
Ben Wieder
@benbwieder
@McClatchyDC/@MiamiHerald investigations, ex-@publicintegrity, @stateline_news. Husband of @ruthigielnik. Tips: bit.ly/MCCsecure, [email protected]
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09-02-2009 15:19:49
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NOW: “From Panama to Singapore, President Donald Trump is deploying an unprecedented number of Floridians to represent the United States as he transforms the country’s approach to diplomacy.” — Ben Wieder / Miami Herald miamiherald.com/news/politics-…


NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w Claire Healy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

The first story I wrote as a grad student at Mizzou was about Kyle Gibson signing his first MLB contract with the Twins, feels like a full-circle moment columbiamissourian.com/sports/pro_spo…

Response to Miami Herald / WLRN Public Media investigation into Brightline fatalities: DOT Sec. Duffy says it’s “way too many deaths.” Rep. Frederica Wilson says Brightline is “on the brink of a cease-and-desist order from the citizens of Florida.” Brittany Wallman miamiherald.com/news/local/art…


“We will address the media that is disloyal” to the “Bolivarian revolution.” -- Hugo Chavez to Ricardo Sandoval-Palos 20 years ago pbs.org/publiceditor/b…

The DOJ’s request concerned grand jury testimony that was part of a federal criminal probe into Epstein in 2005 & 2007 in Florida...It’s not known how much, if any, testimony was conducted in front of a federal grand jury in 2005 & 2007, w/julie k. brown miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…



#Exclusive While the poorest Cubans dig food from trash heaps, and many die from lack of medications, the Cuban military's bank accounts are stuffed with cash, as much as $18 billion, a Miami Herald investigation shows. #Cuba miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…


He literally had two restaurants in DC before he opened one in NYC, but, yes, NYT Cooking the only thing that counts was his first NY restaurant
