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2 days ago |
kbindependent.org | Tony Winton
Focusing on his experience as a Key Biscayne mayor and council member, Mike Davey will file today for Congress, his second run for the job. In a statement, Davey said incumbent Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar isn’t representing what he says is a flippable district covering much of coastal Miami.
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2 days ago |
kbindependent.org | Tony Winton
Heavy rains drenched much of the Miami area Monday, and depending on where you live, you might have felt like a boater than a motorist. If you’re new to South Florida, you also just got a taste of what “rainy season” will look like. “Right on schedule to wrap up the dry season,” said Brian McNoldy, a meteorologist at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School. In Key Biscayne, about 1.5 inches fell in a three-hour period, said Roland Saiminy, the island’s chief resilience officer.
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5 days ago |
kbindependent.org | Tony Winton
After Pope Leo XIV was announced Thursday as the new leader of the world’s Roman Catholics, many Latinos expressed optimism, saying he’ll represent diverse cultures and speak for immigrants. The positive notes sounded from economically distressed areas like Liberty City all the way to Key Biscayne on the opposite end of the socioeconomic ladder.
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Tony Winton
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.
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1 week ago |
kbindependent.org | Billy Jean Louis
FORT WALTON BEACH — Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others for the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson. Former Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran shot and killed Fortson, who was Black, at the door of Fortson’s apartment. Duran has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. That criminal case is pending.
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