Photos released of noose, penis drawings left on black firefighter's ...
Miami’s fire chief on Thursday blasted six fired firefighters accused of draping a noose over a black colleague’s family photos, and released images of the “egregious and hateful” vandalism. Photos of the scene at Fire Station 12, located on Northwest 46th Street near Charles Hadley Park, show that someone took a black lieutenant’s family photos out of their picture frames, drew penises onto the pictures, then reinserted them in their frames and placed them on a wood shelf next to a teddy bear ..>> view originalTop Democrat for Miami Seat Leans on Goldman Sachs, Citibank ...
In an eight-candidate Democratic cluster brawling to nab retiring GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's seat in Congress, Matt Haggman is running away with the fundraising game. Haggman, a former Miami Herald reporter and Knight Foundation program director, has already pulled in more than $500,000. But the source of all that loot has progressives in his party doing a double-take. According to Federal Election Commission filings, Haggman has received more than $90,000 from Wall Street bank employees, ve..>> view originalAfro-Latino professionals seek more visibility in Miami
Earlier this year, Yvette Rodríguez attended a talk about Afro-Cuban history, culture and experience at a college in Miami. The information was educational but Rodríguez found one element of the gathering a bit shocking. All the speakers on the panel were white. “It’s a talk about the Afro-Cuban experience and they could not find a historian, a teacher, a black Cuban person who would also sit on that panel,” Rodríguez said. “That means that the contact network for the people who organized the e..>> view originalSexual harassment claims threaten to derail his candidacy. But he ...
At a time when sexual harassment is at the center of a national conversation about men behaving badly, the accusations against Rafael Velasquez, a candidate for the Miami Beach commission, couldn’t be more toxic. The national story turned local this week when three women accused him of sexual impropriety. First, Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez publicly alleged that he exposed his penis to her. Then another woman said he groped her, and a third said he had repeatedly made inappropriate comme..>> view originalMiami-Virginia Tech 2017: The biggest advantage the Hurricanes ...
Even with Ahmmon Richards sidelined for most of the season, Miami has had a ton of big plays through the air — and that matches up well with Virginia Tech’s weakness on defense. (Getty Images) [The future of Miami: Offense | Defense] [Sitkowski decommits; Richt on N’Kosi Perry] In several ways, Miami and Virginia Tech have similar parts. Both have developing first-year quarterbacks who are mobile enough to worry opposing defenses. The Hurricanes’ Malik Rosier and Hokies’ Josh Jackson can throw ..>> view original'We are going to hunt this person down,' cops say of ghoulish ...
The killer wore an Ecko jacket — Kill Batman written in large, white block letters on its left sleeve, and HaHa written on its back. The hoodie, when closed, was the head of The Joker, Heath Ledger version. In his right hand, a black semiautomatic. Whoever was wearing that ghoulish outfit is a killer, police say. Dillon Bud Calvin Steve, 26, was shot as he made a withdrawal at a North Miami Beach ATM. Cops are still searching for clues. Late Thursday evening police made an arrest, according ..>> view originalAs flower imports increase, Miami remains main entry point
Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideBuy PhotoLarry Joseph prepares tulip bouquets at Flowers By Cindy in Naples, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017.(Photo: Sarah Holm/Naples Daily News)Buy PhotoBouquet-maker Maureen Tobin reaches across the table for a bundle of slender stems, embellished with a crown of white blooms. "Let me have a whiff again," Tobin said, gesturing toward her colleague."People come in here and say, 'It..>> view originalMiami Beach event commemorating Balfour Declaration canceled ...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Consulate General of Israel canceled a Thursday night event at the Jewish Museum of Florida on Thursday night after receiving threats. The event at 301 Washington Ave., in Miami Beach was meant to commemorate the 100 years of the pivotal Balfour Declaration, a 1917 statement by the British supporting the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. There were tributes in Jerusalem, London and New York C..>> view original1 dead after shooting at Bank of America ATM in North Miami Beach
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - One person is dead after a shooting Wednesday night at a Bank of America ATM in North Miami Beach, police said. North Miami Beach police are investigating the fatal shooting and robbery near Northeast 12th Avenue and Northeast 163rd Street. The victim was identified as Dillon Bud Calvin Steve, 26. Police said Steve was using an ATM when the gunman walked up and demanded money. Authorities said Steve's moth..>> view originalBomb threat by FIU student leads to parking garage evacuation and ...
