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‘I’ve never seen anything like that.’ The reasons why Eta flooded South Florida so badly
MIAMI — After wading through knee-high water to get from her Jeep to her newly rented apartment at Venetian Gardens in Hialeah on Monday, Evgeniya Ignatushchenko had a sinking feeling....

In Florida Keys, $5.5 billion hurricane protection plan would buy 300 homes, raise thousands
Protecting the Florida Keys from the future's stronger storms and rising seas involves retreating from the most dangerous spots. That process will be by choice, for now. Last week, the...

Is your property a flood risk? New tool shows millions are, including entire Florida towns
A new app designed to rank the flood risk for every property in the U.S. has some distressing findings for Florida. The cities with the most properties at risk are...

These families made a fortune with pot illegally. Now, pot is paying the bills again
DENVER — Smack in the middle of Brandie Lanier's spare bedroom is something that underlines just how much America has changed in the decades since her famous father, a champion...

Lawyers battle addiction and depression too. Now they’re starting to talk about it
It was 2006, and the Miami Heat was squaring off against the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA finals. As the younger brother of the Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban, Dallas-based lawyer...

Police: Bullet that hit man lying on ground with hands up was aimed at autistic patient
The North Miami police officer who shot an unarmed mental health worker caring for a patient actually took aim at the autistic man next to him, but missed, the head...
