Saturday, November 28, 2015

Last Top Stories: As Art Basel blooms, Miami’s museums set a new course | Miami Herald

  • As Art Basel blooms, Miami’s museums set a new course | Miami Herald

    As a wave of new museum directors sweeps Miami, the city is poised to push past its image as the art world’s equivalent of Suntan U.FromArt Basel Miami Beach’sbeginnings more than a decade ago, many fairgoers have used the event to preen like exotic tropical birds perched on impossibly high heels and showcasing the trendiest fashions. For them, the week was a masquerade without the masks, a post-Halloween romp for adults who didn’t mind seeing a bit of art amid the mimosas and mojitos.While sun,..
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  • Miami Police search for multiple suspects in Little Havana shooting | Miami Herald

    Miami Police search for multiple suspects in Little Havana shooting | Miami Herald
    Miami Police are looking for multiple suspects who assaulted and then shot a man early Saturday morning, officials said.The man, who police identified as someone “in his 20s,” was shot multiple times and found laying on the ground near the 900 block of Southwest 5th Street. Police responded to the call at 4:30 a.m., around the time a 911 caller reported the shots and the bleeding man.“He was alert and conscious when we found him,” said Kenia Fallat, a Miami Police spokeswoman, but Miami Fire Res..
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  • Dodgers Player Gets Swollen Eye During Encounter With Miami Bouncer: Police | NBC 6 South Florida

    Dodgers Player Gets Swollen Eye During Encounter With Miami Bouncer: Police | NBC 6 South Florida
    Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig sustained a swollen eye and facial bruises during a fight with a bouncer. Miami police spokesman Major Delrish Moss said the injuries happened Wednesday night as the Cuban slugger was leaving the Blue Martini bar at bouncers' request following an argument with his sister. ..
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  • Man accused of sending threatening letters to U.S. presidential...

    Man accused of sending threatening letters to U.S. presidential...
    The man drew the suspicion of the postal inspector at the main post office in Mexico City when the inspector noticed white powder coming out of the letters the man held in his hands.The Mexican postal inspector refused to take the man’s letters. Eventually Mexican authorities had the man arrested and turned over to the FBI.John Milton Nagel, 46, is now in custody in Miami awaiting trial in federal court. He is accused of mailing threatening letters from a foreign country.Nagel’s letters were add..
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  • Miami Hurricanes AD Blake James: Larry Scott has done ‘incredible’ job | Miami Herald

    PITTSBURGHLarry Scotttook over as the University of Miami’s interim football coach Oct.25, the same dayAl Goldenwas fired and a day after UM’s 58-0 home loss to Clemson.Since then, he has gone 4-1, UM’s only loss a 59-21 rout by now-No.11 North Carolina (10-1).After UM’s 29-24 victory at Pitt, UM athletic directorBlake Jameswas asked about the job Scott has done since taking over.“I think Larry has done an incredible job when you look at the situation he inherited,” James said. “And then the fir..
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  • Photo gallery: Heat at Knicks | Fri., Nov. 27, 2015

    Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh (1) and New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) look for a rebound during the second half at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in New York. The Heat defeated the Knicks 97-78.Adam HungerAPMiami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) greet New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall before taking on the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, in New York.Adam HungerAPMiami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) drives to the basket past New Y..
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  • UM men's basketball team stunned at buzzer by Northeastern 78-77

    A Black Friday game ended in mourning for the 15th-ranked University of Miami Hurricanes and their fans.But the unusually large and spirited crowd of 6,635 got plenty of bang for its buck. It got a thrilling, down-to-the wire game that UM wound up losing 78-77 on a buzzer-beating jumper by Northeastern senior Quincy Ford, a St. Petersburg native whose family and friends were among the only people cheering at the end of the game.Ford’s shot off an inbounds play silenced the Miami fans, who had ro..
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  • Long wait times plague Social Security disability process

    Long wait times plague Social Security disability process
    Diabetes, arthritis and open-heart surgery have kept Sherice Bennett from working, but she can't afford her medicine and became homeless while waiting for more than two years for a chance to convince a judge that she qualifies for federal disability benefits.Maria Ruiz also is waiting to appeal her denial; meanwhile, she's been in and out of psychiatric wards since being diagnosed as bipolar, and hasn't been able to buy her meds since August.Still others die waiting. One man had already been dea..
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  • The Latest: 150000 youths attend Pope's rally in Kampala

    The Latest: 150000 youths attend Pope's rally in Kampala
    The latest on Pope Francis' first trip to Africa. (All times local.)--4:20 p.m.The Vatican estimates that some 300,000 people attended Pope Francis' morning Mass in and around Uganda's most important Christian shrine, far fewer than the 2 million predicted by shrine authorities.The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, released the crowd estimate on Saturday.He says another 150,000 young people have gathered at an unused airstrip in Kampala for Francis' other big public event of his day..
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  • Southwest Miami-Dade cellphone store burglarized on Black Friday - WSVN-TV - 7NEWS Miami Ft

    Southwest Miami-Dade cellphone store burglarized on Black Friday - WSVN-TV - 7NEWS Miami Ft
    SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- The owners of a South Florida cellphone store are reeling, hours after, they said, two men broke into their Southwest Miami-Dade business and took off with tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.Police are investigating the burglary at the Mobile Hut, located at 8985 Bird Road, Friday morning.Store owners Juan and Myra Perez spoke exclusively to 7News about the incident. "We had a little break-in problem last night. They broke in and stole everything," J..
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