David Lewis Paul — the famously opulent, brilliantly detail-oriented founder of CenTrust Bank in Miami whose vertigo-inducing fall stood out as one of the most infamous cases of the late-1980’s … Click to Continue » ... Read More
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DeSantis ignites intraparty fight over fate of minority congressional districts
Until this week, the bitter partisan warfare and intraparty strife that traditionally engulfs Florida’s redistricting battles had been noticeably subdued, but then Gov. Ron DeSantis lit a match. Days after … Click to Continue » ... Read More
A second suspect in Haiti president’s assassination extradited to the U.S.
A key suspect in the murder investigation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was arrested Wednesday by federal agents in Miami after being extradited to the United States. Rodolphe Jaar, a … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Florida COVID update: 900 more people in hospital, latest 7-day case average
Florida on Wednesday reported 43,179 cases and three new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data. In the past seven … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Fired police chief sues Miami, claims commissioners tried to ‘weaponize’ cops against enemies
If Miami commissioners hoped they had heard the last from former police chief Art Acevedo when they fired him in October, they were wrong. On Wednesday, Acevedo filed a lawsuit … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Biden administration plans to spend more than $1 billion on Everglades restoration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $1.1 billion on restoring and preserving South Florida’s Everglades during the current fiscal year, the White House announced Wednesday. The money … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Road is shut down as Broward deputies investigate an incident on the train tracks
A train crash investigation Wednesday morning has shut down a street in Deerfield Beach. Deputies closed the eastbound and westbound lanes of Southeast Fourth Street, just east of South Dixie … Click to Continue » ... Read More
State requests 15 years in prison for South Florida priest who raped parishioner
Prosecutors are asking that a Homestead priest convicted of raping a parishioner on church grounds be sentenced to the max: 15 years in prison. Father Jean Claude Philippe, 66, was … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Report on teen shot by Miami-Dade cop fills in some blanks but also raises questions
The arrest report for the 15-year-old left paralyzed from a gunshot by a Miami-Dade police officer early Sunday sheds some new light on the aftermath of a stolen car case … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Who’s responsible after four years of deaths on Brightline’s tracks
As South Florida’s higher speed rail operator prepares for new train stops in Aventura and Boca Raton while expanding as far north as Disney World with even faster trains, Brightline … Click to Continue » ... Read More