Sometimes the most compelling images come from courtroom illustrators and can define a community. Shirley Henderson, described by the Miami Herald as “Miami’s primary courtroom sketch artist,” died Wednesday, Oct. … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Thousands take to streets for Miami’s Susan G. Komen breast cancer research walk/run
A mass of thousands of breast cancer survivors, their friends and loved ones marched up Biscayne Boulevard through Maurice A. Ferre Park and back down Biscayne Saturday in this year’s … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Photo gallery: Thousands participate in the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk | Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021
Participants made their way down Biscayne Boulevard during the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk in downtown Miami on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The event aims to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research. … Click to Continue » ... Read More
COVID-19 in Florida: State reports 2,576 new cases, increases death count by one
The state also increased its death count by one. Florida counts deaths by the day they occur, not the day they are reported and it can take two weeks or more for a death to be reflected in the data. The 7-day average for deaths was 186 on Saturday, unchanged for the third day in a row, according to Sun Sentinel calculations based on the change in the state’s overall death count. ... Read More
Thousands of frustrated visa lottery winners sued the U.S. government. They won.
Nearly 10,000 winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, who were frustrated by their failure to obtain consular interviews to process their U.S. … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Some parents concerned over Miami church’s plan to shutter kids’ school in condo deal
Parents of students at the Key Point Christian Academy — which would be demolished if Miami First Presbyterian church’s proposed condo land deal is approved in a vote this weekend … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Publix heiress gave $150,000 to group to promote Jan. 6 rally, report says
The committee had scheduled a Thursday deposition with Bannon, but his lawyer said Trump had directed him not to produce any information protected by executive privileges afforded to a president, and Bannon wouldn’t comply “until these issues are resolved.” Bannon, who was not a White House staffer on Jan. 6, also failed to provide documents to the panel by a deadline last week. ... Read More
Stranded motorist fell off a bridge in Sunny Isles Beach. Police found him Saturday morning
Miami-Dade police searched for hours for a man who was catapulted over the 163rd Street Bridge in Sunny Isles Beach. According to Miami-Dade police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta, a motorist was … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Dare to dream: Meteorologists think 2021 hurricane season will wrap up without a bang
Florida is somewhat of a magnet for late-season storms. Two of the most notable were Hurricane Michael, which made landfall on Oct. 10, 2018, in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm, and Hurricane Wilma, which made landfall in South Florida on Oct. 24, 2005, as a Category 3 storm. ... Read More
Facing millions in fines? Florida’s vaccine passport investigation reaches a yoga studio, a West Palm Beach rock concert venue and a Miami symphony orchestra
“Courts, in general, are pretty deferential to the power of state and local governments to issue these sorts of regulations,” said Joel Zinberg, a senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C. “Whether or not it’s a wise is really a political question.” ... Read More