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Jessica Norton said her daughter was thriving at Monarch High School before an anonymous tipster notified a Broward County school board member that the 16-year-old was playing on the girls varsity volleyball team in apparent violation of a state law that bars students who were born male from participating in girls sports.
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Some skeptics applaud the hotline to prevent mass shootings but raise doubts about its effectiveness. The hotline creator says it's worth the effort to stop such violent acts.
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The hearing, to be held in Broward County, comes a day after Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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The vice president, who leads the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, unveiled the plans during a visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, site of one of nation's worst mass school shootings.
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This weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be visiting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to meet the families of victims of the 2018 mass shooting. Seventeen people, including 14 students, were killed.
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The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family has been arrested on charges that she arranged her ex-son-in-law's murder. Authorities say Donna Adelson, 73, was arrested at Miami International Airport and charged with the 2014 murder of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel.
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Emmanuel George is an archivist and community historian who created the Black Broward Instagram page to share pieces of Broward’s Black history. It’s a peek into all the different kinds of work he’s doing to highlight Broward’s Black history.
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Surf Skate Science, a Broward County-based homeschool co-op, has seen a sixfold enrollment increase since before the pandemic. It reflects a broader trend in Florida.
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Tameka Hobbs manages the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Sistrunk — Fort Lauderdale's historically Black neighborhood. They partnered with the Black History Project to start a Black History Saturday School in Broward County.
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Leonard Cure tried to make up for the 16 years he lost imprisoned in Florida after being wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2004. Since being freed three years ago, he gave inspirational talks to high school students, worked a security job and, at age 53, was considering college after buying a home.
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Broward College's Board of Trustees initially declined to accept Haile's resignation, but at a meeting Tuesday decided that it's time that they respect his wishes. Instead of direct appointing an acting president, the board is opening up the job to applicants — as long as they're a current or former employee of the school, or a past trustee.
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The program was modeled after a similar one approved by Miami-Dade County last year that has seen success in the few months since receiving funding.