A 21-year-old Florida International University student, whose bomb threat shut down a campus parking garage, is also at the center of an Israeli event cancellation in Miami Beach, university officials say. On Thursday afternoon, the Miami-Dade Police Department received information that an FIU student had made a threat that would have impacted the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. The venue was scheduled to host an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of British su..>> view original
Friday, November 3, 2017
Photos released of noose, penis drawings left on black firefighter's ... and other top stories.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Beckham stadium draws organized neighborhood opposition and other top stories.
Beckham stadium draws organized neighborhood opposition
In the first sign of organized opposition to David Beckham’s dreams of bringing professional soccer to Miami, a new community group has formed to push city, county and Major League Soccer leaders to shoot down a 25,000-seat stadium near the Miami River. On Wednesday, property owners, residents and clergy in Spring Garden and Overtown — the two neighborhoods bordering Beckham’s proposed stadium site — will gather at St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church to rally against what they say ..>> view originalThe 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
A life of controversy and drama can seem like good press for a young artist. But Kodak Black's trips in and out of jail on charges ranging from drug possession to sexual assault have hampered his stardom as opposed to helping it. Still, South Floridians can't help but feel a little pride knowing one of their own is a nationally successful artist. Maybe that explains the hype surrounding Kodak's first show since he was released from jail in early June. If you're all about reppin' the crib, snag y..>> view originalMiami-Dade police seek answers about 26-year-old man's killing
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Guillermo Gonzalez was standing on his driveway Sunday night when a gunman opened fire on the 26-year-old.He died on the spot."He didn't bother anybody exactly. I didn’t really get to know him. He probably moved in less than a year ago," Frank Urrera, a neighbor, said.Neighbors say they heard Gonzalez's pregnant girlfriend screaming as she called police about 11:30 p.m. that night.Officers showed up and roped off the area, but by that point the shooter was long gone."(..>> view original24 Days to Miami Hurricanes Football: Top Canes to Wear #24
In just over three weeks, Miami will run through the smoke at Hard Rock Stadium for the first time in 2017. As the number of days until kickoff gets lower, ...>> view originalHalf-finished and half-gutted, Miami Beach Convention Center ...
Right now, it’s the tale of two halves in the $600 million renovation of Miami Beach Convention Center. The two exhibition halls fronting Washington Avenue are air-conditioned cavernous spaces with fresh new floors four inches higher than they were a year ago, upgraded utility hookups and a revamped outside entrance featuring a wall of glass windows and doors. The two halls on the west side are skeletal dirt-floor rooms buzzing with construction workers and equipment, hot and humid as crews foc..>> view originalInsurer: Miami is more vulnerable to hurricanes like Andrew
by: JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press Updated: Aug 9, 2017 - 9:13 AM MIAMI (AP) - Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city's vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters' analysis. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, causing more than $26 billion of damage in Flori..>> view originalFastrack bringing tech-based traffic solutions to Miami-Dade
Welcome Fastrack Institute to our traffic jungle. With any luck it will come up with practical, innovative transit solutions to which elected officials actually pay attention — and implement. Fastrack announced Tuesday that it will launch a 16-week program to help address Miami-Dade’s transportation challenges, which are legion and too numerous to mention. The private Miami-based nonprofit foundation was created to accelerate technology into everyday society. Its website says that Fastrack fin..>> view originalHeat to play regular season game in Mexico against Nets
The Miami Heat will play its first international regular season game in franchise history on Dec. 9 against the Brooklyn Nets in Mexico City. Mexican journalist Paulina Benavente broke the news Tuesday on her Twitter account and the league is expected to formally make the announcement when it releases its Global Games schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The rest of the NBA’s regular season schedule will be released next week. The Heat will be the second opponent for the Nets in Mexico City accordi..>> view originalLawyer: No appearance at Florida DUI hearing for Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods will not attend his arraignment Wednesday on a driving under the influence charge, his attorney said, meaning under court rules the superstar golfer will be pleading not guilty. Attorney Douglas Duncan said in an email Tuesday to The Associated Press that Woods will not be attending the hearing in Florida, but he didn't elaborate. Any plea other than not guilty requires the defendant's attendance. The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office declined comment. Woods could have agree..>> view original3 women trapped in vehicles after Miami collision
MIAMI - Three women had to be extricated after two vehicles collided early Wednesday morning in Miami.The crash occurred just before 2 a.m. at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 82nd Street.Miami Department of Fire-Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll said firefighters arrived and found two women trapped in a Honda Accord and a third woman trapped in a Kia SUV.Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the trapped women.All three women, between the ages of 20 and 45, were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospi..>> view original
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Bosa and Ingram 'can wreck a game.' Here's the Dolphins' plan to ... and other top stories.
