Fort Lauderdale is running out of cemetery space. One potential solution? Turning shuttered Broward County schools into more burial space.

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‘Shame on them’: How police fumbled the case of gymnastics coach accused of sex abuse.

Must-read story by Ana Claudia Chacin & Clara-Sophia Daly.

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New emails deepen scandal around Miami election endorsement and bribery investigation

✍️ w/Sarah Blaskey

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NEW: ‘Really disturbing’: Arrest of young activist brings turmoil to Surfside before election
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Inside Miami’s $10M deal with Centner Academy that beat out public school’s expansion plan

✍️ w/Tess Riski

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.Michael M. Butler talks to homeless folks forced to move away from 'Bad Boys 4' film locations in Miami:

“It’s because of that new movie that’s filming ... They didn’t want the fancy movie people from out of town seeing the homeless exist in Miami.”

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Carollo wondered if he could end up on the street among those experiencing homelessness downtown, sleeping on the sidewalk.

This, from a commissioner who’s aggressively pushed policies that critics say criminalize and demean people living on the street.

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pretty slow news day in Miami

A belated note that yesterday was my first day at the Miami Herald! I'll be working with and editing the heavy hitters on the government team. Couldn't be more excited to be joining this esteemed crew and to be back in the mix in America's hands-down best city for news.

Breaking news: The U.S. just set a grim record for mass shootings and deaths in a single year. Fatal shootings this weekend in Texas and Washington pushed the nation to 38 mass killings with a gun this year — the highest of any year since at least 2006.
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Attention student journos! The The Washington Post is seeking students for their 2024 newsroom internship program, and the application closes in just a few days. The deadline is noon Eastern time, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…

Sad news out of Tallahassee: Legendary Tampa Bay Times journalist Lucy Morgan died.

A fierce reporter, she loved being underestimated:

“To be a Southern woman in a Capitol full of good old boys is an advantage. When they find out I’m serious, it’s too late.”

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With the arrest of Alex Diaz de la Portilla, half of Miami's elected officials are either under investigation or facing major legal liability. That's on top of lawsuits the city itself is facing in federal court.

It's an unstable time for Miami

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“It was this moment of, like, walls breaking and humans connecting again,” Miller said. “And I think our world is craving that.”

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What distinguishes this moment in media is that for the past 20 years the assumption was that we were in a transition from print to online media and now it's clear that online media is dying and we don't seem to be transitioning into anything. Just less.
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.Joe Carollo owes the Ball & Chain owners $63.5 million and now they are asking the court to garnish Joe's wages.

Joe Carollo ordered to pay $63.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages in federal civil rights case.

Plaintiffs have not been allowed to speak to media so far.

Carollo walked away laughing when someone asked if he'd appeal.

More later.

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THE GNARLED AND RELENTLESS HANDS OF TIME HAVE DRAGGED YOU TO RENT DAY AGAIN #rentisdue #june1

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