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Police: Fight between Miami roommates leads to homicide

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MIAMI – A fight between two roommates turned deadly overnight in Miami-Dade County. Miami police told Local 10 News they received a call around 5 a.m. Sunday in reference to a man bleeding. Officers responded to a home near the intersection of Northwest 11th Street and 40th Avenue and found a bloody man who was determined to have died. According to police, a fight between two roommates resulted in the homicide of the man they... [...]

Chief judge suspends Miami-Dade County jury trials amid COVID surge

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County Circuit Chief Judge Nushin G. Sayfie issued an order to temporarily halt all jury trials in Miami-Dade courts. Sayfie, who judges elected in February, made the “Jury Trial Moratorium” announcement via e-mail on Thursday night to members of Miami-Dade County’s legal community. “We have at all times been guided by the science,” Sayfie wrote in the e-mail. Sayfie wrote she made... [...]

Ask for COVID vaccine proof, face a $5,000 fine in Florida

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools and government agencies that require people to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill earlier this year that banned vaccine passports. The fines will start Sept. 16 if people are asked to show proof of a vaccine. COVID-19 infections in Florida have skyrocketed over the summer as the state has been one of... [...]

Lawyers for accused Stoneman Douglas shooter Nikolas Cruz want to ban words like killer and massacre at his trial

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Accused killer Nikolas Cruz appeared in a South Florida courtroom on Wednesday as attorneys argued over the language to be used at his trial. Cruz is accused of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. His attorney wants a judge to ban words like killer, massacre, and mass shooter at trial. “We are not making effort, as the state has alleged, to minimize or purify what... [...]

Broward school mask mandate will stay despite state funding cut

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District maintains it is ‘in compliance to the rules’ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Hours after receiving notice from the state that funding will be withheld over their face mask mandate, Broward County Public Schools said Tuesday that they believe their policy is within the law. “We continue to receive legal advisement that we are in compliance to the rules as well as to the order that was put out there,” Interim Superintendent... [...]