United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the military will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a wheelchair-bound man—the first military execution by firing squ...

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An honest conversation about who gets to stay and who gets to call Miami home. Three generations. One night. October 2 at Barry.

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The last time Florida faced this problem at this scale, a DCF Secretary was fined $80K and resigned the next day.

Florida’s Department of Children and Families is being sued after several civil rights groups claim the agency is failing to transfer county inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial to state hospital...

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A lawsuit filed in Miami accuses Florida of illegally leaving defendants with serious mental illness in county jails for months while they wait for court-ordered treatment.

See which U.S. states have the highest homelessness rates in 2025, and how the national homeless population is changing.

Miami’s dwindling supply of single-family homes and soaring housing costs are reshaping the American Dream, pushing more residents toward condos or out of the city altogether.

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