Zika now spreading in Miami Beach, sources say
Mosquitoes are spreading Zika virus in Miami Beach, according to sources familiar with discussions held by the Florida Department of Health on Thursday to alert local officials.The health department’s daily report said only that there were two new local infections in Miami-Dade acquired through mosquitoes — both outside of the Wynwood neighborhood identified as the only area in the state with ongoing transmission. The department did not respond to questions about active transmission of Zika in ..>> view originalLochte's actions helps U.S. top medal count for stupidity
Leave it to Ryan Lochte to be at the center of scandal that started in a gas station bathroom and exploded into an international incident.Lochte and his three U.S. Olympic swimming teammates turned the Rio Games into another showcase for the Ugly American. The U.S. tops the medal count for offending hosts, committing culturally insensitive gaffes and behaving stupidly.Turns out Lochte’s harrowing tale of being robbed of $400 by thugs masquerading as police officers who held a gun to his forehea..>> view originalAiling Ryan Tannehill is sick of Miami Dolphins offensive woes; 'It's ...
Practice had just ended Wednesday. A line of kids waited patiently for a moment of Ryan Tannehill's time. None went home disappointed.Tannehill posed and smiled and signed for every boy and girl that approached. He made agreeable small talk with their parents. He was the ambassador any team would want from its starting quarterback.Those fans had no idea that Tannehill felt like garbage the entire time.Tannehill had been quietly fighting a nasty bug for more than a week. No matter how much slee..>> view originalVersailles to Gary Johnson: Take your campaign outside
For decades, Versailles Restaurant has been a traditional stop for political candidates of all stripes to hold court, mingle with Cuban-American diners and drink a cafecito. But that’s not the way it went down Thursday morning for Gary Johnson: The former New Mexico governor and current Libertarian presidential candidate had to take his show outside.The kerfuffle began after Johnson entered Versailles, and the media followed him in — routine for candidates putting in an appearance at the iconic..>> view originalHip-Hop minister Joel Stigale dies after lung transplant
Joel Stigale grew up in South Florida’s Perrine and Plantation neighborhoods, aware of sporadic crime and gang violence outside his door. Raised by missionaries, and with an ear attuned to the rough and tumble world of hip-hop, he embarked on a mission of positivity.In 2001, Stigale founded Catalyst Miami, now Catalyst Hip-Hop, in Perrine. The Miami Youth for Christ program takes Christian doctrine and outreach services from their traditional confines to clubs, parking lots and the city streets..>> view originalSewer contractor could earn $18 million over 12 years
A firm owned by the finance chairman of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s reelection effort could collect up to $18 million over 12 years for work on a 2014 county sewer-system contract, according to information released this week.G-T Construction Group, owned by veteran county contractor Ralph Garcia-Toledo, is one of 14 subcontractors for CH2M Hill, which in 2014 won a $139 million agreement with Miami-Dade to supervise a costly rerouting of treated wastewater currently pumped into the Atlant..>> view originalCoveted receiver Dionte Mullins officially joins Hurricanes
University of Miami football fans finally have the news they have awaited for so long.Dionte Mullins, a four-star receiver out of Miami Gulliver Prep, has been cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center and will join the Miami Hurricanes on Friday, UM announced Thursday evening.Richt had said more than once during camp — including after Thursday’s practice — that the program was optimistic that Mullins, who needed to be cleared academically after turning in work from the summer, would arrive. And i..>> view originalNW Miami-Dade beauty supply store employees robbed at gunpoint
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Three armed men robbed a Northwest Miami-Dade beauty supply store and held a store employee at gunpoint, July 14. According to Miami-Dade Police Department’s Robbery Bureau, three armed men robbed Dream Girls & Guys Beauty Supply, located at 8315 N.W. 22 Ave. Investigators said the men, who were all captured on surveillance video wearing dark blue hoodies, knocked on the door of the store. Once a female employee opened the door, they forcefully pushed their w..>> view originalState House candidate's son arrested — while campaigning
Campaign workers typically stand outside polling places, waving signs and shouting slogans of support for their preferred candidate.But they are rarely arrested while trying to sway a voter.Simeon Boykin, the son of state House candidate Roy Hardemon, was arrested outside the Kwik Stop at 6101 NE Fourth Ct. in Little Haiti about 1:45 pm on Thursday afternoon. Boykin was charged with resisting an officer without violence, having an open container of alcohol in public and consuming alcohol in a s..>> view originalFundraiser's link to developer Lennar stirs controversy in Miami Lakes
When Miami Lakes councilman Tony Lama pushed a proposal to allow developers to obtain building permits faster, he kept insisting it was meant for “economic development” in general — not only to benefit Lennar Homes.The state’s largest builder is itching to break ground on an already approved 484-home project on land that is now one of the town’s last cow pastures, for which it paid $74 million. But at a council meeting in July, Lama eventually singled out the Miami-based developer, saying his p..>> view original
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