Bosa and Ingram 'can wreck a game.' Here's the Dolphins' plan to ...
The best way to slow down Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa? Go fast. The Chargers’ dangerous edge rushers have been a cause for concern for Dolphins offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen all week. And for good reason. Ingram and Bosa combined for 18 1/2 sacks in 2016. So there’s no easing into the season for Laremy Tunsil and Ja’Wuan James, Miami’s first-round offensive tackles. But coaches won’t rely on skill alone to win the matchup. They’re also going to try to out-scheme the Chargers. Nam..>> view original'Somebody needs to go to jail' for nursing home ordeal. Somebody ...
When the rooms at a Hollywood nursing home became too hot to bear on Tuesday night, some of the elderly patients were rolled out in their beds and wheelchairs into the hallway on the second floor. They were left there — some of them naked — a video shot by a resident’s daughter and viewed by the Miami Herald shows. Eight residents would die by the following day. Some of the surviving patients’ family members said Thursday they had no idea of the miserable conditions at the Rehabilitation Cente..>> view originalWhat Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Matt Burke said Thursday
Direct international flights are Miami's pipeline to new real estate ...
Historically, South Florida has had a direct relationship between direct travel routes and real estate growth and prosperity. In the 1920’s, the “Big Three” railroad companies (Seaboard Airline, Florida East Coast, and Atlantic Coast Line) brought the first generation of buyers to our state. Pan Am’s non-stop flights from South American cities such as Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, and Caracas (plus Mexico and the Caribbean) were the primary sources of new visitors to Miami from 1927..>> view originalDolphins pay for stranded Miami high school team to return home ...
The Dolphins relocated to California last week to avoid Hurricane Irma as it made its way up the Florida coast. And as they prepare for the Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday in their season opener, some Dolphins players got word that another South Florida football team -- Miami Central High School -- was stuck in Las Vegas after their upset victory Friday over three-time defending national champion Bishop Gorman. Out of money and with options dwindling as Irma forced flight cancellations in ..>> view originalHow did Florida's medical marijuana supply fare during Hurricane ...
Hurricane Irma devastated the Florida Keys, flooded Brickell and Coconut Grove and hammered Naples with 140-mile-per-hour winds this weekend before tearing through the entire Florida peninsula and into the southeast United States. But despite its path and strength, the massive hurricane appears to have spared the state’s multimillion-dollar supply of medical marijuana. “Minor flooding, a missing roof, but all plants are safe!” Surterra Wellness, one of Florida’s largest cultivators, based in Ta..>> view originalFPL promises your power will be back by Sunday night — with one ...
If you’re still fretting in the dark about when your power will finally be restored, take heart: Florida Power & Light Co. has doubled-down on its promise to have the electricity up and running for all homes and businesses on the state’s east coast by the end of Sunday Sept. 17. The west coast, where Hurricane Irma caused the greatest damage, will be back online by Friday Sept. 22. “We are on track with our restoration efforts and we are working non-stop to meet the expectations we have given,”..>> view originalIrma no obstacle to election. Early voting starts Saturday for two ...
Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a Democratic Party of Florida request to postpone for two weeks the Sept. 26 special election in Senate District 40, saying Miami-Dade County officials are ready to move forward with early voting on Saturday despite the disruption from the storm. “Elections headquarters is fine and with power. Staff was back to work yesterday. The post office was operational as of yesterday, so ballots are coming in/out,” Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Christina White wrote in ..>> view originalFlorida Keys live updates: Gov. Scott opens interest-free Irma ...
The Florida Keys are reeling from a direct hit by Hurricane Irma that left many without power or water. The Miami Herald has reporters in the Keys, in Miami, in Tallahassee and embedded with the National Guard. Stay with us for live updates. Still no word on when Keys will reopen to residents Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m.: Monroe County officials still have no idea when the Florida Keys will reopen to residents past around mile marker 73. “We’re working as hard as we can to get basics restored for re..>> view originalLil Wayne sells Miami Beach crib. Guess what he got out of it?
Rapper Lil Wayne has not seen one red cent from the $10 million sale of his Miami Beach home in June. And there’s zero chance he will. The diminutive singer of “Lollipop” and “Blunt Blowin” has been spending this summer clearing millions of dollars in liens with the proceeds from the sale of his crib at 94 La Gorce Circle. Just days after the sale to a trust fronted by West Palm Beach lawyer Dean Vegosen, Miami-Dade County records show, the 34-year-old Lil Wayne first cleared the $7.85 million ..>> view original
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Miami's homeless to be committed if they won't seek shelter from Irma and other top stories.
Miami's homeless to be committed if they won't seek shelter from Irma
Miami’s homeless men and women who won’t seek shelter from Hurricane Irma will be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward ahead of the storm, the head of Miami-Dade’s public agency in charge of homeless services said Thursday. Ron Book, a prominent lobbyist and chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, said that starting Friday, outreach teams will begin working with police to Baker Act anyone who refuses to get off the streets. “It’s my experience that those individuals who have ..>> view originalMan with knife shot by police at Miami International Airport
A man with a knife was shot by a Miami-Dade County police officer at Miami International Airport late Thursday after he somehow got onto the tarmac, entered a secured room and then got into a confrontation with an officer, according to police. The man was taken by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to Jackson Ryder Trauma Center and was in stable condition, said Juan Perez, police director. The officer was not injured. At least one shot was fired around 8:40 p.m. in Concourse J, which houses international ..>> view originalLatest Hurricane Irma tracks point straight at Miami but that could still ...
Hurricane Irma might deal a direct blow to Miami, new models suggest, but there’s still plenty of time for that to change. Computer runs that earlier leaned to the east shifted back to the west Thursday evening, putting Miami at the center of the Category 5 hurricane. That could change as models wobble, and regardless, damaging winds could spread across the state as Irma ambles over land. Hurricane-force winds extend 140 miles across and tropical storm force winds reach nearly 400 miles. Earli..>> view originalHere's when you may start to feel Irma's tropical-force winds
The weekend party usually starts on Friday night. This week in South Florida, everything starts stopping on Friday night for Saturday’s expected arrival of Hurricane Irma. Projections from the National Weather Service say tropical storm force winds — sustained winds of 40 mph — won’t get to South Florida until late Saturday afternoon or early Saturday evening. But the weather service’s detailed forecast says winds could hit those speeds late Friday night in South Miami-Dade at earliest and in S..>> view original'Unprecedented' evacuations set as Irma takes direct aim at South ...
Just how catastrophic South Florida leaders fear Hurricane Irma could be became evident Thursday when Miami-Dade County ordered an evacuation the mayor called “unprecedented,” as hope diminished that the Category 5 beast would somehow avoid us. “We have to prepare for the worst,” Mayor Carlos Gimenez said moments after instructing more than 650,000 people to get out. His decision, announced after a lengthy internal analysis of flood maps and projections of potentially deadly storm surge, made t..>> view originalMiami's coastal towns are looking empty. But that doesn't mean ...
