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When South Florida’s U.S. attorney, Alex Acosta gave a sexual predator a lenient plea deal.

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Senate’s first order of business: Remove roadblock to independent investigation into egregious Acosta/Epstein plea deal

The Office of the Inspector General is statutorily required to refer allegations of attorney misconduct to DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility. IGs have called this “unwarrant.”ed and unprincipled.

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Climate Change Compact is a bright spot in South Florida’s history of inaction

Ten years ago, officials in South Florida, lobbying for a federal climate bill in Washington, discovered they didn’t have enough clout as a county or a city. They realized they needed to speak as a region.

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Why is FEMA is wasting our money?

Mention the Federal Emergency Management Agency in this state, and you’re sure to get a variety of responses. For each person who cheers FEMA for having helped them rebuild after a hurricane, you’re likely to meet one or more who waited too long for help to arrive. According to government auditors, those complainers have a legitimate gripe.

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Facebook shared our information - again. Can we trust it?

A New York Times probe has revealed the shocking true depths of Facebook’s data mining of its users, both for itself and for powerful partners, mostly without the users’ knowledge. While publicly vowing to safeguard that information, the social media behemoth has been sharing it with some of the biggest names in tech, including Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo and dozens of others.

Meadow Pollack was among the students murdered inside the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.

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Father is right; No one is being truly blamed for Parkland massacre

Pollack represents all the angry Parkland parents and family members, convinced that their loved ones’ would have been saved if just about everyone, or just someone — the school security monitor, the armed school resource officer, arriving BSO deputies — had done their job properly. We agree.

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A bill of rights for Florida’s kids in foster care is a good idea

While Florida has made great strides when it comes to improving the system of care for foster children, a recently released report shows us there is still a long way to go.

Mold persists in Glorieta Gardens apartments, despite residents’ efforts to scrub it away with bleach.

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Shoddy renovation of HUD apartments in Opa-locka unconscionable. Audit the developers, like Marco Rubio says.

If the plight of residents, who have to constantly wash down their walls with bleach to get rid of mold, isn’t persuasive enough, then what looks like an egregious waste of taxpayers’ money should be.

Central American migrants — mostly Hondurans — in a caravan heading to the United States, arrive at a temporary shelter set up in a stadium in Mexico City in November.

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If Trump signs on to Mexico’s proposal, and he should, he could help stop the flow of migrants

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has proposed what amounts to a Marshall Plan for Central America — $30 billion over five years in job-creating economic development assistance.

The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender’s remarkable deal

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Ridiculously lenient Acosta/Epstein plea deal demands a federal investigation

Inspector General Michael Horowitz has the authority to conduct an independent probe into why a federal prosecutor let a suspected sexual predator off with a light sentence. He should bring the full weight of that authority to bear — immediately.

Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are in prison in Myanmar for investigating the deaths of Rohingya Muslims.

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Time Magazine’s honor affirms journalists’ vital — and dangerous — work

Time wrote: “This ought to be a time when democracy leaps forward, an informed citizenry being essential to self-government. Instead, it’s in retreat.”

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Florida lawmakers take the lead in combating carbon emissions — and get it right

Because of warming temperatures and melting ice sheets, South Florida politicians — on both sides of the aisle — are planning for a two-foot rise in sea level over the next 40 years, and scientists say that’s a conservative estimate.

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Avoid the impeachment rabbit hole

If the claims that Trump ordered the hush payments are true, he is evidently guilty of a campaign finance crime. But long-standing Justice Department policy

Miami Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake #32 scores the winning touchdown during fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, December 9 2018, in Miami Gardens.

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Let’s bask in the glow of the Miami Miracle

The timing of the holiday miracle couldn’t have been better, coming, fittingly, on Hanukkah and just two weeks before Christmas.

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage poses for photographers holding a British passport at the launch of the party’s open-top bus that will be touring the UK for the campaign to leave the European Union, ahead of the referendum, in London on May 20, 2016. The referendum for whether Great Britain stays in or leaves the EU will take place on June 23. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

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Brexit turmoil will reach Florida’s shores

Even to a casual observer — which most of us in the United States are — it’s clear that Brexit is a hot mess.

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Nothing should hinder implementing Amendment 4

The language in Amendment 4 is clear: the voting rights of most of Florida’s felons “shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.”

U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta should resign his post over his role a decade ago in the Jeffrey Epstein plea deal.

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It’s clear Alexander Acosta should resign as U.S. Labor Secretary over the sweet deal he gave molester Jeffrey Epstein

Miami Herald Editorial Board calls on Trump Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to resign after the paper’s investigative series, Perversion of Justice, exposed the deal he made for sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

A store in Belle Glade, Fla., advertises its participation in the federal food stamp program. Illustrates FOODSTAMPS (category a) by John McCormick and Greg Girous (c) 2013, Bloomberg News. Moved: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 (MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michael Williamson).

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To protect Miami-Dade families, stop this dangerous plan

The Trump administration continues to dream up countless ways to target immigrants, low-income families and low-wage workers on the way to fulfilling his campaign promise to confront illegal immigration, no matter who gets hurt — immigrants seeking legal status included.

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush, who died at age 94, is carried into the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The 41st president’s lifetime of public service began in the Navy during World War II, ended with one term as president and was characterized throughout by what admirers say was his innate decency, generosity and kindness. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Bush’s legacy: decency

This week, as the nation mourns the death of President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at age 94, we should pause not only to celebrate his many contributions to the United States of America, but also to simply recall what kind of a person he was: a kind and decent man who lived to serve.

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