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Judge OKs $83M for Property Loss in Surfside Condo Collapse
People whose homes disappeared in the Surfside condominium collapse are a giant step closer to being compensated for their lost property.
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Cuban-American Judge Barbara Lagoa on Trump High Court List
Barbara Lagoa is the daughter of Cuban exiles who grew up in a heavily Hispanic suburb of Miami and has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge — and she is on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court
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DNA Could Link As Many as 25 Victims to Alleged ‘Pillowcase Rapist': Authorities
A DNA match has led to a Florida man prosecutors suspect is the “pillowcase rapist” responsible for numerous sexual assaults of women in the Miami area during the 1980s. Robert Koehler, 60, was arrested over the weekend in Brevard County and was being held without bond Thursday after his transfer to a Miami jail. He faces charges in one assault…
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Parkland School Shooting Trauma Affects Young Witness
A lawyer says the trauma of witnessing the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is too great for a young student to give a statement and possibly testify at trial. Her lawyer said Wednesday that the 17-year-old girl is still in mental health counseling and cannot yet talk about what she saw to prosecutors or attorneys for Nikolas Cruz.
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Carnival Insists Progress in Curbing Cruise Ship Pollution
Top Carnival Corp. executives have told a skeptical federal judge that progress is being made to curb chronic ocean pollution by the world’s largest cruise line. Carnival Chairman Micky Arison said at a hearing Wednesday that senior management is totally committed to fixing its environmental problems. The judge says she wants to see more concrete ways to measure exactly what...
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Judge to Consider Delaying Trial Start for Parkland Shooter
The judge overseeing the case of Florida school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz said Tuesday she will consider a defense request to delay the start of trial beyond late January. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer set a Dec. 19 date for arguments on the motion by defense lawyers who claim the case is moving much too swiftly and runs the risk…
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Florida Senate Panel OKs Bill on Student Vouchers, Teacher Bonuses
A bill that would create a new voucher program allowing more Florida students to attend private schools by tapping into taxpayer money normally used for traditional public schools began moving Wednesday in the state Senate.
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Justice Dept. Opens Probe Into Sex Plea Deal for Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into federal prosecutors’ handling of a plea deal in which a billionaire financier avoided potentially severe penalties for sexually abusing teenage girls in favor of a relatively light state conviction.
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Teens in MLK Day Viral Video Altercation With Man Yelling Racial Slurs to File Lawsuit
The viral video surfaced showing the teens were participating in a Bikes Up, Guns Down event along Brickell Avenue during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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Prosecutors Want Trial Date in Parkland School Shooting
Prosecutors pushed a judge Tuesday to set a trial date this fall for Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 Valentine’s Day Florida school massacre that killed 17 people.
