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This May 4, 2019, file photo shows Pitbull performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Pitbull Stadium coming to FIU campus after rapper buys naming rights

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks with reporters, Dec. 6, 2022, at Garden Sanctuary Church of God in Rock Hill, S.C. Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Pence's Indiana home last week, according to his attorney. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Mike Pence takes full responsibility after classified docs found

By Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Cobra, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, is one of the COVID-19-certified detection dogs at Florida International University's International Forensic Research Institute (IFRI). She was previously trained to sniff out laurel wilt, a fungus that was destroying South Florida's avocado trees. The university has four dogs certified to detect COVID-19. It will deploy its COVID-19 detection dogs to screen employees at the Miami International Airport at the end of the month for a monthslong pilot study. (Photo courtesy of FIU IFRI)

Miami International Airport to start using COVID-19 detection dogs in new study

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Plans underway to replace bridge that collapsed, killing 6

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AP source: FIU’s Garcia defers salary in virus response

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 16, 2018, file photo, crushed cars lie under a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge near Florida International University in Miami. Federal transportation officials have concluded that design flaws and a lack of oversight led to the collapse of the pedestrian bridge that killed six people last year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

NTSB: Oversight could have prevented Miami bridge collapse

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 16, 2018 file photo, workers stand next to a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge near Florida International University in Miami. National Transportation Safety Board officials concluded on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, that the Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people showed significant design errors and the state government should have conducted greater oversight (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Miami bridge fall blamed on design, lack of oversight

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FIU deputy police chief arrested after scuffle with officers

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FILE - In a Sunday, March 18, 2018 file photo, inspectors walk over what remains of a pedestrian bridge near Florida International University, near Miami. Federal investigators said in the two-page investigative update released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, that design flaws caused cracking in a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami in March. The National Transportation Safety Board did not blame those errors for the March 15 collapse. Six people died in the collapse. (C.M. Guerrero/The Miami Herald via AP, File)

Report: Key design flaws in bridge that had deadly collapse

By JENNIFER KAY - Associated Press

Photos: Larger cracks in prefabricated bridge after move

By DAVID FISCHER - Associated Press

Family seeks justice for youngest bridge collapse victim

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

Florida International University President Mark B. Rosenberg, right, students and faculty staff lead a procession on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, as part of a vigil hosted by the FIU student Government Association in Miami. The vigil was for the six people killed when a new pedestrian bridge collapse last Thursday. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald via AP)

The Latest: Police release 911 calls from bridge collapse

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The Latest: 2nd lawsuit filed in deadly bridge collapse

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FILE- This March 10, 2018 file photo shows the main span of the a pedestrian bridge being positioned to connect the City of Sweetwater to Florida International University near Miami. The 950- ton new bridge collapsed, Thursday, March 15, 2018, over several cars causing fatalities and injuries. Documents obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show that the Florida Department of Transportation in October 2016 ordered Florida International University and its contractors to move the bridge's main, signature pylon 11 feet north to the edge of a canal, widening the distance the crossing would gap between its supports and requiring a new base structural design. (Pedro Portal/ The Miami Herald via AP)

Vigil for Florida bridge-collapse victims draws tears, gasps

By JASON DEAREN and JENNIFER KAY and JOSH REPLOGLE - Associated Press

Inspectors walks over what remains of a pedestrian bridge near Florida International University, Sunday, March 18, 2018 near Miami. As crews removed bodies from beneath a collapsed pedestrian bridge Saturday, a victim's uncle raged against what he called the &quot;complete incompetence&quot; and &quot;colossal failure&quot; that allowed people to drive beneath the unfinished concrete span. The unfinished bridge collapsed on Thursday killing six people. (C.M. Guerrero/The Miami Herald via AP)

The Latest: 1st lawsuit filed after Florida bridge collapse

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Inspectors walks over what remains of a pedestrian bridge near Florida International University, Sunday, March 18, 2018 near Miami. As crews removed bodies from beneath a collapsed pedestrian bridge Saturday, a victim's uncle raged against what he called the &quot;complete incompetence&quot; and &quot;colossal failure&quot; that allowed people to drive beneath the unfinished concrete span. The unfinished bridge collapsed on Thursday killing six people. (C.M. Guerrero/The Miami Herald via AP)

Florida campus opens days after 6 die in bridge collapse

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Workers stand next to a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge, Friday, March 16, 2018 near Florida International University in the Miami area. The new pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday afternoon, crushing vehicles beneath massive slabs of concrete and steel, killing and injuring several people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The Latest: Officials identify 4 victims in bridge collapse

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Workers stand next to a section of a collapsed pedestrian bridge, Friday, March 16, 2018 near Florida International University in the Miami area. The new pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday afternoon, crushing vehicles beneath massive slabs of concrete and steel, killing and injuring several people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The Latest: Police say all victims found in bridge collapse

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The Latest: Caller reported cracks in bridge before collapse

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In this frame from video, emergency personnel work at the scene of a collapsed bridge in the Miami area, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (WPLG-TV via AP)

Collapse of bridge built with “innovative” system kills 4

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press