Miami boy, 10, may be latest — and among youngest — victim of ...
A 10-year-old Miami boy may be among the youngest victims of Florida’s opioid crisis. Preliminary toxicology tests show that Alton Banks had the potent painkiller fentanyl in his system when he collapsed at his Overtown home in June, authorities said on Monday. The death comes against the backdrop of a staggering opioid crisis that has wreaked havoc across the country, with hundreds of South Florida drug users fatally overdosing in recent years. But illegal fentanyl and some of its synthetic c..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes picked to win Coastal, play in ACC title game
Most of the media members at last week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Kickoff media days in Charlotte, N.C., thought it would happen. The Hurricanes believed it would happen. Now they have to make it happen. The ACC announced Monday that the Miami Hurricanes have been picked by the media to win their Coastal Division and face Florida State for the league title in the Dec. 2 ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The Hurricanes, who finished 9-4 and ranked 20th by the Associ..>> view originalThe Dolphins Will Make Miami a Football Town Again This Year
Monday, July 17, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. With Miami Dolphins training camp just a few days away, it's time for South Florida to pay attention to a new-and-improved team doing big things in Davie. On July 27, the Dolphins officially start a season with more promise than any in recent memory. The Fins are ripe to legitimately contend not only in the AFC East but for a Super Bowl. Scoff all you want — it's true. In the NFL, every year a team makes the jump from mediocrity to Super Bowl contention. T..>> view originalAustralians see woman's shooting by police as US nightmare
Half a world from where an Australian woman was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer, Tuesday's front-page headline in her hometown Sydney newspaper summarized Australia's reaction in blunt terms: "AMERICAN NIGHTMARE." In Justine Damond's native country, news of the meditation teacher's baffling death has dominated the airwaves, newspapers and websites for days, feeding into Australians' long-held fears about America's notorious culture of gun violence. "The country is infested with possib..>> view originalExpect nasty weather and flooding in Miami-Dade County tonight
Watch out for flooding in Northeast Miami-Dade County Monday evening, the National Weather Service warned. Low lying and poorly drained areas could be hit hard by this evening’s heavy rains, and a thunderstorm could bring gusty winds and frequent lightning to the north central area of the county. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen, and experts said they expect one to two more. Some areas that will experience flooding are: Hialeah, Doral, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens and Medley. The..>> view originalTropical Storm Don forms in Caribbean but not likely to threaten ...
Tropical Storm Don formed east of the Windward Islands late Monday, but is expected to weaken again as it continues churning westward, National Hurricane Center forecasters said. The compact storm, located about 485 miles southeast of Barbados and moving west at 17 mph, mustered a center Monday afternoon. Sustained winds reached 40 mph. The storm may pick up speed as the eye passes over the Windward Islands Tuesday, forecasters said. However, Don is expected to fizzle in about three days when i..>> view originalMiami-Dade mayor: We can't afford to build new rail lines
Miami-Dade can’t afford to build more rail lines and should invest millions in transit dollars creating modernized express bus systems running north and south, Mayor Carlos Gimenez said Monday. “I look at this as part of my job: Be realistic, bring us down to earth,” Gimenez told members of a county transportation board. “I know there’s going to be push back. I know there’s going to be a lot of people who have different ideas about what we should do. But we’ve been looking at this for some tim..>> view originalMiami-Dade is an Airbnb battleground. So why are home-sharing ...
The ongoing battle with Airbnb in Miami-Dade hasn’t deterred the maturing short-term rental industry from putting down roots in South Florida. In fact, a number of home-sharing companies have picked Miami-Dade as their headquarters or have a strong presence locally, each carving out its own niche as controversy swirls around the industry. Some cater to local renters, others offer an experience similar to hotels, and still others work only in the shrinking space of legal short-term renting. Dive..>> view originalOpioid-pushing Miami doctor pleads guilty to $4.8 million Medicare ...
With federal agents leading Medicare fraud busts nationwide and in the nation’s Medicare fraud capital of Miami last week, a drug-dealing Miami doctor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. The case of Miami’s Roberto Fernandez, similar to Miramar doctor Joaquin Mendez’s Friday guilty plea to the same charges in a different case, demonstrates if greed fuels these schemes, doctors can be the engine. Fernandez admitted in court documents that just his role in the schemes cost Me..>> view originalLife lessons an Indy rapper learned from his students
It was April 2008 and a 22-year-old Marc Williams had just been fired from his job. He was driving home to his Downtown Indianapolis apartment, listening to "Next Day" by Little Brother, a song about quitting your job and becoming a full-time musician. He had no savings account, no job lined up and no plan for the future. Fast forward to May 2017: Williams sits at a lunch table at Fishers High School surrounded by 16-year-olds. Tattooed, 31 years old and about to release his tenth hip-hop solo ..>> view original
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