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    News Cherfilus-McCormick sues Holeness for ‘damaging her reputation’

    U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick filed a lawsuit against former Broward County Mayor Dale Holeness for libel and defamation. Cherfilus-McCormick filed the complaint seeking more than $1 million in damages on Wednesday in Broward County court accusing Holeness of “damaging her reputation and...
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    News Advancement in lung biopsy improves diagnosis, outcomes

    Advancements in technology are improving the diagnosis of lung cancer. Dr. Ihab Alshelli, an interventional pulmonologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston, is utilizing robotic assisted bronchoscopy to biopsy lung nodules which he said provides more accuracy. “With the robotic assisted...
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    News Broward County Public Schools offers hundreds of new jobs

    In a week, by way of a job fair, Broward County Public Schools will be looking to fill 1,200 slots by the beginning of the school year. Susan Rockelman, talent acquisition director for BCPS, said the positions range from classroom teachers to industry teachers to nurses, custodians, and bus...
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    News Immigration judge union seeks recognition as top judge quits

    The National Association of Immigration Judges on Thursday asked the federal government to restore its union recognition after the Trump administration stripped its official status and the system's chief judge resigned after two years on the job. The two developments come at a critical time for...
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    News Study identifies possible environmental risk of pre-term birth

    A study by the National Institutes of Health revealed a link with common chemicals that could put pregnancy at risk. Fertility specialist Dr. Maria Facadio Antero with Conceptions Florida said the study showed pregnant women who were exposed to phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk...
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    News After Valentine’s Day massacre at MSD, Parkland shooter slurped on ICEE, video shows

    Prosecutors showed surveillance videos that Nikolas Cruz’s defense didn’t want jurors to see. The videos showed Cruz leisurely drinking a cherry and blue raspberry ICEE after shooting 34 people on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Carlos Rugeles, who testified during...
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    News Reduced to a trickle, river managers brace for more drying

    Triple digit temperatures and a fickle monsoon season have combined with decades of persistent drought to put one of North America's longest rivers in its most precarious situation yet. Islands of sand and gravel and patches of cracked mud are taking over where the Rio Grande once flowed, a...
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    News Drought drives Las Vegas to cap size of home swimming pools

    Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial bucket amid historic drought and climate change in the West. Officials are taking the plunge anyway, capping the size of new swimming pools at single-family residential homes to about the size of...
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    News FBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa under New Jersey bridge

    The FBI found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The Pulaski Skyway now becomes another dead end in the decadeslong mystery that has stretched from a Michigan horse farm to the East Coast: Where are...
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    News YouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods

    YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a broad swath of the U.S. The move announced Thursday by the Google-owned video site comes about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court...
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    News Distraught parents still waiting for answers from Homestead daycare after death of 9-month-old son

    Many questions still remain for the parents of a 9-month-old boy who died after being left in the care of a Homestead daycare. It happened on Monday, and those parents say they still don’t know what happened. What they do know is their son Tayvon Tomlin is no longer with them and no one can...
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    News Sunrise police sergeant who grabbed fellow officer’s neck arrested, charged

    A Sunrise police officer caught on video putting his hands on another officer’s throat was arrested Thursday on multiple charges, including battery on a police officer. Christopher Pullease, 47, was also charged with tampering with evidence, plus separate charges of assault on an officer and...
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    News Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policy

    The Supreme Court won't allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The court's order Thursday leaves the policy frozen nationwide for now. The vote was 5-4 with conservative...
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    News Learning more about monkeypox vaccine as concern over virus grows

    The spread of the monkeypox virus is something that is causing more and more concern. It has many wondering about the vaccine that protects against infection. There are two vaccines available to treat monkeypox. One was initially developed for smallpox, but does offer protection against...
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    News Fort Lauderdale church targeted with conspiracy-filled messages of hate

    Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale is a church unlike most. Church spokesperson Darren Loli showed Local 10 News’ Christian De La Rosa the square where they feed 2,000 families a month as well as house an LGBTQ youth program and a senior day care. “This is the world’s largest progressive...
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    News Judge won't quash subpoenas for Georgia false electors

    Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Donald Trump had won the state in 2020 and that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors will have to appear before a special grand jury investigating whether the former president and others illegally tried to...
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    News Outside review planned for New York's COVID-19 response

    A third-party auditor will review the New York state government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts by the administration of the previous governor to downplay the number of deaths of nursing home residents. The state plans to select an auditor, who would have until late 2023...
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    News CVS seeks verification on drugs with possible abortion use

    CVS Health is asking pharmacists in some states to verify that a few of the prescriptions they provide will not be used end a pregnancy. A spokesman said Thursday that the drugstore chain recently started doing this for methotrexate and misoprostol, two drugs used in medication abortions but...
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    News Events in disappearance of former Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa

    A chronology of events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters union: July 30, 1975 — Hoffa leaves his Lake Orion home about 1 p.m. and makes a stop to visit a friend in Pontiac. He arrives around 2 p.m. at the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Oakland County’s...
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    News Man battles flesh eating bacteria after visiting Florida beach

    A man from Alabama has had his leg amputated, after doctors say he contracted a flesh eating bacteria during a visit to Pensacola Beach earlier this month. 75-year-old William Pledger and his family enjoy watching the Blue Angels, boating and fishing every year in Little Sabine Bay on Pensacola...
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