Natalia Galicza

Dalton Hesley led a dive team to an offshore Miami Beach reef last month in pursuit of sea urchins. Something else drew his attention instead. A cluster of staghorn corals, their branches reaching toward the surface, appeared a ghastly white.

Generations of advocates and scientists have worked to protect Lake Alice, but no single administrative unit of the flagship university is tasked with caring for its signature water body.

Prosecutors say Brian Brainard Wedgeworth, 46, is known by at least 13 aliases and has remained in federal custody. They believe that he scammed at least 21 women across eight states and amassed over $750,000 through years of schemes.

Paul Graves Williams remains in custody at a treatment center until he's deemed competent to stand trial. Said his sister-in-law: “If he wasn’t crazy when he went in, he may be crazy now.”

They spent more than seven months — including filing a federal lawsuit that is still pending — trying to get permission for an in-person ceremony.

Some counties are requesting extra money to cover the costs that will be incurred, including the mandate that ballot drop-off boxes be guarded by an employee of the elections office when in use.