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Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.
Multi-platinum house artist Crystal Waters brings "I Am House: Orchestrated" to Miami. Her and other house pioneers will play their biggest songs backed by an orchestra.
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The Gulf Coast Whale Festival returns to Pensacola this weekend, highlighting Rice’s whales — a critically endangered species found only in the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles south of the Florida Panhandle.
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Months after the state’s auditor general found a "myriad of accountability challenges" with Florida’s K-12 school voucher system, the Legislature failed to pass a bill providing better oversight of the $4 billion program.
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Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection. -
The Supreme Court is considering the legality of a policy that bars migrants at the border from entering the U.S. and applying for asylum.
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A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York is raising new questions about the U.S. aviation system.
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President Trump says there’s a good chance of a deal with Iran to end the war, but a former top diplomat says, "Unfortunately, we are in for war for some time to come." -
New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.
