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    News Teen suspects, victim ID’ed in deadly Coral Gables robbery

    Police have identified two teenagers arrested and accused of robbing and fatally shooting a 67-year-old man in broad daylight Friday morning in Coral Gables. Miami-Dade police said 18-year-old Gary Ragin and 17-year-old Jermaine Walker exited their car at around 10 a.m. and robbed Jorge...
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    News Warner Bros. brings ‘Black Adam,’ ‘Shazam! 2’ to Comic-Con

    Dwayne Johnson went a few steps beyond merely teasing his long-awaited “Black Adam” movie at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday. Ever the showman, Johnson brought a new traile r for the DC Comics superhero film and some flashy technology, lighting up the biggest room at the annual fan...
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    News Keys man accused of beating girlfriend to death

    Deputies arrested a Florida Keys man Saturday on a murder charge after they accused him of beating his girlfriend to death at their home just outside of Key West. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the case began at around 11:30 Friday night when a Key West police officer stopped...
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    News Investigators: Attacker 'did not know who' Zeldin was

    A man accused of attacking New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin during a recent campaign rally told investigators he’d been drinking that day and didn’t know who the congressman was, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Saturday. David Jakubonis, 43, was scheduled to...
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    News Hollywood police investigate fatal shooting

    Detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened late Friday night in Hollywood. According to police, officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Van Buren Street at around 11:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting and located the victim. Officers provided first aid and administered...
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    News More inclusive titles for workers at Disney dress-up shops

    When Disney reopens its Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique shops at resorts in Florida and California next month, the workers who help children dress up as their favorite animated characters will have new, more gender inclusive titles. The workers will be referred to as Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices...
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    News Sailfish leaps out of water, injures woman off Florida coast

    A 70-year-old woman was stabbed by the bill of a 100-pound sailfish that leapt out of the water and attacked her as her companions were trying to reel it in on a boat near the Florida coast. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says the sailfish stabbed the Maryland woman in the groin area with...
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    News Benefit concert to honor teen who died jumping into lake trying to save stranger

    Family members are planning to host a benefit concert Saturday night to honor a teenager who died in April while trying to save another teen who crashed his car into a Sunrise lake. 17-year-old Aden Perry was in the area when an 18-year-old high school basketball player, heading home to Davie...
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    News Argument leads to 3 women shot in southwest Miami-Dade, police say

    An argument escalated into a triple shooting in the Goulds area of southwest Miami-Dade County Saturday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to the 23000 block of Southwest 112th Court at around 12:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting, Miami-Dade police said. Police discovered two...
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    News Protesters in UK decry climate change after record heat wave

    Protesters turned out Saturday on the streets of London and in the Scottish city of Glasgow to demand faster action against climate change following the record-smashing temperatures that scorched the U.K. this week. Activist groups including Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain led protesters in...
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    News Wildfire near Yosemite National Park explodes in size

    A fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday and prompted evacuations even as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias. The Oak Fire, which began Friday afternoon southwest of the park near Midpines...
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    News Naked Florida man followed women on beach, touching himself the whole time, police say

    A naked Florida man followed three women on a Brevard County beach for several blocks early Saturday morning, touching himself the whole time, according to police. In a Facebook post, the Cocoa Beach Police Department said officers arrested Alexander Civitate, 33, of Merritt Island, just after...
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    News Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated

    Greece’s fire service was fighting four major fires across the country Saturday, including one where they had to evacuate over 450 people at an island holiday resort. A fire that broke at Saturday morning on the island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call for the evacuation of the Vatera...
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    News Doctor: Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain

    President Joe Biden likely contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test, according to an update from his doctor on Saturday. The variant, known as BA.5, is an offshoot of...
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    News MDPD: 2 men shot overnight in Gladeview area

    Two men were wounded in an overnight shooting in the Gladeview area of northwest Miami-Dade County, police said Saturday. According to Miami-Dade police, officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of Northwest 63rd Street just before 2:15 a.m. after reports of a shooting. Officers arrived to...
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    News Florida insurers face ratings change that could raise costs

    A ratings agency has plans to downgrade more than two dozen Florida-based property insurance companies in a move that could cost more money for homeowners with loans. The ratings firm Demotech plans to downgrade the 27 insurers from an “A” rating to ratings of either “S” for substantial or “M”...
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    News Minnesota abortion clinic braces for tide of out-of-staters

    On the top floor of a modest two-story brick building near the shore of Lake Superior, the executive director of northern Minnesota's only abortion clinic flits from room to room, checking in patients, fielding phone calls from people seeking appointments and handling billing questions from...
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    News 27 Cubans, including several children, come ashore in Key West on wooden boat

    U.S. Border Patrol agents took more than two dozen Cuban migrants into custody after their wooden boat made landfall in Key West Saturday morning, officials said. According to a tweet from Walter Slosar, the head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, the boat, named “Yolanda,” contained 27...
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    News Nielsen says 17.7 million watched Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing

    An estimated 17.7 million viewers watched Thursday night's hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Nielsen Company said that is second to the 20 million who saw the first committee hearing on June 9, the only other one of the eight sessions...
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    News 150,000 people march for LGBTQ rights in Berlin

    Draped in rainbow flags and touting signs, around 150,000 people marched for LGBTQ rights Saturday at Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration, celebrating this year's parade theme “United in Love.” Berlin police gave the crowd estimate Saturday afternoon but said the number may still...
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