WLRN WEEKEND: A collection of some of our feature stories for your weekend reading
As Broward advances plan to adapt to low enrollment, parents voice concerns over school closures
The district hosted a series of community meetings in September to gather feedback from families and anxieties about potential impacts, including how students with special needs might be affected. Tuesday's meeting recapped the findings and potential strategies.
Mambí Muddle: Has a major Spanish-language radio reform venture failed in Miami?
Three years after Democrat-led investors bought two prominent Miami stations, critics say the plan to steer Spanish-language radio in a more moderate, professional direction has run aground. The buyers point to rough local media economics — and politics.
Long-awaited Miami-Dade rapid transit launch is just around the corner
After years of construction and testing, Miami-Dade County announced the opening of the “Bus Rapid Transit” service from Florida City to Dadeland later this year.
VERDAD-ero: A new AI app monitors Spanish-language radio's chronic misinformation
Misinformation remains a problem on Spanish-language radio in Latino communities like Miami's, but monitoring it is a time-consuming challenge. Could a new A.I. tool be a better watchdog?
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Tim Padgett/WLRNFriday's announcement that Venezuelan democracy champion María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize also lifts a diaspora facing deportations in the U.S. as well as a brutal regime at home. -
KBI Photo/Tony WintonPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA supporters and allies from SoFlo Animal Rights said they will gather outside the marine park at noon Sunday to serve champagne and mark the closure of what PETA has labeled an "abusement park." The marine theme park first opened in 1955.
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Soon after the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced it was awarding this year’s honor to María Corina Machado, the leader of the main opposition movement in Venezuela, the Trump White House issued an unequivocal condemnation. -
More than 2 1/2 years after Florida dropped its association with a bipartisan national voter database, Secretary of State Cord Byrd said Wednesday that the state has formed agreements with “multiple states” to share that voter information. -
The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already surpasses last year's 25 executions and could be the highest since 2012. Florida, Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina have carried out 76% of this year's executions.
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