Beach nursing home diverted scarce COVID-19 vaccinations meant for residents and staff to members of the facility’s board of directors and donors.
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Miami businesses and restaurateurs campaign to outlaw single-use plastics
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This month,
@HealthyFla
issued an emergency rule that doubled application fees for medical marijuana licenses reserved for Black farmers.
In a press conference,
@NikkiFried
said the "discriminatory" fees shouldn't be a disqualification.
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The aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School continues to ripple through the community around the school and beyond. WLRN has compiled a list of mental health resources -- because no one should have to walk that path alone.
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Joe Carollo found liable: ordered to pay $63 million in federal 'harassment' case (via
@JoshCeb
)
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“There is no excuse for leaving your pet behind to die."
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The Biden administration has challenged Gov. Ron DeSantis’ assertion that a lack of vaccine supplies from the federal government was holding up the state’s efforts. From the Sun Sentinel:
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The aunt of a slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting student is leading the effort with
@davidhogg111
to ban assault weapons in Florida.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says only about 2.6% of nearly 24,000 COVID-19 tests confirmed an infection on Monday. That's a new low for the state.
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TV star Salvador Nasralla won Hondura's election by just one percentage point
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Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing a budget to triple the size of the Florida State Guard and add aviation and maritime equipment, with funding going from $10 million to more than $95 million.
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Newly released court records shed light on an expansive scandal involving a city of Miami commissioner – and show that he directed city officials to shut down certain businesses in Little Havana.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and anti-mask parent activists want face coverings to be optional in schools. A top pediatrician in South Florida says that means kids will "infect each other."
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It happens hundreds, if not thousands, of times a year nationwide. A
#Veteran
dies, but there’s no family nearby. So, the
@DeptVetAffairs
steps up to handle the burial
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The arrival of Hurricane Irma seen from a balcony in Havana. (Photos taken during the last 24 hours.)
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Hurricane Irma is back to Cat 5 and making landfall in Cuba:
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1.6 million ballots have been cast in the
#FloridaPrimary
.
The number already passed the 2014 elections.
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About 220K people in Broward will be without water service soon. The municipalities affected: Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Tamarac, North Lauderdale, Sea Ranch Lakes, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Port Everglades, Oakland Park and part of unincorporated Broward east of Lauderhill
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The latest in
#FloridaRecount
: In Palm Beach County, around 5,000 ballots will be reviewed, according to elections supervisor.
Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes told WLRN she’s unsure how many votes are left to count.
More:
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The history of Miami and the region was largely shaped by Bahamians, Haitians, the Caribbean Diaspora, and African Americans. How much of that history are we teaching in South Florida schools?
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"You know, it's not that easy to come in and say, I want to do a book about a toothless guy who's poaching orchids in South Florida. It doesn't instantly grab you as a great story," said author
@susanorlean
about her book, "The Orchid Thief".
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WLRN's Daniel Rivero (
@TooMuchMe
) wins human rights award from Americans for Immigrant Justice
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Judge recommends City of Miami toss out its district map over 'racial gerrymandering' (via
@JoshCeb
)
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@RobertwRuncie
@browardschools
The state commission investigating the MSD shooting raised questions about how administrators dealt with the shooter while he attended school and the communications problems during the shooting.
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.
@ilvolo
: For us it was like a dream come true... to sing with
@AndreaBocelli
,
@PlacidoDomingo
and
@BarbraStreisand
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On Friday two unusually large turtles returned to the sea — with new souvenirs from their time on land.
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The nursing home has been without power since being blasted by tropical storm winds with hurricane gusts on the edge of Hurricane Irma.
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A lawsuit over whether students at Florida International University should be refunded for some costs they paid while being forced to take classes online has been given the thumbs up to move forward.
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Senator Rick Scott will take Andrew Pollack, the father of a teenager who died in the Parkland school shooting last year, to the
#StateOfTheUnionAddress
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Roman Catholic abortion rights opponents say they'll push now to get a complete ban in Florida. But U.S. polls indicate pro-choice Catholics still outnumber them.
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Dr. Jane Goodall, who founded the
@JaneGoodallInst
to protect chimpanzees, spoke on
@WLRNSundial
about her legacy and the environmental challenges facing our planet.
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Toshimi Abe-Janiga has dedicated most of her teaching career to finding ways to make Holocaust education lessons relevant to her students at Riviera Beach Preparatory.
And this year, she's being recognized for her work, as
@pbcsd
's teacher of the year.
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Short of a warrant,
@Supt_Avossa
won't allow ICE to access Palm Beach schools for immigration enforcement purposes
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@RobertwRuncie
@browardschools
What was most urgent after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting,
@RobertwRuncie
says, was the well being of the students, teachers and the community. The trauma from this tragedy had to be dealt with.
#MSDOneYearLater
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Should shoppers see a tax break on diapers? One
#SouthFlorida
lawmaker filed a bill that would create a sales-tax exemption for these and other incontinence products.
@Book4Senate
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A co-working space in Overtown aims to create a prosperous environment for black entrepreneurs.
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A doctor's 11th-hour push to convince Florida lawmakers to save lives with needle exchange
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The spread of COVID-19 in Florida likely began in January or even earlier, new documents show.
That would be months before March 1 when Florida announced its first two cases. (Via
@MiamiHerald
)
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UNGUARDED: How a tight-knit network of Miami real estate players bought and sold Guardianship homes for profit (via
@TooMuchMe
and
@JoshCeb
)
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841 manatees have died in the first months of six months of 2021. That's more than any other year in Florida's recorded history. Most sea cows are dying of starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds, a main source of their food.
