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Texas woman still missing months after driving to Florida for temporary caregiver job

Friends and family of Ashley Lucas tell Dateline they all have the same Christmas wish this year — for the 34-year-old Texas native to be found safe. “We just want to know that she’s OK,” Ashley’s sister, Jennifer “Jen” Ackerson, said. “For no one to hear from her for this long… it doesn’t make sense.”

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Wawa Whaaaat? Coral Gables to get a gas station across elementary school

It happened so fast. So quietly. So sneakily. There’s going to be a Wawa gas station and convenience store with six pumps built in front of GW Carver Elementary School in a historic district of Coral Gables instead of the restaurant promised 10 years ago or the affordable housing promised 10 years before that. Parents, teachers and administrators

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Miami-Dade top cops discuss growing rate of gun violence in area

Amid concerns about the growing rate of gun violence in southern Miami-Dade, many people are asking what’s being done to address the problem. “We would think it’s related to robberies, but we’ve seen a decrease in robbery crimes, so from my standpoint, it’s a lot of disagreements people are having and they’re targeting each other,”

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Miami Beach faces new legal challenges over medical marijuana restrictions

A Florida-based medical marijuana company is waging a three-pronged legal battle to obtain a building permit in Miami Beach. Since 2019, Altmed has been fighting the city to open a dispensary, to operate under the name Müv, at 607 Fifth Street near Washington Avenue. Altmed recently petitioned a Miami-Dade Circuit Court appellate panel to overturn

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Keyontae Johnson, Florida player who collapsed on court, is in a medically induced coma, grandfather says

Florida men’s basketball player Keyontae Johnson is in a medically induced coma after collapsing during a game over the weekend, his grandfather, Larry DeJarnett, told USA TODAY Sports on Monday. DeJarnett said in a phone interview that his grandson was transported to Gainesville, Florida on Monday after receiving his initial treatment in Tallahassee, where he collapsed early

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‘Magical’ Moment As COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives In Florida

The first wave of coronavirus vaccinations began in Florida on Monday, with health-care workers in Tampa and Jacksonville among the first to get inoculated. Gov. Ron DeSantis was on hand at Tampa General Hospital as the first shot there was administered to Vanessa Arroyo, a 31-year-old registered nurse. COVID-19 vaccinations also were administered to workers

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Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg sells Delray Beach home for $5M

Max Weinberg, the drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, sold a Delray Beach home for $5.15 million. Weinberg and his wife, Rebecca, sold the home at 1041 Seaspray Avenue to Roger W. and Gentry Ashmore Hoit, according to records. Weinberg is the long-time drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the former drummer for Late Night with

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