A golden sunrise ushered in a picturesque bright day Thursday, making conditions ideal for a dip in the ocean. But the sands of South Beach were eerily bare. The streets were relatively free of congestion, save for lines snaking out of gas stations and markets. Plenty of street parking was available in neighborhoods packed with Art Deco apartments, suggesting some residents were heeding Miami-Dade’s evacuation order. Others hunkered down behind metal shutters or wooden boards, ignoring the gov..>> view originalIf you are evacuating to a shelter, read this
If you’ve been ordered to evacuate your home and are going to a shelter, you might not know what to expect when you get there. All residents of Zones A, B and C were ordered to evacuate by Miami-Dade County officials. Plug in your address on this map to see what zone you’re in. If you’re headed to a shelter, these are the ones currently open in Miami-Dade. If you have pets, here is the shelter that accepts them. If you need help getting to a shelter, you can check if transportation is availab..>> view originalHurricane Irma: A Q&A on evacuations in Miami-Dade.
Tens of thousands of people living near the ocean and the bay in Miami-Dade spent this week pondering one of the most ominous questions that Miami can produce: Am I supposed to evacuate my home before a hurricane strikes? To sort through some of the confusion, we’re answering questions on hurricane evacuations. It’s a running list. Send yours to dhanks@miamiherald.com and we’ll try to get them answered. Q: What’s the DEAL with evacuations in Miami-Dade? I’ve heard different things. As of 2 p.m...>> view originalHurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate
President Donald Trump’s seaside Mar-a-Lago resort has been ordered to evacuate because of Hurricane Irma, along with the barrier islands and low-lying areas of Palm Beach County. About 125,000 Palm Beach residents are being told to leave starting Friday at 10 a.m., according to the Sun Sentinel. All of Florida is under a state of emergency, with evacuation orders also issued in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. Trump has returned repeatedly to the private club — which he bought in 1985 ..>> view originalTime is running out to flee Irma by car. But if you go, here's where ...
UPDATED: 9:45 a.m. Check back for updates. Don’t be surprised to find yourself sitting in traffic jams or slow-moving traffic on Friday, if you’re one of the thousands heading north and fleeing Hurricane Irma’s wrath. With the category 4 storm now projected to slam South Florida and make her way straight up the peninsula through Central Florida this weekend, time is quickly running out for residents to evacuate. The state’s main thoroughfares northward — Interstates 95 and 75 and the Florida Tu..>> view original
Miami's homeless to be committed if they won't seek shelter from Irma and other top stories.
Miami's homeless to be committed if they won't seek shelter from Irma
Miami’s homeless men and women who won’t seek shelter from Hurricane Irma will be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward ahead of the storm, the head of Miami-Dade’s public agency in charge of homeless services said Thursday. Ron Book, a prominent lobbyist and chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, said that starting Friday, outreach teams will begin working with police to Baker Act anyone who refuses to get off the streets. “It’s my experience that those individuals who have ..>> view originalMan with knife shot by police at Miami International Airport
A man with a knife was shot by a Miami-Dade County police officer at Miami International Airport late Thursday after he somehow got onto the tarmac, entered a secured room and then got into a confrontation with an officer, according to police. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, and was in stable condition, said Juan Perez, police director. At least one shot was fired just before 9 p.m. in Concourse J, which houses international flights. Perez said it was not clear whether the man, who was ..>> view originalLatest Hurricane Irma tracks point straight at Miami but that could still ...
Hurricane Irma might deal a direct blow to Miami, new models suggest, but there’s still plenty of time for that to change. Computer runs that earlier leaned to the east shifted back to the west Thursday evening, putting Miami at the center of the Category 5 hurricane. That could change as models wobble, and regardless, damaging winds could spread across the state as Irma ambles over land. Hurricane-force winds extend 140 miles across and tropical storm force winds reach nearly 400 miles. Earli..>> view originalHere's when you may start to feel Irma's tropical-force winds
The weekend party usually starts on Friday night. This week in South Florida, everything starts stopping on Friday night for Saturday’s expected arrival of Hurricane Irma. Projections from the National Weather Service say tropical storm force winds — sustained winds of 40 mph — won’t get to South Florida until late Saturday afternoon or early Saturday evening. But the weather service’s detailed forecast says winds could hit those speeds late Friday night in South Miami-Dade at earliest and in S..>> view original'Unprecedented' evacuations set as Irma takes direct aim at South ...
