New Zika zone identified in Miami's Little River area, with five cases ...
At least five people have contracted Zika virus from mosquitoes in Miami’s Little River neighborhood, Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced on Thursday, identifying a one-square-mile zone where the disease is spreading — between Northwest 79th and 63rd Streets from Northwest 10th Avenue to North Miami Avenue.Scott’s office identified the area after the Florida Department of Health confirmed that two women and three men had contracted Zika there. Three of the people live in the one-square-mile area,..>> view originalMiami Police post cautionary PSA in wake of scary clown sightings
MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami Police have posted a public service announcement as a proactive measure to raise residents’ awareness about a string of nationwide pranks involving creepy clowns. The PSA was issued in the form of a video. In what looks like a scene from a horror film, a knife-wielding clown is seen terrorizing defenseless victims in an isolated area. “Get away. What are you doing?” a woman is heard saying. Seconds later, the clown is seeing staring directly at the camera. Just when he appe..>> view originalTax trouble: Brent, Miko Grimes owe feds nearly $200000
Brent Grimes signed a two-year, $16.5 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March.He and wife Miko better set aside some of it for the federal government.The Grimes family owes $191,471 to the Internal Revenue Service. That’s according to a lien on their Davie home obtained by the Miami Herald, which was filed in Broward County Thursday.The document stipulates that the Grimes family is in arrears from 2014, and that “[the IRS has] made a demand for payment of this liability, but it ..>> view originalMiami-Dade still shaping plan to protect youth from gun violence
When University of Chicago researchers set out to prevent gun violence — a similar initiative to the data-driven approach Miami-Dade announced last month — they quickly learned that identifying who was at the highest risk of getting shot was the easy part. One of the young men they had flagged was struck by a bullet during the course of the study and managed to survive after his program-appointed mentor rushed him to the hospital. The hard part, it turned out, was finding a way to get those stu..>> view originalMiami votes to settle securities fraud case as courts revive ousted ...
The city of Miami will end its long-running legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the manipulation of its finances in the late 2000s after commissioners voted Thursday to resolve a federal lawsuit post-trial by paying a $1 million civil penalty.But the drama over the questionable financial decisions of the past isn’t over yet.Coincidentally, as commissioners were voting to settle their case with the SEC, the Third District Court of Appeal published an opinion that went a..>> view originalMiami-Dade Senate races put several incumbents' futures on the line
With an already narrow balance of power at stake in the Florida Senate — and the political futures of several incumbents on the line — some of Miami-Dade County’s state Senate races have turned increasingly ugly as Election Day draws closer.In one race, a Democratic incumbent has been accused of consorting with a Middle Eastern terrorist, and in a couple of others, the candidates have sparred passionately over their policies and potential conflicts of interest.Voters are already casting ballot..>> view originalMiami Police: Don't Wear Creepy Clown Costumes This Halloween
With just over two weeks until Halloween and after the recent creepy clown sightings across the U.S., one South Florida police department is launching a social media campaign to encourage the community to not wear clown costumes.City of Miami police are taking the clown crisis seriously with a warning for copycat offenders in a public service announcement video they posted to Facebook Thursday.The video shows a clown scaring a boy, who begins to run away and is struck by a car. Police said they ..>> view originalThe Miami Herald recommends Hillary Clinton for president of the ...
Let’s make clear what the 2016 presidential election isn’t about: It is not about choosing between a bad candidate and a worse one. The narrative that Hillary Clinton is the lesser of two evils is patently wrong. Ms. Clinton is a pragmatic, tough-minded woman of accomplishment and political conviction with a demonstrated mastery of policy. She is politically flawed. However, Donald Trump is a damaged human being.It’s not about an entertaining, shoot-from-the-hip renegade outsider taking on a ma..>> view originalJose Fernandez might get his own Miami street
The next time baseball fans take 17th Avenue toward Marlins Park for home games, they might be driving on Jose Fernandez Avenue.Miami commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to name a three-mile stretch of the thoroughfare from U.S. 1 to North River Drive in honor of the team’s fallen superstar, who died alongside two young men last month when his boat slammed into a jetty off South Beach.The avenue runs north and south, just to the west of the stadium. It belongs to the county, so Miami-Dade ..>> view originalUber driver carjacked in northwest Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Miami-Dade police arrested two men Thursday after an Uber driver was carjacked in northwest Miami-Dade County.The incident was reported about 5 a.m. in the area of Northwest 32nd Avenue and 67th Street.Police said the driver picked up two men who robbed him at gunpoint as he was dropping them off and took off in his vehicle.The driver, only identified as Zay, said he picked up the men in the Opa-locka area."I grabbed the barrel of both of them," Zay said. "Next thing y..>> view original
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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