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Tropical Storm Julia set to become a hurricane, make landfall in Nicaragua Sunday

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Julia formed off the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia early Friday and is forecast to become a hurricane this weekend, while it moves across the Caribbean Sea toward Nicaragua where it’s expected to make landfall.

Miami Herald · Oct 8, 2022

Florida may have violated its own guidelines in flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

MIAMI — The state agency charged with managing the controversial migrant relocation program said its mission was “to relocate out of the State of Florida foreign nationals who are not lawfully present in the United States,’’ according to documents obtained Friday by the Herald/Times.

Miami Herald · Oct 7, 2022

Voting in Southwest Florida may be difficult. Election officials look to Panhandle for answers

MIAMI — When Hurricane Michael landed in the Florida Panhandle, destroying buildings and displacing residents, it came less than a month before the 2018 general election.

Miami Herald · Oct 7, 2022

Effort to recover Indigenous language also revitalizes culture, history and identity

When the federal government set up boarding schools in the 19th century to assimilate Native American children into American culture, one of the objectives was to get them to turn away from the use of their native languages. In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S., The Conversation turned…

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2022

Haiti to seek a foreign police force to combat gangs, official says

Haiti has decided to ask the international community to provide a special police force to help with a humanitarian crisis caused by a blockade of the country's main fuel port which has led to crippling shortages, a Haitian official said on Friday.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Dolphins try out two defensive players on Thursday

One spent time with Miami this offseason.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 7, 2022

ACC Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 6

ACC schedule and previews for all of the Week 6 games, highlighted by Florida State at NC State, North Carolina at Miami, and Clemson at Boston College

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 7, 2022

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Ben Simmons: ‘He’s a tough guy to game plan for’

Like the rest of the NBA, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra went 470 days without seeing Ben Simmons play basketball before Simmons made his Nets debut against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022

Joe Manniello's Week 5 NFL picks

Balance. It’s what we all strive for, even in picking NFL games. You usually don’t want to pick too many favorites or too many underdogs in one week, but what if you really don’t see many underdogs covering? That's the predicament for me this week. The best advice is to…

Newsday · Oct 7, 2022

Begin again: Florida State game more than chance for NC State to put Clemson loss behind

If N.C. State thought going down to Clemson was tough, that was nothing compared to what the Wolfpack faces this week. This is suddenly the hardest game of N.C. State’s schedule, and it wouldn’t matter if it were a decent opponent, although it is, at home or on the road.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022