After narrow victory, can Coral Gables Mayor Valdes-Fauli hold off familiar foe Slesnick?

Fewer than 200 votes separated Coral Gables Mayor Raúl Valdés-Fauli and former city commissioner Jeannett Slesnick when they last faced off in the city’s 2017 mayoral race. Then and now, … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Parkland teen suicides prompt calls for more mental health funding

State Rep. Bobby DuBose mentored a Parkland student who killed himself just over a year after a gunman opened fire at his school and took 17 lives. Calvin Desir, 16, was the type of kid who would help his mother by ironing her nursing scrubs each night so she’d be ready for work, he said. DuBose took Desir to Tallahassee to show him the state Capitol as part of a mentoring program. Desir wanted to become an engineer, but instead, his life was cut short. “Trauma and mental health is... Read More

Parkland teen suicides shine spotlight on need for prevention

At least five suicides have occurred in the last six months among teens in South Florida high schools, and emergency room doctors say the number of attempts is up dramatically, too. So when two young people associated with Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland took their lives just six days apart, they exposed an already devastating and larger mental health issue. No one can definitively say why, but teen depression, anxiety and suicide are increasing at an alarming rate. The struggle with... Read More

750-pound gator who may be 100 years old removed from South Florida park

A massive gator estimated to weigh about 750 pounds was removed from Jupiter Commerce Park and relocated to a safe area. Jupiter Police responded to a call from a business owner about a large gator in the area Thursday morning. “The call came in that somebody spotted a gator so we responded to the area and realized it was a pretty big gator,’’ said Kristin Rightler, a public information officer for Jupiter Police. Officers estimated the alligator to be “almost 12 feet long,”... Read More

Brightline now will be called Virgin Trains USA. Here’s what to expect next week and beyond.

One year after the Brightline commuter rail line unveiled its downtown MiamiCentral station amid music, politicians’ speeches and related fanfare, an Unveiling 2.0 is scheduled Thursday as the company formally rebrands itself as Virgin Trains USA. This time, British billionaire and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson will be the focus of attention, and MiamiCentral will be rechristened “Virgin MiamiCentral.” Branson, who last year launched an adults-only cruise line called Virgin... Read More

El Nuevo Herald reporter wins GLAAD Media award for documentary on telenovela stereotypes

El Nuevo Herald reporter Daniel Shoer Roth has won a GLAAD Media Award for a documentary on how Spanish-language TV programs continue to marginalize and misrepresent the LGBTQ community. Last … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Inconclusive: The case against a homeless man accused of executing a woman and two teenagers

Camile Hamilton paused to study the bearded man’s photo. South Florida detectives had traveled to her home in Jamaica that summer of 2010, hoping to solve a murder. She was the only survivor of a 2009 Miramar home invasion that took the lives of her teenage daughter, her friend, and her friend’s teenage son. Hamilton looked at the photo and shook her head. “No,” she said. Then the lead detective did something extraordinary: he showed Hamilton 14 more photos, all of the same man,... Read More

Measles case reported in Broward County

With measles outbreaks reported in five states, Broward County now has a reported case of the highly contagious disease. The Department of Health Broward said the local case is an adult who acquired measles from outside the United States. In alert to healthcare providers, the health department said the disease is spread through the air by breathing, coughing, or sneezing and can be spread four days before the first symptom appears. It is requesting measles testing for anyone who presents... Read More

Is DirecTV planning to ditch the dish?

After 25 years as America’s most popular satellite TV service, DirecTV is preparing for a future in which its programming will be delivered not via satellite dish, but across the internet. Telecom industry watchers have taken note of recent signals that parent AT&T, which purchased DirecTV in 2015 for $49 billion, wants to shift how DirecTV delivers its programming. Last November, John Donovan, AT&T’s chief executive officer of AT&T Communications, told analysts that the... Read More

Will Broward be ready if a hurricane hits? Shelter staff concerns have leaders scrambling

If a major hurricane were to threaten South Florida, Broward County leaders still aren’t sure there would be enough staff to run shelters. And with hurricane season fast approaching — … Click to Continue » ... Read More