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Miami’s Calle Ocho entrepreneurs prepare for U.S.-Cuba talks to maybe open island for business
With U.S.-Cuba talks ongoing, Calle Ocho entrepreneurs, who cater to tourists in Miami’s Little Havana, said they are feeling hopeful.
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Lyft driver needs help after deputies arrest Broward rider for stealing and crashing his car in Palm Beach
A 52-year-old man working as a Lyft driver reported he had picked up a 35-year-old man in Broward County to drive him to Jacksonville. He thought it was a good job, but it turned out to be a nightmare.
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In Miami’s Little Havana, Versailles colada drinkers support U.S. military intervention in Cuba
Osvaldo Hernandez shed some tears on Friday at Versailles in Miami’s Little Havana. Change in his native Cuba is all he could talk about.
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Florida lawmakers pass bill to regulate tech companies’ data centers to develop AI
Florida lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal for some regulation of tech companies at the local level.
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Florida’s proof-of-citizenship legislation heads to 3rd reading on the Senate floor
President Donald Trump has been calling for strict citizenship voting requirements, and Florida Republicans are pushing to get it done at the state level.
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Naturalist captures rare sighting of river otters in Everglades’ Shark Valley
In Florida, we’re used to spotting alligators, but some of the Everglades’ residents are far more elusive.
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Police: Real Housewives star confesses to stealing in Palm Beach while ‘in survival mode’
A Real Housewives star recently confessed to a crime spree in Palm Beach County, records showed.
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Billionaire pays $44 million for penthouse in Miami-Dade: WSJ
Miami-Dade County’s Surfside residents have a new billionaire neighbor on Collins Avenue.
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Police: Man thought he was asking teen for sex act at Homestead park; it was an undercover detective
A 46-year-old man faced a felony charge on Wednesday in Miami-Dade County after sexually preying on an undercover officer who was pretending to be a 15-year-old boy, according to police.
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Lauderdale-by-the-Sea commission votes to back state designation, renaming road after Donald Trump
A packed commission meeting in Lauderdale-by-the Sea took place Tuesday night, with some residents even forced to sit outside.
Cuba remains topic of conversation amid talks of a Trump deal
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in Doral on Tuesday for the House Republicans’ annual retreat.
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Miami Beach leaders blast bills easing building rules: ‘Tallahassee is not the zoning board’
Miami Beach city leaders and residents spoke out Tuesday morning against Florida Senate Bill 208 and House Bill 399 one day before state leaders could vote to pass it.
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Florida deputies help rescue wheelchair-bound man from water after ramp collapse
Newly released body camera video shows the moments deputies helped save a man’s life after a ramp collapse in Martin County.
Nurse arrested for colleague’s 2024 murder in Palm Beach
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies announced on Tuesday that a suspect in a 2024 murder had been arrested in Miami.
Former South Florida news anchor Eliott Rodriguez announces congressional run
Former South Florida news anchor Eliott Rodriguez announced Tuesday morning that he is running for Congress, in hopes of unseating Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District.
How war-related sudden gas price increase is already affecting South Floridians
War-related gas price increases are already hurting Uber driver Cebonneur Jean and small business owner Richard Gotshall.
Florida gasoline prices increase past national average
Florida’s average gasoline retail prices were higher than the national average on Monday, but still lower than the highest recorded average price in 2022, according to the nonprofit American Automobile Association.
‘We need to be better role models’: Porras reacts to GOP WhatsApp chat scandal impacting FIU students
The scandal related to Miami-Dade Republican Executive Committee Secretary Abel Carvajal’s WhatsApp group hit home for Republican Florida Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, who graduated from Florida International University.
Coral Gables removes Merrick House docent over GOP WhatsApp group’s alleged posts
Dariel Gonzalez’s alleged posts on a Miami-Dade County Republican Party’s WhatsApp group cost him his position at the Merrick House in Coral Gables.