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Congress has signed off on the Congressional Gold Medal for the Nuremberg trial's chief prosecutor. South Floridian Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old in 1948 when he had secured enough evidence to prosecute 22 members of Nazi killing squads.
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“He’s the one person who’s gotten my adrenaline flowing every time I hear him.”
@PeteButtigieg
makes a campaign stop in Wynwood, makes pitch to South Florida voters.
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"When my daughter was brutally shot down with an AR-15 gun, I switched to become a Democrat," Lori Alhadeff told NPR's Melissa Block Saturday on Weekend Edition. "I feel that the Democratic Party better aligns with banning the assault weapon rifle."
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Voting in a representative democracy, regardless if it's for a local school board or for
@POTUS
, is a temporary transfer of power from voters to those elected. If those elected are to be well-informed, so too must the voters. The right to know truly is a civil right
#FreePress
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Federal judge throws out Miami district map over allegations of racial gerrymandering (via
@JoshCeb
)
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Meet Daniella Levine Cava, the first woman to be elected to run Miami-Dade County.
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"In Haiti, 'noir' is citizen, 'blanc' is foreigner." So even a black person from another country would be called a "blanc"
#NPRMichel
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Key West's dialysis center is now open!
Find all Florida Keys Updates here:
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Governor-elect
@RonDeSantisFL
named his chief of staff: Shane Strum, senior vice president for the Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood.
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We're up! Listen on 91.3 in Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Call in if you're listening and have a comment/question/observation: 800-743-9576.
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Around Labor Day, Joe Biden’s campaign was in a Florida funk. Biden and his campaign didn't take the "socialista" attacks seriously enough, but on-the-ground Latino activists did. It may help him win Florida.
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@RobertwRuncie
@browardschools
And now, Runcie says, the district may expand its investigation to include other school employees.
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One of the most competitive congressional races in the country is playing out in our backyard. U.S. House District 27 is up in the air, with incumbent Republican
@RepMariaSalazar
and Democratic state Sen.
@Annette_Taddeo
battling it out for the seat.
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There’s an individual and collective sense of urgency about Black generational wealth and a fight for equality of opportunity and information. We’ll dive into this and more at 4 p.m. Join us.
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Congratulations to former WLRN reporter
@WilsonSayre
! She's the 2018 recipient of
@WBUR
's Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, which recognizes young journalists.
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Greg Batista, an engineer who specializes in concrete repair projects, told the Herald he suspects 'concrete spalling,' when salt water seeps into concrete and ultimately causes support beams to rust, expand and weaken, may be a factor in the collapse.
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Florida Democrats are having a 2020 postmortem on where they go after a rough general election. Democratic State Rep.
@AnnaForFlorida
has become an outspoken critic of the party as she advocates for more community-level organizing.
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Meet Coco Gauff's grandmother, a civil rights trailblazer in Palm Beach County (via
@wilkinebrutus
)
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He was Hitler’s favorite actor and the Führer offered a reward to anyone who could bring Clark Gable in alive
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"We must be remembered. History must be remembered."
A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor living in South Florida accepts
@HolocaustMuseum
's highest honor on behalf of survivors around the world.
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@RobertwRuncie
@browardschools
It's important for these individuals to have due process, he says. Employees should have an opportunity to present their case if they're being accused of wrongdoing.
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💭 via
@TimPadgett2
| "Didion’s “Miami” is more relevant now because nearly all of Miami’s Cuban-American congressional delegation helped stoke and then tacitly endorse that treasonous Jan. 6 rampage."
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"They are happy that they are finally being listened to and finally being treated as victims," says
@jkbjournalist
about Epstein's victims. "You had 14, 15, 16 year-olds being treated like prostitutes ... Prosecutors never really treated them like they were victims."
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Measures that would help address Florida's harmful algal blooms remain stalled in Congress.
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More than 5,000 Floridians were diagnosed with HIV in 2013. That number is higher than anywhere else in the nation.
http://t.co/r5o4rcaD86
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Possession of up to 20g of marijuana can now be treated as a civil violation in Miami-Dade.
http://t.co/x4LBeC6UeV
http://t.co/dEclmxvzlB
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Protest against Trump's immigration orders erupts into traffic at MIA
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Meet Cletus, the lonelist crocodile living at Dry Tortugas National Park:
http://t.co/AnBPYfTL5b
http://t.co/Tt23XUka3H
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A new poll shows environmental issues one of the top five problems facing Floridians. That includes
#CitrusGreening
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We are very proud today of our News Director
@TerenceShepherd
, the new Chair-Elect of
@RTDNA
With the election of
@TerenceShepherd
as Chair-Elect, the RTDNA membership has selected a ground-breaking leader.
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'We can't stay silent': In Broward, singer
@montanatucker
urges youth to fight antisemitism (via
@verozaragovia
)
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The debate over gun safety this week led some Democratic lawmakers in Florida to question whether LGBT and black victims of gun violence matter less than white, affluent ones to Republican leaders
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A monthslong WLRN investigation found that the Guardianship Program of Dade County for years has been selling homes of people under its care to the same realty company.
Advocates say more oversight is needed of all guardianship programs.
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Miami-Dade commissioners on Tuesday overturned a veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava but may not have ended the fight over whether to move the decades-old boundary that protects wetlands and farms.
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