
Miami-Dade high school seniors head to DC for legislative views
Thirty Miami-Dade high school senior students boarded a flight early Thursday morning to Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Thirty Miami-Dade high school senior students boarded a flight early Thursday morning to Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez has announced he will not be a candidate for the county's sheriff's post during the 2024 election but there are at least nine other candidates.
The classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases the former president is facing.
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Jim DeFede devotes the entire half hour to this polarizing hot-button issue.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede devotes the entire half hour to this polarizing hot-button issue, playing off this past week's Florida Supreme Court hearing on abortion. In addition to playing portions of the hearing, Jim gets perspective from the attorney who argued the case before the court, and the Florida Senate's Minority Leader, who represents Broward County, who attended the hearing in Tallahassee. Guests: Whitney White/Attorney, ACLU /Planned Parenthood State Sen. Lauren Book/(D) Broward County
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Thirty Miami-Dade high school senior students boarded a flight early Thursday morning to Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus.
A community in disrepair demands change
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Thirty Miami-Dade high school senior students boarded a flight early Thursday morning to Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Thirty Miami-Dade high school senior students boarded a flight early Thursday morning to Washington, D.C., to take part in the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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Jim also interviews the presidents of the Broward and Miami-Dade teacher unions about educators' concerns
Jim's exclusive interview with Peter Licata and Jose Dotres
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Guest: State Sen. Shevrin Jones, (D) District 34
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