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U.S. Arrests Money-Laundering Expert For Laundering Money

Bruce Bagley's expertise on U.S. counternarcotics efforts and corruption was often sought after by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice and members of Congress. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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Law

U.S. Arrests Money-Laundering Expert For Laundering Money

November 19, 2019 • A slew of federal agencies and media outlets have relied on professor Bruce Bagley's expertise on organized crime. This week he was arrested for his alleged role in an elaborate corruption scheme.

As Waters Rise, Miami Beach Builds Higher Streets And Political Willpower

Louis Fernandez walks along a flooded Collins Avenue in Miami Beach in September 2015. The city is tackling sea-level rise by rebuilding roads and installing new storm sewers and pumps. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption

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Environment

As Waters Rise, Miami Beach Builds Higher Streets And Political Willpower

May 10, 2016 • As the climate change debate rages, leaders in Miami Beach, a city that routinely floods, are tackling sea-level rise head on by raising roads and seawalls and installing new storm sewers and pumps.

As Waters Rise, Miami Beach Builds Higher Streets And Political Willpower

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NCAA Won't Ban Miami Hurricanes From Bowls Over Booster's Gifts

The University of Miami's athletic director, Blake James, walks to an NCAA Committee on Infractions hearing in Indianapolis in June. The school's failings "enabled a culture of noncompliance," the NCAA said Tuesday, in announcing penalties for the school and its football and men's basketball coaches. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

NCAA Won't Ban Miami Hurricanes From Bowls Over Booster's Gifts

October 22, 2013 • The University of Miami "lacked institutional control" and didn't notice multiple violations by a booster who gave cash and gifts to athletes, the NCAA said. But the organization's penalties are not as harsh as they might have been.

It's All Politics

Despite Obama's High Latino Support, Univision Puts Him On Hot Seat

September 20, 2012 • A Univision interviewer asked President Obama if it wasn't true that he had broken his campaign pledge to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform package early in his presidency. That was a place Obama wasn't willing to go.

8 Miami Hurricane Players Suspended, Must Repay Benefits

Miami quarterback Jacory Harris answers questions during media day in Coral Gables, Fla. on Aug. 27, 2011. Jeffrey Boan/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

8 Miami Hurricane Players Suspended, Must Repay Benefits

August 30, 2011 • The NCAA handed down the punishments after a convicted Ponzi schemer said he provided impermissible benefits to 72 student athletes.

'Revenge' Drives University Of Miami Booster

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'Revenge' Drives University Of Miami Booster

August 17, 2011 • Convicted businessman Nevin Shapiro claims he gave players thousands of dollars, hired prostitutes for them and hosted parties. Now that he's in jail after being convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, he lashing out at those he thinks abandoned him.

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