As Miami Beach anticipates heavy rains this week, mayor warns of ...
After being blindsided by torrential rainfall Aug. 1, Miami Beach officials are preparing for possible flooding as forecasters anticipate heavy rains this week. Mayor Philip Levine warned residents in an email Monday that even in the 15 percent of the city’s drainage system that has been upgraded with electric pumps and raised roads, tropical weather will overwhelm the infrastructure. Although South Florida appears to have dodged the high winds of tropical weather for the next few days, meteoro..>> view originalMiami's sun watchers try — mostly in vain — to get the perfect ...
The same scene played out ad infinitum across the lawn in front of Florida International University’s Stocker AstroScience Center. After a bare moment looking through special eclipse glasses, out came the cellphones. Cameras filled with snapshots of blurry orange dots on black backgrounds. The lucky ones captured the sickle shape of Monday’s solar eclipse — and posted them online seconds later. Josiah Garmon, 8, looks up at the Spanish River Library in Boca Raton to watch the eclipse...>> view originalThe Latest: Sailor's fiancee losing hope as search continues
The Latest on the collision between the USS John S. McCain guided missile destroyer and an oil tanker east of Singapore (all times local): 9 p.m. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet has commended the crew of the USS John S. McCain for righting the destroyer quickly after Monday's collision with an oil tanker near Singapore. Ten sailors are missing from the collision, though Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday that some bodies have been found in a flooded compartment of the warship. He says the c..>> view originalFlorida, LSU, Alabama and more: A deep dive into Miami Hurricanes ...
Blake James (left) was happy to let Mark Richt rebuild Miami’s football program. (Matt Porter/The Palm Beach Post) For as long as he is a college athletics director — and at 47, he has plenty of years left — Blake James may not make a better hire than Mark Richt. James, entering his fifth year as Miami’s AD, has seen interest in his football program skyrocket under the second-year head coach. Because of the highs the Hurricanes hit in the 1980s, ’90s and early 2000s, ‘The U’ is recognized world..>> view originalTrump administration: Miami-Dade rail funds were never at risk over ...
Justice Department lawyers say Miami-Dade had nothing to fear over losing federal transportation funds if the county didn’t back President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown earlier this year, writing in a court filing that only security and crime-fighting federal aid would be withheld from “sanctuary” communities. Mayor Carlos Gimenez cited the possibility of receiving billions of dollars from the Trump administration for an historic rail expansion in defending his January decision to change..>> view originalMan who murdered Gables jogger, Miami-Dade security guard gets ...
Jurors on Monday rejected the death penalty for a Miami man who murdered a jogger and a security guard in two separate robberies. Instead, Kendrick Silver, 29, will serve life in prison after the jury could not agree unanimously to send him to Death Row. Silver’s case was the first death-penalty case in Miami to go to a sentencing hearing since Florida moved to require juries to agree unanimously on execution as a punishment for first-degree murder. “We know the deliberations must have been ver..>> view originalHeat rookies greeted students with supplies Monday. They've been ...
Miami Heat first round pick Bam Adebayo greeted students on the first day of school Monday morning at Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Elementary School in Little Haiti with a plate full of scrambled eggs. Meanwhile, undrafted rookie point guard Derrick Walton Jr., the first player in Heat history to sign a two-way contract, and undrafted shooting guard Matt Williams Jr., who shined with the Heat in Summer League action, handed out school supplies. Community service work is part of the job when you play f..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes coach Mark Richt names redshirt junior Malik ...
Finally, the Hurricanes know who will be leading their offense when a new season begins in two weeks.And after a prolonged three-week competition, the player with the most experience as a Hurricane will be the one leading the charge.Malik Rosier, who has served as Miami’s backup quarterback the last two years, was named the starter on Tuesday by Hurricanes coach Mark Richt."Malik has been named the starting quarterback," Richt said in a statement released by Miami making the announcement. "Evan..>> view originalVP Pence to visit Miami's Venezuelan enclave
To cap off his recent trip to Latin America, Vice President Mike Pence will travel Wednesday to Miami — the region’s unofficial capital — to keep focusing on Venezuela’s political crisis. The White House has yet to publicly announce the trip. But according to an invitation obtained by the Miami Herald, Pence is scheduled to deliver remarks at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Doral, Miami’s Venezuelan enclave. Pence is also likely to stop by the U.S. Southern Command, whose headquarters ..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes great among Browns who took knee in prayer ...
Duke Johnson, the all-time leading rusher in Miami Hurricanes history, was one of a dozen members of the Cleveland Browns to take a knee during the national anthem before Monday’s exhibition game against the New York Giants. In the latest pregame demonstration to help draw attention to social injustices in this country, a dozen Cleveland players — Johnson and rookie linebacker Jabrill Peppers among them — took a knee near one of the benches on the sideline. More players, rookie quarterback DeSh..>> view original
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
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