January 29, 2021 Chicago Teachers Union wants vaccine before returning to schools, but top US districts are open without shots The Chicago Teachers Union was pushing Friday for its members to be vaccinated before being required to return to classrooms, one of the key sticking points in its ongoing labor dispute with the city’s public schools over a planned Feb. 1 reopening date for K-8 students.
January 3, 2021 Shooting at Miami park injures at least 8, police say At least eight people, including two juveniles, were injured Sunday following a shooting at a Miami park, according to authorities.
December 24, 2020 Miami mayor urges Wall Street firms to leave NYC for friendlier city Miami's Republican mayor said Thursday he hopes to draw some of the big financial firms from Wall Street down to Biscayne Boulevard, as a relief from the high tax burdens and other restrictions of New York.
December 13, 2020 Florida prison guard nabbed for allegedly trafficking cocaine to inmates A prison guard in South Florida was arrested after allegedly accepting payment and agreeing to traffic an undisclosed amount of cocaine into a correctional facility outside of Miami.
November 30, 2020 Rep.-elect Carlos Gimenez, former Miami-Dade mayor, condemns other mayors that 'allowed mob rule' Republican Carlos Gimenez, who toppled a Democratic incumbent in November to win a South Florida congressional seat, brings to Washington nearly three decades of leadership in local governance, tackling budget cutbacks, public safety and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.
November 20, 2020 America’s most prolific serial killer admits to murder that sent innocent man to prison The new confessions add to an already staggering body count of over 90 murders across 35 years.
November 19, 2020 Cuban actress Broselianda Hernandez found dead in Miami Beach Hernandez appeared in Cuban soap operas in the 1990s including, “When Water Returns to Land” and “Women of Honor.”
November 10, 2020 Tropical Storm Eta turns Florida streets into rivers, Lamborghini spotted as 'submarine' A lingering Tropical Storm Eta has drifted away from South Florida on Tuesday, where the storm unleashed drenching rain that left one luxury sports car driver facing flooded roadways.
November 8, 2020 Tropical Storm Eta roars toward Florida as hurricane warning, state of emergency declared A strengthened Tropical Storm Eta is roaring across Cuba on Sunday with South Florida in its sights next after leaving dozens dead in Central America.
November 4, 2020 How Trump clinched Florida victory with help of Hispanics in Miami-Dade County President Trump is projected to win Florida's 29 electoral votes thanks in part to Cuban American voters in the traditionally Democratic stronghold Miami-Dade County, which has a heavily Hispanic population.