Just how catastrophic South Florida leaders fear Hurricane Irma could be became evident Thursday when Miami-Dade County ordered an evacuation the mayor called “unprecedented,” as hope diminished that the Category 5 beast would somehow avoid us. “We have to prepare for the worst,” Mayor Carlos Gimenez said moments after instructing more than 650,000 people to get out. His decision, announced after a lengthy internal analysis of flood maps and projections of potentially deadly storm surge, made t..>> view originalHurricane Irma: Florida, Florida State, Miami among teams to cancel ...
As Hurricane Irma is tracking its way through the Atlantic Ocean with a projected weekend landfall in Florida, schools are adjusting their Week 2 college schedules to allow fans and students to prepare for the storm. As schools make announcements, we'll update this post with the latest for each of the FBS programs in the projected path of the hurricane.Miami: The Hurricanes' road game at Arkansas State has been canceled with no plans to make up the contest as the teams do not share an off week..>> view originalMiami's coastal towns are looking empty. But that doesn't mean ...
A golden sunrise ushered in a picturesque bright day Thursday, making conditions ideal for a dip in the ocean. But the sands of South Beach were eerily bare. The streets were relatively free of congestion, save for lines snaking out of gas stations and markets. Plenty of street parking was available in neighborhoods packed with Art Deco apartments, suggesting some residents were heeding Miami-Dade’s evacuation order. Others hunkered down behind metal shutters or wooden boards, ignoring the gov..>> view originalHurricane Irma is forcing Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate to evacuate
President Donald Trump’s seaside Mar-a-Lago resort has been ordered to evacuate because of Hurricane Irma, along with the barrier islands and low-lying areas of Palm Beach County. About 125,000 Palm Beach residents are being told to leave starting Friday at 10 a.m., according to the Sun Sentinel. All of Florida is under a state of emergency, with evacuation orders also issued in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. Trump has returned repeatedly to the private club — which he bought in 1985 ..>> view originalMiami-Dade County Expands Mandatory Evacuation Zone to Much ...
With roughly 72 hours before Hurricane Irma is projected to hit Miami as a Category 4 or 5 storm, weather forecasts continue to worsen for central Miami. In response, county Mayor Carlos Gimenez Thursday afternoon announced just after 2:15 that he's expanding mandatory evacuation zones. Those living in storm-surge zones B and C have now been ordered to leave their homes. Previously, only residents in Zone A and barrier islands in Zone B were ordered out. The new order includes a huge swath of th..>> view originalCBS analyst Neuheisel 'suspicious' of UM's motive for canceling ...
With one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in history about to bear down on South Florida, leaving millions scrambling to prepare, CBS college football analyst and former major college coach Rick Neuheisel went on ESPNU radio to declare it “suspicious” that the 16th-ranked Miami football team (1-0) canceled its Saturday game at Arkansas State (0-1). Meanwhile, UM football players and other athletes — some with children of their own — had dispersed to be with their families. Dozens are from ..>> view original
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Miami 16-year-old sentenced to 50 years for 2015 murder and other top stories.
Miami 16-year-old sentenced to 50 years for 2015 murder
By: Associated Press July 30, 2017 MIAMI (AP) -- A 16-year-old Miami boy has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder. The Miami Herald reports that Juaquan Hall was sentenced late Friday, more than a year after his conviction in the August 2015 fatal shooting. The victim, 20-year-old Ramiro "Tony" Izquierdo, was walking back from a market with his blind brother in Liberty City when he was killed. Hall was 14 at the time. Prosecutors said Hall was one of two robbers who confronted the b..>> view originalTropical Depression in the Gulf of Mexico is now Tropical Storm Emily
Tropical Depression No. 6, which became a factor overnight as Sunday became Monday, is now a bigger factor as it’s Tropical Storm Emily. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for West and Central Florida, from Anclote River to Bonita Beach. The National Weather Service 8 a.m. advistory puts Emily about 45 miles west northwest of Tampa and 50 miles west northwest of Sarasota. It’s moving east at 8 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. It’s expected to pick up movement speed a swing to ..>> view originalTeen was writing a fraud to-do list when the cops came. Now he'll be ...
