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		<title>&#8216;Fuck Allah&#8217;: Coral Gables Mayor denies posting anti-Muslim slur from old Facebook account</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:32:16 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Miami&#8217;s July 4 drone show got America&#8217;s birthday wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:11:54 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.miaminewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/07/MiamiJuly4DroneShow.jpg" alt="Photos of a July 4 drone show in Miami." />To be fair, "semiquincentennial" is a lot to ask of a drone.]]></description>
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		<title>Do D.C. records prove Fishback&#8217;s ineligibility in Florida governor race?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:54:32 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Analysis: For Haitian women in Florida, the loss of TPS is more than an immigration law issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:56:46 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Nightmare over? What to know about the closure of Alligator Alcatraz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:32:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Palm Beach-based contractor is behind Washington D.C. reflecting pool swamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:57:44 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.miaminewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/06/Reflecting-pool-Photo-by-Chip-Somodevilla_Getty-Images.jpeg" alt="green, algae-filled water sits in a reflecting pool" />Maybe the swamp was the friends we paid along the way?]]></description>
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		<title>The TikTok billionaire bankrolling Byron Donalds</title>
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					<dc:creator>Natasha Yee</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Epstein file says Trump &#8220;knew and funded underage sex parties&#8221; at his golf course</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:24:52 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Ex-Miami Beach Mayor Levine faces call for DOJ probe</title>
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					<dc:creator>B. Scott McLendon</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:48:04 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.miaminewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/06/Levine-Epstein-Maxwell.png" alt="Illustration of Jeffrey Epstein, Philip Levine and Ghislaine Maxwell over an interview transcript." />"He basically forced himself on me," Sarah Kellen, who worked with Epstein for 15 years, said of Levine.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;It was Jeffrey Epstein&#8217; who introduced Melania to Trump, ex-model claims</title>
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					<dc:creator>Alex DeLuca</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:02:09 -0400</pubDate>
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