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WLRN WEEKEND: A collection of some of our feature stories for your weekend reading

Shouts and lawsuits: Office spending puts spotlight on Miami Commissioner who pledged reform
Questions about $450,000 spent on two little-known companies have put a spotlight on Miguel Gabela and his office's spending. He says he's saving taxpayers money.
The U.S. labels Cuba a major subversive threat. Is it rationale for invasion or rhetoric for exiles?
A State Department report claims Cuba remains the prime "launch pad" of leftist, anti-American subversion and "upheavals" inside the U.S. and from abroad. But even Miami's Cuban exiles seem resigned that the charges don't likely mean imminent U.S. military action.
Researchers rush to save corals as ocean temperatures reach dangerous heights
Field researchers at the Coral Restoration Lab rushed from the ocean, carrying plastic crates filled with elkhorn corals. They join a wave of rescue missions on Florida’s coast that are removing corals from the sea, in hopes that they can give this vital form of marine life a fighting chance this blistering summer.
Three of the planet's rarest reptiles, found only in South Florida, join the endangered species list
The species are the first added to the Endangered Species List by the Trump administration during its second term.

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