When police executed a search warrant at Phyllistone Termine’s North Miami-Dade home in 2016, he was listening to tunes and doing a fraudster’s to-do list that included buying other people’s credit card numbers and security codes. Termine, 19, was sentenced last week to 4 1/2 years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. The scam involved converting the modern tax return scam to unemployment benefits — amassing names and Social Security numbers and getting benef..>> view originalWinners, Losers from El Clasico Miami
South Florida soccer fans (and the soccer media) woke up Sunday morning with an El Clasico Hangover after spending the past three days in the epicenter of the soccer universe, caught up in the craze surrounding Saturday night’s sold-out match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at Hard Rock Stadium. The archrivals – combined worth $7.2 billion -- have faced each other 235 times, and only once before had they played away from Spain. Combined, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Gareth Bale..>> view originalWide disparity of opinion on Dolphins
As training camp rolls on, the sides have aligned neatly on these Dolphins and they essentially can be separated into two categories – the doubters and the cautiously optimistic believers. For some, especially the betting public and analytics types, it’s almost as if last season’s 10-6 record and playoff berth didn’t happen. "A lot of people thought 10-6 was smoke and mirrors," Dolphins safety Michael Thomas said. "They didn't understand how we did it. I think we're going to be better this year..>> view originalBeckham closes in on MLS franchise, but will Miami care?
MIAMI — The midday sun was beating down on a forlorn 9-acre section of the Overtown neighborhood last month, and there was not a soul in the streets. Boarded-up shops faced the lots on one side, and public housing on two others. High-rise apartments and office towers in downtown Miami, markers of the city's rapid resurgence, glistened not far off. The nearly empty land will get a makeover of its own in the coming months if Major League Soccer awards an expansion team to an investment group led b..>> view originalAre Brazilian real estate buyers back in Miami?
Brazil is to the Miami real estate market as LeBron James was to the Miami Heat: a supernova phenomenon that lifted us to the greatest heights, but left difficult questions and painful longing in its absence. And as the former MVP teased a dramatic comeback to the Magic City on his Instagram in July, Brazil appears doing the same. In 2010, Brazilians rescued Miami from the biggest housing bubble this country has seen. They arrived on our shores and purchased troves of stagnant and deeply discou..>> view originalWhich players would appear on a Miami Dolphins' Mount Rushmore?
It’s large, it’s iconic and it’s carved into a mountain face. Nothing symbolizes the foundation and greatness of this country quite like the four faces that are etched into Mount Rushmore. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are undoubtedly four of the most influential and important figures in American history and we honor them in South Dakota with a massive granite sculpture. Translating the same sort of influence these men had in the NFL, Bleacher R..>> view originalEx-Marlins prospect Luis Castillo dominates Miami in Reds' win ...
As the Miami Marlins got dominated Sunday by a pitcher who could have been one of them, the sentiment in the dugout was one of uniform awe.Former Marlins prospect and rookie right-hander Luis Castillo “showed the whole package,” as manager Don Mattingly put it, in the Marlins’ 6-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.He threw eight innings and allowed one run to outpitch righty Dan Straily, the player he and two other Marlins minor leaguers were traded for in January.“It was pretty electric stuff,” said..>> view originalCollege football rankings: Miami Hurricanes
The Miami Hurricanes are No. 25 in the Orlando Sentinel 2017 preseason college football rankings. The Hurricanes should make a strong push for a Coastal title during coach Mark Richt’s second season in Coral Gables.Our ranking: No. 25Coach: Mark Richt (9-4, entering second season; 9-4 overall)2016 record: 9-4, 5-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference, finished tied for second in Coastal DivisionLook back: Mark Richt’s first season at Miami was a program success as the Hurricanes won their first bowl ga..>> view original
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