Village Manager endorses embattled parks director despite Olea permit debacle
Village Manager Steve Williamson gave a full-throated endorsement of Parks Director Todd Hofferberth, who has come under fire for issuing a permit to gymnastics coach Oscar Olea to teach on the Village Green.
World & National
Florida’s strict laws make Latin America a potential destination to get an abortion
With the Florida Supreme Court upholding the state’s new stricter abortion ban, pregnant women in Florida — especially those in…
Awe and dread: How religions have responded to total solar eclipses over the centuries
Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as…
Heat-trapping gases spiked to record highs again
The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to…
Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm embassy to arrest politician
“This is not possible. It cannot be. This is crazy,” Roberto Canseco, head of the Mexican consular section in Quito,…
Sports
Joel Embiid scores 23 points, has the big assist as 76ers beat Heat in play-in to earn No. 7 seed
Joel Embiid had 23 points, 15 rebounds and one huge assist to Kelly Oubre Jr. on a late go-ahead three-point play that led the 76ers to a 105-104 win over…
Heat tune up for postseason by topping Raptors 118-103 in regular season finale
Thomas Bryant scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 points and the Miami Heat tuned up for a trip to the play-in tournament by beating…
Florida tops Buffalo 3-2 in OT to clinch home ice for Round 1
All Florida needed was one point to ensure its postseason run would start at home. And once that task was done, Sam Reinhart decided to put an exclamation point on…
Lionel Messi scores ‘amazing’ goal in Inter Miami FC’s 3-2 win over Sporting KC
Lionel Messi scored his fifth goal and added an assist and Luis Suárez tapped in the winner in the 71st minute as Inter Miami CF defeated Sporting Kansas City 3-2…
DeSantis bans local governments from protecting workers from heat, limits police oversight boards
Florida is seeing two more recent instances of state government under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis limiting the powers of local government with newly-signed bills that deal with worker safety and…
Opinion
The County wants to close the Seaquarium. It can’t be soon enough
It’s time for Miami-Dade County to enforce Florida’s animal cruelty laws and seize the animals.
McCormick: Honor Megan’s Legacy with necessary e-bike and scooter reforms
This heartbreaking incident serves as a poignant reminder of the importance of responsible regulation. We must continue to push for legislative changes to empower local governments to address safety concerns effectively.
Commentary: Blasting Biden’s immigration bargain is short-sighted
Immigrant advocates now denouncing President Biden forget the U.S. needs to reform asylum and aid Ukraine — and that doing both can help ease America’s immigration calamity. I received an email from several local immigrant advocate organizations this week — and it helped remind me, frankly, how politically short-sighted immigrant advocates themselves can be when…
More local
Endangered sawfish deaths climb to 40 as rescued fish appears to be recuperating
The number of rare dead sawfish in the Florida Keys continues to rise, reaching 40 this week, as a rescued fish pulled from waters off Cudjoe Key earlier this month…
The 2024 Latin Grammys will return home to Miami after a controversial move to Spain
The 2024 Latin Grammys will return to Miami — where the Latin Recording Academy is headquartered. The 25th annual event will air live from the Kaseya Center on Nov. 14. Nominations will…
Davey pulls ahead of Dem. opponent in fundraising, but still trails Salazar
Former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey quickly has made up any fundraising deficit with his Democratic opponent in the race for the U.S. House seat in District 27 but trails…
Ignored again: Key Biscayne raised alarms about pending traffic disaster to no avail
After resident Jennifer Stearns Buttrick asked the Key Biscayne Council if a planned repair of the flyovers from the Rickenbacker Causeway could be postponed, Police Chief Frank Sousa followed her…
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump assails police shooting of Liberty City man with mental health issues
The police-involved shooting last month of a Black Miami man — whose mother said she called 911 because her son was having a mental health crisis — represents yet another…
Cars abandoned, Winn-Dixie overrun, road refugees seeking shelter. Welcome to Key Biscayne’s traffic apocalypse.
State Rep. Vicki Lopez knew catastrophe was in the making when it took her an hour Sunday afternoon to get from the Rusty Pelican to her Brickell apartment because the…
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