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MIAMI — Perched above the shallow turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay are shacks on stilts that have hosted some of Florida’s wildest parties, from the …

By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN MHamaludin@SFLTimes.com They gave him the pseudonym “Henry R.” to protect his identity. This is what he told them: The only thing left …

MHamaludin@SFLTimes.com TALLAHASSEE —Florida A&M University has drafted a series of proposals to crack down on hazing, including hiring two additional employees to deal directly with …

Special to South Florida Times LIBERTY CITY — “No justice, no peace” was the passionate chant of marchers who carried posters that said two Martins …

“The average person doesn’t realize that our water comes from the Everglades,” says Dr. Jennifer Jurado, director of Broward County’s Natural Resources Planning and Management …

Special to South Florida Times FORT LAUDERDALE —During a 1985 visit to Miami-Dade County, Jerome Hutchinson Jr. heard something at the time he thought remarkable: …

LAUDERHILL — Noting a rise in incidences of child abuse and neglect  which it attributes in large part to bad economic conditions and the stresses …

MHamaludin@SFLTimes.com MIAMI-DADE — By the time Evan Forde was in the third grade, he already had a microscope, a telescope and chemistry set and was …

Special to South Florida Times When President Barack Obama visited Miami last Friday, few knew what was really on his mind. That morning he had …

MHamaludin@sfltimes.comPLANTATION — Jeanette Kelley is fond of telling you that she takes care of people from the cradle to the grave. Soon, if you get …