Volunteers spot manatees at the Miami International Boat Show

Devynne Brown, a NOVA Southeastern Univ. graduate student working as a manatee spotter at the Miami International Boat Show, tries to wave off captains after spotting one of the marine mammals near the docks of the show on Feb. 18, 2022. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Miami International Boat Show in a fight with Miami-Dade mayor over manatee safety

A dispute over manatee protections could ban nautical test drives at the Miami International Boat Show this winter, with the administration of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava saying the event failed … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Bombardier moves jet service center from Broward to Miami-Dade with over 100 well-paying jobs

Private jet manufacturer Bombardier opened a new service center Monday at Miami-Opa-locka Executive Airport — relocating from its Broward County facility and promising to bring hundreds of well-paying jobs to … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The party’s over: End of gas tax holiday brings immediate 25-cent price hike

That sudden surge in gas prices you may notice at the pump on Tuesday won’t be a result of the Ukraine War, a hurricane threatening the Gulf of Mexico or more OPEC production cuts. No, gas prices are poised to rise about 25 cents a gallon on Tuesday because a monthlong gas tax holiday approved in May by the Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to expire Monday. Advertisement If you filled up a 15-gallon gas tank before the tax was reinstated, you could have saved up to... Read More

Judge denies request for pre-trial release in killer clown case

Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer again has denied a request that the woman accused of dressing as a clown and killing her husband’s former wife in 1990 be released ahead of her trial. In an order last week, Suskauer wrote he denied Sheila Keen Warren’s pre-trial release for the same reasons he cited when defense attorneys last made the request in 2021, including that Keen Warren has enough money to flee Palm Beach County and that she had previously been convicted of a “crime of... Read More

Broward Republican lawmaker’s response to attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband: ‘Maybe now they’ll get tough on crime.’

State Rep. Chip LaMarca, a Republican seeking re-election in heavily Democratic Broward, devoted part of his initial response to the violent attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband to a get-tough-on-crime political message. Like many people inside and outside the political worlds, LaMarca took to Twitter on Friday morning, as word of the overnight attack made the news. And, like many, he expressed his concern: “Very sad news for the Pelosi family. We hope for a speedy... Read More

Residents evacuate Hialeah apartment building after it partially collapsed, firefighters say

More than a dozen tenants at an apartment building in Hialeah were told to leave their homes after part of the structure collapsed Monday morning, according to firefighters. There were … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The Outsized Role of Christian Schools in Arab Israeli Politics

Established in the Ottoman era, Western-birthed educational institutions continue to play a leading role in shaping the public discourse of Israel’s Palestinian citizens. Amid the recent chaos of Israel’s elections has been one overlooked constant: Arab lawmakers educated in Christian schools. Of the 13 Arab members in the Knesset (MKs), Israel’s 120-member parliament, five are graduates of church-owned institutions. Four of them are Muslim. Across the Jewish state, 30... Read More

Christian Nationalism Debates Expose Clashing Views of Power

As American evangelicals head to the polls, they disagree about the meaning of the contested phrase. Caleb Campbell didn’t know he needed the term Christian nationalism. He’d heard it, here and there, but it hadn’t really registered. It was at the edge of his awareness and his vocabulary as he tried to understand the disputes over racism, the pandemic, and the election rocked his evangelical church in suburban Phoenix throughout 2020. Then the new year started, a mock... Read More

Fort Lauderdale about to elect first Black woman to ever serve on City Commission. But who will it be?

One of the four women vying to replace District 3 Commissioner Robert McKinzie in Fort Lauderdale’s Nov. 8 election is about to make history. The winner will become the first Black woman elected to the commission in the history of a city founded in 1911, more than a century ago. Advertisement McKinzie, whose term doesn’t end until November 2024, is making an early exit to take a seat on the County Commission. His successor will serve the remainder of his term, with a swearing-in... Read More