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    News BSO: Brothers had backpacks with guns, ammo near Broward school

    Deputies arrested two brothers after investigators said a school safety officer discovered they had backpacks filled with guns and ammunition across the street from an Oakland Park charter school Thursday. Sixteen-year-old Isaiah and 18-year-old Jeremyah Taylor were in custody Friday evening...
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    News Rainbow Flap: Biden Pride tweet draws objection from Kuwait

    A U.S. Embassy tweet of a rainbow-flag-festooned message by President Joe Biden in support of Pride Month has drawn a face-to-face diplomatic protest from Kuwait and sparked a rare Twitter fight between the two close allies. On Friday, U.S. diplomats were doubling down with rainbow flag...
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    News Food banks have more mouths to feed, but not enough supply

    For food banks across the country right now, supply chain issues, rising fuel prices, and inflation are making it difficult for them to feed people in need. This is happening as they are seeing more and more people showing up for help. “We’re struggling each month to make sure we get enough...
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    News 2 Republicans exhaust appeals, won't be on Michigan ballot

    Two candidates for Michigan governor, including a business consultant willing to spend personal millions, lost their final appeals Friday and will remain off the ballot in the Republican primary. The state Supreme Court was the last stop for Perry Johnson and Michael Markey, who were doomed by...
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    News President Biden blames Russia’s ongoing war and the pandemic for high inflation

    President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States job’s report is the strongest since World War II. Biden said the economy is on the move after the labor department showed the nation added 390,000 jobs in May. “We learned that in May the economy added another 390,000 new jobs, bringing...
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    News GOP Rep. Jacobs to retire after backing assault weapons ban

    Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs said Friday he will not run for another term in Congress amid backlash over his support for new gun control measures. Jacobs, who represents suburban Buffalo, told reporters he has decided to retire instead of facing what he said would be “an incredibly divisive...
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    News Biden to visit New Mexico as state battles record wildfire

    President Joe Biden will travel to New Mexico next week to receive a briefing from state and federal officials as the state continues to deal with t he largest wildfire in state history, the White House announced Friday. Biden is expected to meet with New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham...
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    News Iowa Democrats hope changes help it salvage leadoff caucuses

    In a last-ditch effort to salvage their leadoff presidential selection position, Iowa Democrats are proposing two key changes that they hope will increase participation and avoid the chaos that marred their 2020 caucuses. One change would allow Iowa Democrats to submit presidential preference...
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    News Tropical storm warning for parts of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

    Tropical storm warnings were issued Friday for much of the Florida peninsula, Cuba and the Bahamas as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm once known as...
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    News What’s closing because of the weather this weekend?

    BROWARD COUNTY All Broward County campgrounds, rental halls, shelters, natural areas, marinas, and water parks as well as Deerfield Island will be closed to the public on Saturday, June 4, 2022, due to potential high winds and flooding from Tropical Cyclone One. Check Broward County tropical...
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    News Brickell prone to flooding and 1st big storm of season could have impact

    Heavy rain and flooding are expected in the Brickell area which is known to flood. In the past, the Brickell area would flood during high tide. The tide would bring water in, but it wasn’t able to drain out. Another high tide is expected Friday at midnight, according to forecasters. In 2020...
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    News Broward, Miami-Dade prepare for flood threat from tropical weather

    With a looming tropical system set to bring wet weather to South Florida, people are preparing for the looming flood threat that follows. Infrastructure in Miami-Dade and Broward counties will be put to the test by the first tropical system of the 2022 hurricane season. In Miami, pumps are...
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    News Taking a flight? Expect delays, cancellations this weekend, airport officials say

    Amy Ando was at Miami International Airport ready to board a flight to Chicago on Friday, but she’s dealt with delay upon delay and just hoping that her flight won’t be canceled, she told Local 10 News With severe weather heading to South Florida, travelers are already experiencing delays and...
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    News Biden's challenge: Inflation overshadows robust job gains

    President Joe Biden came before the television cameras Friday to celebrate yet another month of healthy job growth and low unemployment and the fastest pace of hiring in four decades under his watch. “The job market,” the president declared, “is the strongest it’s been since just after World...
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    News What did police know as the Texas school shooting unfolded?

    As investigators dig deeper into the law enforcement response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, a host of disturbing questions remain about what officers on the scene knew as the deadly attack was unfolding. Did they know children were trapped in a classroom with the gunman? Was that...
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    News Doctor: Pennsylvania's Fetterman also has cardiomyopathy

    The cardiologist for John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania who is recovering from a stroke, disclosed Friday that the candidate also has cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle becomes weakened and enlarged. The acknowledgment was the first public comment by a...
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    News Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting

    The state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Friday. Sen. Roland Gutierrez told The Associated...
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    News 100 speeches in 100 days of war: Zelenskyy rallies Ukraine

    As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells it, when Russia invaded 100 days ago, no one expected his country to survive. World leaders advised him to flee. “But they didn’t know us,” he said in a late-night video address in April when the war hit its 50th day. “And they didn’t know how...
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    News China blocks moves to step up protection of emperor penguins

    China has blocked efforts to step up protection of emperor penguins that are increasingly threatened by the effects global warming is having on their natural habitat in Antarctica, officials said Friday. Dozens of countries had backed giving the world's largest penguins special protection...
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    News Royal family represents Queen during Thanksgiving service at St. Paul Cathedral

    The crowd outside St. Paul Cathedral in London went wild Friday as the Royal family made their way up the stairs for the start of the Thanksgiving service to honor Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign. “I think I’ve imploded several times -- it’s just incredible,” one bystander, Sam Foster, said...
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