Julie Brown

Miami Herald

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Investigative reporter with the Miami Herald

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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.

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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.

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President Obama said today that the US is making progress against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria.

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