EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Today's front. This man and woman truly are amazing. MY STORY: miamiherald.com/sports/article #MiamiMarathon
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Miami Herald journalist. Working mom of 3. Ex Sports columnist. Covering our complex love/hate relationship with Miami, Nexusville. lrobertson@miamiherald.com
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Miami Marathon puts “exclamation point” on inclusivity by adding non-binary division miamiherald.com/sports/article
#MiamiMarathon #running
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He dedicated his life to growing the game and left an indelible legacy on American soccer.
Grant Wahl has been named the recipient of the 2023 Colin Jose Media Award.
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Lawyers have 3 students ready to sue if Florida bans African-American Studies AP class
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Jiu-jitsu champion seeking medal after sparring accident left him paralyzed
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Florida led the way with the highest number of people in the country who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act via
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Lovely! Our timeline is fast filling up with Comet E3 pics these days!
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Here is Comet E3 from last night 1 hour 12 minutes of exposure time.
Full detail here astrob.in/69lncp/0/
#Astrophotography #cometZTF #comet #cometE3
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Toni Morrison's book banned in Pinellas County schools because a single parent complained. Welcome to the New Florida and shut up!
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“Trump told tournament organizers he played a strong round on the course Thursday, two days before the tournament started, and decided that would count as his Saturday score for the club championship.”
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BREAKING: Chevron announces $75 BILLION stock buyback to benefit investors and executives after reaping record quarterly profits in 2022
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As John Ruiz promises a renewed push to bring a UM football stadium to Tropical Park, stages State of the County program as a celebration of the park. “We took an oath to protect and preserve this land,” says , who reps Tropical Park
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A lovely Gwen Knapp obit from one of her bestie mates, the incomparable Ray Ratto : Gwen Knapp Paid Attention To The Things That Matter
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These women are simply amazing!!!!
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She cannot be stopped! Another WIN for @mikaelashiffrin!!! Plus 
in the top ten!!! @PaulaMoltzan 7th and Nina O’Brien 10th!!
WOW. Go USA! 
#stifelusalpineteam @stifelfinancial
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Wow. Wow. Wow. THIS is how became the winningest woman alpine skier in history. 🥇🤯
Congratulations to the best woman to ever do it!! 👑
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Here’s what’s in the AP African-American Studies course that Florida is blocking
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Sometime later this year, people who find themselves in a Miami-Dade jail may not have to open up their wallets, call a bondsman or endure a stint in jail for small-time offenses. 🧵
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‘High anxiety’ in Miami’s Little Haiti, after developers snap up properties at big auction
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Reproductive rights a measure of ‘freedom,’ Kamala Harris says on Roe v. Wade anniversary
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My final story for the Miami Herald!
Bail system hurts Miami’s poor. Controversial software could fix that but is the public at risk?
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The pilots hide out in the low cloud ceiling before dipping down slightly so the aircraft’s cameras can get a clear view of the beach. The people below don’t appear to be distressed. If they were, they’d likely wave frantically at the plane above.
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There is no American history without African American history.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is blocking a new AP course for high school students on African American studies, saying the course is “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value” cnn.it/3iOl138
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He was a crown jewel of the recruiting class. Now he's the cornerback who got away. Judging by how this saga transpired, UM won't look back.
NEWS: Former Miami 5-star cornerback commit Cormani McClain flips to Deion Sanders’ Colorado
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RIP Gwen Knapp, brilliant, sweetheart, one-of-a-kind, always spot on. We shall miss you, Gwen.
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Gwen Knapp was an underappreciated giant in the journalism gig, and that was the least of her attributes. She was just a solid sender as a human being, and that’s more than good enough for me. Rest well, you goofy hero.
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Attempts at union-busting are always pathetic.
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Today, @mcclatchy’s VP of news (@KLR_Editor) visited Fort Worth.
She held a celebratory lunch with a total of 24 invitees — and not a single person who participated in the @FortWorthGuild strike was invited.
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The new School Board member is being sworn in this morning.
Gov. DeSantis appointed her last night to replace Lubby Navarro, who resigned Dec 30. In her acceptance speech, she stressed parent rights & a "strong collaboration" between school & home.
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📰 IN TODAY’S MIAMI HERALD: They crossed the seas in vessels held together by Styrofoam, fuel drums, chicken wire and tree branches.
Just how did the Cuban and Haitian migrants who sailed these boats in a desperate dash for freedom make it?
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DeSantis appointee, superintendent foe, sworn into Broward School Board ahead of key vote
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Hey, kids! It's your old buddy Steve King telling you that if they ban a book in your school, haul your ass to the nearest bookstore or library ASAP and find out what they don't want you to read.
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Miami Metro area renters need to make $125,000 a year to pay the average $3,140/month rent for a two-bedroom apartment. From 12/2021 to 12/2022, rent has increased as high as 72% in some zip codes. #BecauseMiami via renthub.com/research/renta
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NEW: plans to permanently ban COVID health protocols in business and government in Florida and stop medical boards from punishing doctors that spread COVID misinformation
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New board member just announced by . Maria Bosque-Blanco will replace Lubby Navarro, who stepped down Dec. 30 to comply with new state law.
This is the second DeSantis appointee on the board this school year.
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Someone finally said it
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7/10 Commish @RaquelRegalado with a hot take at a committee hearing earlier today that advanced a rezo naming artist Romero Britto as the county's special art ambassador. Regalado: not a fan. "It's like Hello Kitty for adults."
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NEW: Nearly 10,000 students from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have enrolled in Miami-Dade County public schools, creating an unexpected wave of enrollment amid a surge of migrants coming from those 4 countries in recent months.
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As you commemorate #MLKDay, please remember my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of , which she founded less than three months after Daddy was assassinated. Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no MLK Day.
#MLKDay2023
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