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• FAMILY LAW

  Child custody case tests jurisdiction of Miccosukee, Miami-Dade courts

  A Miami-Dade circuit judge will decide whether Kevin Stier can fight for his parental rights in a Florida courtroom, or a court on tribal land.
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  Wynwood

  Indoor shooting range to open among the art galleries in Miami’s Wynwood district

  Visitors to Wynwood can attend a gallery exhibit, enjoy a gourmet meal, and after dessert, channel their deepest fantasies by firing off 100 machine-gun rounds in a high-end, designer-decorated indoor shooting range.
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  Miami

  Miami Cubans sharing culture through ‘cafecito’ campaign

  Miami-born Cubans want everyone to share in a ‘cafecito’ break at 3:05 p.m.

• Rip currents kept South Florida lifeguards busy

  Rip currents over the Fourth of July holiday weekend have claimed two lives along Florida’s coast and on Sunday kept South Florida life guards busy with several swimmer rescues.
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  KEY LARGO

  Getting to the bottom of the Pickles Reef mystery

  On shallow Pickles Reef, 3 ½ miles off the shore of Key Largo, the sun lit up a mishmash of metal, iron and barrel-shaped cement artifacts that have been commingling with colorful coral and tropical fish for a century or more.
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  TAMPA

  Tampa looks to capitalize on tomorrow’s Cuba

  Hoping to position itself for future trade, Tampa leaders are making trips to Cuba. It’s a strategy many in Miami find abhorrent.
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  OPA-LOCKA

  Group sues Opa-locka pastor, leaves church over money

  Four women have left their Opa-locka church and sued the pastor, claiming they lent him a total of $20,000 and were never repaid.

• CRIME

  Robbers posing as cops break into West Miami home

  Armed robbers posing as police officers broke into a West Miami house Friday night, tying up the residents, ransacking their home and fleeing with their BMW.

• PolitiFact Florida

  Obama holds record for cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers, says Wasserman Schultz

  The federal government’s worksite enforcement strategy has changed over time, making it difficult to compare data and declare any president the leader in cracking down on employers, experts tell PolitiFact Florida.
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  Safety

  Guidelines are almost non-existent for deck inspections at South Florida eateries

  Following the Shuckers deck collapse in North Bay Village, a review of the inspection process shows rules vary by city, making inspections uneven and confusing.
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  Opa-locka envisions itself as a future thriving arts district

  Germane Barnes, a 27-year-old artist who relocated six months ago from Los Angeles to Opa-locka, could be remembered as a pioneer in 2026.

• Rescuers call off search for 7, including Florida Keys family, on missing US boat

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Rescue teams have abandoned a search for a U.S. schooner carrying seven people that disappeared in the South Pacific.
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  Homestead

  Congressman visits Job Corps Center

  U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia toured the U.S. Department of Labor’s Homestead Job Corps Center on Tuesday and spoke with students pursuing their education and obtaining career technical training in a variety of fields. The Homestead Job Corps Center, 12350 SW 285th St., is one of 125 Job Corps Centers nationwide administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. “Education and training is so imperative to the future success of our young people,” Garcia, D-Miami, said.

• Woman killed in North Miami Beach home invasion robbery

  The robbers, who burst into the home shortly after midnight, got away with cell phones after killing the mother of a 3-year-old
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  POLITICS

  Murphy rakes in big bucks in early fundraising

  U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, a Democrat from Jupiter, is one of the House of Representative’s top fundraisers.
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  Fans of Comics, Sci-Fi, Anime Converge on Convention

  Fans of video games, comic books, science-fiction and anime will have the opportunity to meet their idols this weekend at Supercon at the Miami Airport Convention Center

• Medicare fraud

  Feds seek to jail wealthy CEO and others before their Medicare fraud sentencings

  Justice Department lawyers have asked a Miami federal judge to revoke the bonds of a psychiatric hospital’s wealthy CEO and two aides convicted of fleecing tens of millions from Medicare.

• Miami Beach holds onto revised convention center financials

  Miami Beach won’t immediately release new figures submitted late Friday by two teams hoping to land a billion-dollar deal to redevelop the city’s Convention Center District.
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  Fourth of July family fun in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove and Cutler Bay

  Communities in South Miami-Dade got into the Independence Day groove with a host of activities, including a fireworks display and concert in Coral Gables on the Biltmore Golf Course, a kid-friendly parade in the Whispering Pines neighborhood of Cutler Bay and an old-fashioned Fourth at the historic Barnacle house in Coconut Grove.
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  Illegal campaign signs flourish in Miami despite clear code violations

  The enormous campaign signs with smiling portraits of Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Francis Suarez that dot the city’s streets are much too big for code.

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