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    News Man arrested for murder of 44-year-old man in Dania Beach

    A 20-year-old man has been arrested in the July 2 stabbing death of 44-year-old Hector Armando Alcaraz Rodriguez in Dania Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Jake Kristain Varian Braves, also known by the alias “Jay Smith,” stabbed Rodriguez at his home on Southeast...
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    News WATCH LIVE: Hearing in Parkland school shooter’s death penalty trial to focus on brain scan

    Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer is preparing for a hearing on Wednesday afternoon about the admissibility of expert witness testimony as the Parkland school shooter’s defense team prepares to present his case during his death penalty trial. Prosecutors are questioning a brain scan that...
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    News Tractor-trailer rollover shuts down NB lanes of Turnpike in northwest Miami-Dade

    A tractor-trailer rolled over Wednesday afternoon on Florida’s Turnpike in northwest Miami-Dade, shutting down all lanes. The northbound lanes are currently closed between Northwest 106th Street and Okeechobee Road. No other details were immediately released. Watch Local 10 News or refresh...
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    News Back to school for thousands of students in Miami-Dade still leaves many concerns

    On Wednesday, thousands of children from Miami-Dade County returned back to school. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres visited several schools as thousands of students made their return to the classroom from summer break. “The children have been uplifted and more...
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    News Cheney's defeat end of an era for GOP; Trump's party now

    Liz Cheney’s resounding primary defeat marks an end of an era for the Republican Party as well as her own family legacy, the most high-profile political casualty yet as the party of Lincoln transforms into the party of Trump. The fall of the three-term congresswoman, who has declared it her...
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    News Railroads back plan calling for 24% raises but workers wary

    The major freight railroads signaled they're ready to negotiate a new deal with their workers based on a presidential report that calls for 24% raises, but the 12 unions involved in the stalled talks covering 115,000 workers still haven't commented on the recommendations. The group that...
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    News Judge: Anti-immigration group's environment suit can proceed

    An anti-immigration group has scored a legal victory in its federal lawsuit arguing the Biden administration violated environmental law when it halted construction of the U.S. southern border wall and sought to undo other immigration policies by former President Donald Trump. A federal judge in...
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    News Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites

    The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon's Shiite Muslim community, pitting a few denouncing the violence against fervent followers of the Iran-backed Shiite militant Hezbollah group who have praised the attack. One Rushdie defender received death threats. The...
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    News CDC director announces organization shake-up aimed at speed

    The head of nation's top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, intended to make it more nimble. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a “reset”— come amid ongoing criticism of the agency's response to...
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    News Police: Student arrested in SoBe after fingerprints turn up in car involved in crimes

    Corrections officers were holding a 19-year-old student on Wednesday without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after Miami Beach police officers arrested him on Tuesday in South Beach. Crime scene investigators found Dominic Snell’s fingerprints inside the silver Chevrolet...
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    News Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami

    Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs. The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a mission to collect eggs and sperm...
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    News Yellen tells IRS to develop modernization plan in 6 months

    Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats' expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. In...
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    News Suspect accused of threatening man, mother with machete in Florida Keys

    A 37-year-old man from Sugarloaf Key was arrested Tuesday after threatening another man and his mother with a machete, authorities said. According to Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to Precision Auto Repair at 17055 Overseas Highway on Sugarloaf Key...
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    News 2 deaths in Florida linked to raw oysters from Louisiana

    A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. A Pensacola man died the same way this month. Both cases involved oysters from Louisiana. Gary Oreal, who manages the Rustic Inn, told the South Florida SunSentinel that the man who died had...
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    News Large bale of suspected cocaine found off coast of Islamorada

    About 70 pounds of suspected cocaine was found floating at sea Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Islamorada, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. According to Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the Coast Guard Station Islamorada just after 2:30...
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    News Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami

    Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs. The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a mission to collect eggs and sperm...
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    News Man charged with 2 counts of vehicular homicide in Opa-locka crash

    A 59-year-old man is facing two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with an Aug. 5 crash on State Road 9 in Opa-locka that left one man dead and a pregnant woman seriously injured. The force of the crash caused the woman to give birth prematurely to a 6-month-old fetus, according to an...
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    News Key insider: 2 men were 'very eager' to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

    Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were “very eager” to move forward with the plan and expressed no reluctance, a key witness testified Wednesday. Ty Garbin also downplayed the influence of two FBI informants who trained with the group, saying he...
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    News Vegas man faces death penalty in boy’s body-in-freezer case

    Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer — where police found it when the boy’s sister gave notes to her teacher saying her mother was being held captive at the man’s home. Brandon Lee...
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    News Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search

    Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday urged fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last week. Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence was asked what went through his mind when he heard about the FBI search of Trump’s...
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