Hillary Clinton to visit Miami before Democratic convention and other top stories.

• Hillary Clinton to visit Miami before Democratic convention

  Hillary Clinton will likely announce her vice presidential pick during an upcoming visit to Miami, Tampa and Orlando this weekend, days before the Democratic Convention begins in Philadelphia.She will be in Orlando and Tampa on Friday and at Florida International University’s main campus, 11200 SW Eighth St., on Saturday. The public can sign up to attend the Miami event — doors open at 10 a.m. and the rally starts at noon.The Florida Democratic Party called members of the public who signed up f..

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• Miami-Dade police honor first black woman to become assistant...

  

  MIAMI - Everyone in the Miami-Dade County Commission chamber rose to their feet Tuesday as the assistant director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Stephanie Daniels, made her way to the podium.Daniels, who grew up with six siblings in Liberty City, started as an officer in 1992 and rose through the ranks over the years.She was honored Tuesday as both the first woman and the first black woman to reach the rank of assistant director.When asked why she joined the police department, she said, "..

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• Why Is Miami-Dade Building a $17 Million Road Alongside a ...

  

  One of the few remaining headstones at Silvergreen is cracked, obscuring the name. Photo by Brittany Shammas The bodies of scores of Miami's black pioneers fill a five-acre piece of prairie in South Miami-Dade near South Dixie Highway and Coconut Palm Drive. Many of the forenames are forgotten, but the family names can be found in the county's halls of power and history books: Cherry, Richardson, Perry, Gaither.In 2004, Miami-Dade commissioners termed the burial grounds historically signif..

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• A Miami delegate to the GOP convention has become a media star

  

  Celebrity, if such a thing exists among delegates who make up the geeky fest of Americana that is the Republican National Convention, looks like this: a young, Hispanic, conservative woman from the country’s biggest swing state making an appearance on Telemundo. And Univision. And The Washington Post. Fusion. The BBC. The Financial Times.Such has been the life of Miami-Dade County delegate Jessica Fernandez since she arrived in Cleveland on Monday. On Tuesday, she cast her ballot to nominate D..

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Black Lives Matter activists march in Fort Lauderdale, Miami .	Younger, revamped Miami Heat likely to push pace more with Dragic .
No bomb threat or shooter at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, police say .	Revamped Heat roster keeps Tyler Johnson and Haslem and ... .