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  Children at the Homestead Migrant Shelter Share Stories of Grief, Trauma, and Fear

  Brittany Shammas | June 20 at 8 a.m.

  By the time they arrived in Homestead, the migrant children had already taken an unwitting tour through American detention facilities with nicknames such as "la hielera" — "the ice box" — and "la perrera" — "the dog kennel." Some had been...

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  A Professor's Murder in Tallahassee Was a Contract Hit, Prosecutors Say

  Steve Miller | June 4 at 8 a.m.

  "Hold on a second — there's someone I don't recognize in my driveway." Dan Markel, a Florida State University law professor and one of America's most eminent legal scholars, was chatting idly on his cell phone as he drove up to his Tallahassee...

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  Tony Albelo's Quirky Sense of Humor Is Transforming Wynwood

  Laine Doss | May 29 at 8 a.m.

  It was one day before April Fool's, but this was no prank. Around 7 p.m. March 31, 2012, the Miami Entertainment Complex on NW 14th Street was filled with smoke. Chefs from about 30 restaurants had fired up grills inside the giant warehouse for a...

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  The Last Days of the Electric Pickle, Wynwood's Longest-Running Nightclub

  Jose D. Duran | May 21 at 8 a.m.

  It's a Friday night in January 2011, and a cold front has swept through the city, plunging temperatures to a crisp 51 degrees. On North Miami Avenue, near the corner of 29th Street in Wynwood, a red and green neon sign entices passersby with the...

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  Uber Driver Wonders if He Carried Drugs on 1,500-Mile Ride From Boston to Miami

  Jenny Rollins | May 16 at 8 a.m.

  William Thompson still has screenshots of the route, plus trip IDs, photos snapped at various pit stops along the way, a thank you message from the customer, and a payment from Uber. The price tag on just one of the receipts, for the stretch...

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  Trump's Palm Beach Mansion Is Haunted by Financial Crime

  Brandon K. Thorp | May 14 at 8 a.m.

  In the fall of 1993, on the island of Palm Beach, future U.S. president Donald J. Trump became friends with Leslie Greyling, an illegal immigrant and accused con artist who is a fugitive from the law. Back then, the local sections of the Palm...