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Investigative reporter with the Miami Herald
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Julie Brown
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Inside sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s lenient plea deal U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was Miami’s top prosecutor more than a decade ago. That’s when he brokered a deal granting immunity to serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein was a Palm Beach hedge fund millionaire, who was accused of running a massive network of underage girls, and forcing them into sex acts multiple times a day.
To the Point
Hurricane Matthew approaches Florida Hurricane Matthew killed more than 100 people in Haiti — and probably many more -- in a country where 300,000 are living in shelters. Now it's headed straight for Florida, a Category 4 storm with winds up to 145 to 150 miles an hour. Today Governor Rick Scott today urged people, "So if you're in an evacuation zone, get out.
To the Point
Shooter's Background Emerges in Terror Investigation President Obama said today that the US is making progress against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria. He said ISIS has lost a lot of ground and that air strikes have taken out many of its leaders. Part of his statement included a description of Sunday morning attack on the Pulse club in Orlando as one of many "small actors" who are hard to detect.
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Politics, the World Order and Donald Trump’s New Year Newly divided government could mean change in this new year… or not. House Democrats don’t always stick together--and presidential campaigns could get in the way. The GOP might not heed Mitt Romney’s call for respectability. Meantime, will America’s allies unify to sustain world order without America’s leadership?
Zócalo's Connecting California
Throw caution to the wind Zocalo commentator Joe Mathews has some advice for incoming California Gavin Newsom: don’t follow in the footsteps of Jerry Brown.
KCRW Features
Could agave become Santa Barbara’s next major crop? In many ways, growing agave in Santa Barbara makes a lot of sense. Not only does it use very little water and thrive on generally inhospitable land, but it can act as a fuel break for wildfires. Now, local farmers and distillers are experimenting with the crop.