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  A Miami 7-Year-Old Fights for Acceptance of Gender-Nonconforming Children

  October 9 at 8 a.m.

  Cooper Solomon had long dreamed of being a ballerina, but when the teacher came to lead him into the studio the first day of dance class, the normally boisterous boy was quiet. The 7-year-old with big brown eyes and a gap-toothed grin stood up from the leather couch where he'd...

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  Music Shapes Miami Restaurants

  October 2 at 8 a.m.

  If you're walking through Wynwood and see a tangle of neon lights suspended over a small bar while Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" blares overhead, go on in. You're at Alter. You can chill out to some Talking Heads and Doobie Brothers while you dine on Australian winter black truffles. Be prepared...

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  Miami's Longest-Serving Jail Inmate Still Hasn't Gone on Trial 13 Years After a Murder Spree

  October 2 at 8 a.m.

  As he turns the corner of SW 113th Place in Richmond Heights, Chuck Berriman hits the brake pedal of his red Toyota pickup and looks over his shoulder toward the place where his youngest brother died. "That's it right there," he says, pointing toward a dilapidated beige townhouse with an...

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  Hundreds of Shipwrecks Threaten Florida Boaters and Cost Taxpayers Millions

  September 18 at 8 a.m.

  Maria Busto stands on the deck of a small boat stopped about a half-mile from the Coconut Grove shore. She grips the rail as she peers down at what remains visible of a half-sunken sailboat. "Yep, that's Barnabas," says Busto, wearing jean shorts, sneakers, and her reddish-brown hair tied back...

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  Cordoba Courts in Opa-locka Criticized as a Slum

  September 5 at 8 a.m.

  On a Saturday morning in 2013, Shalonda Rivers woke up early, ate a breakfast of microwaved oatmeal, and put a mop to her linoleum floor. It was the first step in her weekend cleaning routine, an ongoing battle against grime, pests, and mold that began when she moved into the...

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  Miami Cops Needlessly Arrest Thousands of Pot Smokers

  August 28 at 8 a.m.

  Two more blocks and Polini Sanon would have made it home. The 31-year-old father of five had just left his job as a Wells Fargo banker on a Friday night in 2017 when his life took an unexpected turn. It was just a few minutes past 6 p.m. but already...