1 injured in North Miami police-involved shooting
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - One person was injured Monday afternoon in a police-involved shooting in North Miami, authorities said."There was a man in the street with a gun is what we got," Officer Natalie Buissereth of North Miami police said. The man who was shot by police works at a group home in the area and was walking with a man who has autism in the area of Northeast 14th Avenue, between 126th and 128th streets, when the shooting took place. The 24-year-old man with autism was holding a toy truc..>> view originalUnique Zika case of Utah caregiver under investigation
Health authorities in Utah are investigating a unique case of Zika found in a person who had been caring for a relative who had an unusually high level of the virus in his blood.Exactly how the disease was transmitted is still a mystery, though the person has since recovered.The elderly relative who died after contracting Zika abroad had amounts of the virus in his blood more than 100,000 times higher than other samples of infected people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven..>> view originalMiami Dolphins still await word on Dion Jordan's status for 2016
Training camp starts next Friday.And the Miami Dolphins don’t know for sure if Dion Jordan will be on the field when it does.The NFL still has not notified the two sides if it will lift Jordan’s indefinite suspension in time for the start of camp.Jordan applied for reinstatement in early June. His status going forward is at the discretion of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has until early August to decide whether to allow Jordan to return. Jordan is in Stage 3 of the league’s substance-abus..>> view originalMiami billionaire tries to publish anti-Trump ad in Cleveland
Imagine delegates to the Republican National Convention opening the local newspaper Tuesday and finding an image of a stylized scorpion — wearing a signature red hat with white lettering. The hat reads: “The Donald.”That’s how billionaire Miami healthcare magnate Mike Fernandez wanted to portray his political party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in the GOP convention’s host city, Cleveland.But he won't get a chance to — not in Cleveland, at least.The Plain Dealer newspaper a..>> view originalVeteran running back Arian Foster signs with Miami Dolphins
Arian Foster was once in the conversation for NFL’s best running back.Now, the Dolphins just hope he’s part of the mix.The Dolphins signed the veteran running back to a one-year contract Monday, instantly adding veteran credibility to a position group without much of it.“I still feel like I’m a Pro Bowl-caliber player, and I intend to show it,” Foster said.Foster comes with as many questions as answers, however.He’s coming off surgery to repair a torn Achilles’ tendon and has been hurt two of t..>> view originalMiami Beach commissioner wants city to rethink light rail choice
As plans for a light rail loop around South Beach speed through the approval process with unusual ease, there are concerns about the train’s compatibility with a future rail system connecting to the mainland.Just days after the Miami Beach City Commission voted to negotiate a preliminary contract with the top bidder for a local train system, Commissioner John Elizabeth Alemán — who voted with the majority — has placed an item on Wednesday’s agenda to reconsider that vote. The city is negotiatin..>> view originalPortable bathrooms for homeless to be permanently installed in ...
Portable bathrooms for homeless to be permanently installed in Downtown Miami MIAMI (WSVN) - The City of Miami is unveiling a permanent solution that will help the homeless in Downtown Miami, Monday, by providing them with portable public bathrooms. Less than nine months ago, The Pit Stop Pilot Program, a temporary program that provides portable bathrooms for the city’s homeless population, was put into place. According to officials, the program has been such a success, that it has already r..>> view originalThe politics of Miami-Dade property taxes in two charts
As he heads into a reelection vote next month, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez enjoys at least one undeniable advantage: rising property values. A 9.1 percent boost in values countywide allowed him to propose a $7.1 billion budget last week that includes the lowest property-tax rate in three years combined with the most property-tax revenue that Miami-Dade has ever collected.The result: a budget with a 4 percent raise for workers, expanded library hours, a 2 percent increase in the county’s 27,..>> view originalThe Miami Herald recommends in Circuit Court Groups 52, 66 & 74
The Herald continues it judicial recommendations, focusing on Miami-Dade Circuit Court. MIAMI-DADE CIRCUIT COURT GROUP 52 Three candidates are vying for this open seat: Rosy Aponte, 43, a sole practitioner; Carol “Jodie” Breece, 56, the ethics counsel for the Broward County Inspector General’s Office, a former trial attorney and Miami-Dade assistant state attorney and Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts, 53, a former Miami city attorney and Miami-Dade public defender. All three gave the Editorial Board st..>> view originalSlain Baton Rouge officers all hailed from same community
Fresh out of the police academy, Matthew Gerald was so proud to bring his cruiser home that he stood in the driveway, wiping it down under the hot Louisiana sun. His neighbor Ashley Poe watched as he flicked the blue lights on and off, on and off.Poe and her husband shared a laugh. The 41-year-old former soldier and Marine looked like an excited kid."It's like living out the dream," she said.Gerald got to live it only for a few months. He was one of three officers gunned down in an ambush Sunda..>> view original
Friday, July 22, 2016
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