A newspaper in Miami, Florida is under fire after running several pro-Trump political ads filled with racial slurs. The full-page ad, which ran on the back cover of the Miami New Times’ June 13–19 print edition, features several uncensored uses of the n-word, as well as a misleading quote of President Biden using the slur […]
Heavy rain and flooding brought misery to parts of South Florida in June. That misery may not be over yet. Here come the mosquitoes. While combat teams and health officials haven’t issued advisories yet, they are bracing themselves for a possible onslaught. And people who work outside are already feeling it. Darren Grusky is quick […]
Rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday on a disorderly intoxication charge after allegedly yelling at people on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida, police records show. The 33-year-old “goosebumps” rapper, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center around 4:30 a.m. on a charge of disorderly […]
Nearly 100 kids at the Overtown Optimist Club’s Juneteenth celebration jumped with excitement when a six-member Bahamian Junkanoo troupe marched into the gym. Wearing brightly colored ornate costumes, the band members handed out maracas to the crowd and invited them to join them for a conga line. Throughout Miami, Juneteenth moments like this conveyed the […]
A Miami apartment building engulfed in flames last week — leaving more than 40 residents without a home — had begun to be demolished by the city of Miami Tuesday morning. The Temple Court Apartments, 431 SW Third St., was on the the verge of “imminent” collapse, city officials said. The demolition will take four […]
Miami-Dade completed a Florida Lottery natural hat trick Monday, the third consecutive day a winning Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket was sold in the county. Monday’s winner was a Quick Pick ticket for the midday draw with numbers, 4, 8, 10, 13 and 21, sold at Miami’s Brown Food Supermarket, 712 NW Fifth Ave. The ticket, […]
A South Florida apartment building consumed by flames last week — leaving more than 40 residents without a home — is on the verge of “imminent” collapse, officials said. Taking precautionary action, the City of Miami will demolish the structure Tuesday. The city’s announcement Monday comes a week after Juan Francisco Figuero set ablaze Temple […]
The kids are out of school and it’s time to hit the road on vacation. What about gas prices? You’ll be happy to know they’re down again this week. The price per gallon has dropped an average of 6 cents a gallon in the Miami area and 5 cents across Florida as students start summer […]
Cruise ships docked at PortMiami can now plug in for power — a way to cut pollution, save fuel and pave a sustainable path. The world capital of cruising on Monday unveiled what’s called shore power, with executives on hand from five major cruise companies: Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International Group, Virgin Voyages, Norwegian […]
A domestic situation that escalated into a homicide in Miami Township Saturday morning is under investigation, according to Chief of Police Mike Mills. The domestic situation started on Deerhaven Court and involved an adult daughter and mother, Mills said in a Facebook post. The daughter trapped the mother between a garage wall and a vehicle, […]
If, like Tina Turner once sang, you “can’t stand the rain,” you may have to stay inside Saturday and commiserate along to her records. More rain from that nasty disturbance that has deluged South Florida all week remains in the weekend’s forecast. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Saturday morning through 8 p.m. […]
More rain is in the forecast for South Florida, which was left waterlogged with flooded roads, homes and stalled cars from a disturbance-fueled downpour this week. A flood watch remains in effect at least through 8 p.m. Friday, with “heavy rain, scattered thunderstorms and “significant and life-threatening flash flooding” possible, especially across areas that experienced […]