Miami Beach police accuse woman of selling fraudulent disabled parking placards
An undercover sting operation by Miami Beach police led to the arrest of a woman who sold fraudulently-obtained disabled parking placards for up to $200 a piece, according to the office of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
He pulled a strange fish with really big teeth from a Miami Beach pond. Was it a piranha?
A few weeks ago, Eric Estrada, an artist and ardent fly fisherman who lives in north Miami Beach, decided to visit a neighborhood pond. He hoped to hook his usual catches of peacock bass, snook or tarpon.
news.yahoo.comWere lifeguards on phones? Family wants answers in Miami Beach city employee’s drowning
Family members of a Miami Beach city employee who drowned while helping to watch over an event at a popular public pool held a news conference Friday morning regarding his Aug. 16 death, demanding answers about what happened amid a great degree of speculation.
EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies
The European Medicines Agency said a smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Miami’s 5 most Instagram-worthy locations
With an abundance of beaches, trendy restaurants and rich art, South Florida is a premier spot to cultivate content for an aesthetic feed. South Pointe BeachSouth Pointe has crystal blue water at the southern tip of Miami Beach. “Lighthouse beach feels more secluded and like a peaceful oasis than Miami Beach does,” Carter said. “Wynwood is part of the Miami Art District, everything is quite literally considered art,” Asencio said. The combination of old architecture, rich history, luxury pool amenities and golf makes it an overwhelmingly scenic location to capture unique photos.
themiamihurricane.comVideo captures Miami Beach police takedown; suspect says cops were in the wrong
A 20-year-old tourist says cell phone video obtained by Local 10 News, showing Miami Beach police taking him to the ground and tasering him, depicts officers roughing him up unnecessarily. But they’re presenting a different story.
Miami Beach doctor arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase 12-year-old as a sex slave
A former resident at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center was arrested and charged for an attempted sex trafficking of a young girl. Alan Li, who was fired from Mount Sinai and arrested on May 12, was charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor under 14 and attempted coercion or enticement of a minor. An investigation of the 26-year-old began on March 12 after a woman from Ohio, an escort whom Li met through a dating site, contacted federal agents to report Li’s search for underage girls in Miami.
news.yahoo.comMiami Beach doctor-in-training tried to buy and enslave 12-year-old for sex, FBI says
A Miami Beach doctor-in-training thought he was in the process of buying a 12-year-old girl from a human trafficker to keep locked in his home to have sex with and keep under his control, authorities say. He was actually speaking with an FBI agent.
news.yahoo.comMeet the richest person in Taiwan, who built an $11.7 billion fortune by making shoes for brands like Nike and Vans — and started it all on a pig farm
Zhang started his first shoe business on a pig farm next to paddy fields in Taiwan. Today, the founder of Huali makes shoes for Nike and Vans.
news.yahoo.comFlorida officials fight back against rowdy spring breakers
Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some establishments to close their doors from Miami Beach to Florida's Panhandle. Law enforcement officials in Bay County, Florida, said Sunday that they won't tolerate the bad behavior from spring breakers after a 21-year-old from Alabama was shot in the foot Sunday during a shooting in Panama City Beach. ”The crowd that has been here this weekend, there are no words that can describe the way they have behaved themselves, conducted themselves and the amount of laws they have broken,” Panama City Beach police Chief J.R. Talamantez said during a news conference on Sunday afternoon.
news.yahoo.comSurfside, Florida votes out the mayor after condo collapse
The mayor of the South Florida town where 98 people died in a beachfront condominium collapse last summer has been voted out of office. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett came in third in Tuesday's election, according to uncertified results from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department. Business owner Shlomo Danzinger won the race with 499 votes, followed by Vice Mayor Tina Paul with 476 votes and Burkett with 466.
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