Miami-Dade gym holds special Memorial Day challenge to honor fallen soldiers
While some of us woke up a bit later than usual on Monday's Memorial Day holiday, went to the pool, the beach, or sparked up the grill at home, others showed up bright and early to a cross fit gym in Miami with one goal in mind.
Man posed as woman’s Uber driver, raped her in SUV on South Beach, police say
A man turned himself in at Miami Beach police headquarters on Thursday after detectives accused him of pretending to be an Uber driver in February, picking up a woman from a South Beach nightclub, then raping her in the back seat of his car.
Miami commissioners agree to new voting map, ending legal saga
Miami city commissioners voted Thursday to adopt a new commission map, agreed upon as part of a settlement with civil rights groups after a federal judge ruled that elected officials unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered the previous districts.
Miami Seaquarium operator withdraws motion against county
The operators of the Miami Seaquarium have dropped a motion for a temporary restraining order against Miami-Dade County, which is moving to evict the troubled marine park from the county’s Virginia Key property over conditions and animal welfare concerns at the site.
Felon, 6 months out of prison, accused of throwing woman to ground in Miami Beach carjacking
Twenty-nine-year-old Alfred Clifford Hall Jr. spent nearly nine years locked up in state prison on multiple violent felony charges before being released in November. After a bit more than half a year of freedom, he was back behind bars on a carjacking charge as of Tuesday.
Man accused of kidnapping teen outside LoanDepot Park, sexually battering her
A homeless man once described as a “sexually violent predator” approached a teen sitting on a bench outside LoanDepot Park in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood over the weekend, kidnapped her and sexually battered her three times, police said.