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• Dispute Over Messy Bedroom Triggers Drive-By Shooting That Wounded Two

  24-05-2022 13:28
  
  An argument between a father and daughter over a messy bedroom is behind a drive-by double shooting in Pompano Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. According to the arrest report, the 17-year-old daughter was kicked out of the house because she refused to clean her bedroom, so she called her 19-year-old boyfriend and told him to come by and shoot...
  
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• Judge Agrees to Increase Amount for Surfside Collapse Property Owners to $96M

  24-05-2022 13:22
  
  People who owned condominiums in the Florida building that collapsed nearly a year ago but didn't suffer a loss of life will together collect at least $96 million from a court settlement. The initial amount for property owners was set at $83 million, but Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman agreed at a hearing Tuesday that the higher amount was proper. Families of the 98 people killed in the June 24 Champlain Towers collapse will share about $1 billion. The exact details will be settled by Friday.
  
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• Man Killed When Boat Crashes Into Power Pole in Florida Keys: FWC

  24-05-2022 11:08
  
  Officials are investigating a weekend boat crash off the Florida Keys that sent seven people into the water, killing one man. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said the crash took place Sunday off Islamorada. The boat’s operator, 60-year-old Martin Mohr, lost control of the 22-foot Hydra-Sport and hit a power pole. FWC said Mohr and the six passengers...
  
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• Miami-Dade Pays $4 Million for Girl With Severed Spine After 2016 Crash

  24-05-2022 10:32
  
  Miami-Dade County has agreed to pay a record $4 million for the care of a girl whose spinal cord was severed in a crash with a police cruiser. The officer was speeding into an intersection with non-working stoplights as a hurricane approached nearly six years ago. The additional $3.8 million settlement is the largest claim the county has ever paid, and it far exceeds an initial $200,000 the county already paid for Yeilyn Quiroz Otero. But it’s far short of what she’ll need. After pas
  
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• Students Protest Planned End of Dance Program at Hialeah Gardens School

  24-05-2022 10:18
  
  They came with signs and brought their parents. Current and former students at Hialeah Gardens High School shouted their messages into morning traffic. They said they don’t want the dance program going anywhere. “Dance is what we live for, it’s what we care about,” said junior Kelma Escalona. “And it’s what gets me in the morning to come here to...
  
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