by Halle Ellis It’s no secret that spring break is right around the corner. Spring break is a time in which it allows students the opportunity to take advantage of a much-needed rest from school and allows opportunities for travel with friends. While some students plan to go home and relax, others desire more of … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the good Erik Spoelstra saw from his Miami Heat at the defensive end — building a 25-point edge, holding the Washington Wizards to 29 for a half, shutting out a hobbling John Wall until there were 5½ minutes left in the game — they still barely held on for a … Continue reading
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami is getting championship rings when this season is over. Maybe, just maybe, the biggest kind. The Hurricanes sent two very clear messages to the College Football Playoff committee Saturday night — that they’re worthy of being a national title contender and that Notre Dame is not. Travis Homer ran … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local): 11:10 a.m. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says that Hurricane Maria has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it headed toward the Caribbean. Maria on Monday was “rapidly” intensifying into a major hurricane. The eye is expected to move through the Leeward … Continue reading
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A weakened but still dangerous Irma pushed inland Monday as it hammered Florida with winds that created hazards for rescuers and flooding that set a record in one city. Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm over Florida, but it still had winds near hurricane force. Its outer bands were also … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — As Hurricane Irma threatens to pound Miami with winds of mind-boggling power, a heavyweight hazard looms over the city’s skyline: two dozen enormous construction cranes. And because those cranes weren’t designed to withstand a storm of Irma’s ferocity, city officials are telling people who live in the shadows of the giant lifting … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami’s fabled “cocaine cowboys” was in custody Thursday, April 13, nabbed on a suburban bike ride with his wife near Disney World. Prosecutors say the man living under an assumed name is Gustavo “Taby” Falcon, who … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — Isabella Prio was born in Miami, is 20 now and a junior at Boston College who fully expects to return to Cuba someday and help shape the island’s future. But she’s never been to the country where her grandfather was once president and refuses to visit until it’s a democracy. Cherie Cancio, … Continue reading
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Health officials announced Thursday a new Zika zone in Miami — a setback less than a month after declaring the nearby Wynwood neighborhood cleared of the virus following aggressive mosquito spraying. Five people have been infected with Zika in a 1-square-mile area of the city just north of the Little … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — Francis Suarez comes from a long line of civic and political leaders who have formed the Republican bedrock in south Florida’s Cuban community for a half-century. Yet the 38-year-old Miami city commissioner hasn’t decided whether he will vote for his party’s presidential nominee. And he’s not alone. Many Cuban-Americans express solidarity with … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Kate Upton has condemned the four Miami Dolphins players who knelt during the national anthem, writing on Instagram that their actions are “a disgrace to those people who have served and currently serve our country.” The four players — running back Arian Foster, outside linebacker Jelani Jenkins, free safety Michael … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Florida said Thursday they have found the Zika virus in three groups of trapped mosquitoes in Miami Beach, the first time this has happened in the continental US. The Zika-carrying mosquitoes were trapped in a touristy 1.5-square-mile area of Miami Beach that had been identified as an active zone of … Continue reading
Charles Kinsey held his hands in the air and shouted to police that the autistic man sitting on the street next to him wasn’t dangerous. A few seconds later, he felt a bullet rip into his leg. The therapist, who is black and works with people with disabilities, was rounding up a patient who had … Continue reading
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Forward Michael Gilmore has transferred from Virginia Commonwealth to the University of Miami and will be eligible for two seasons beginning in 2017-18. The 6-foot-9 Gilmore is a native of Jacksonville, Florida, who played at Rickards High School in Tallahassee. Gilmore put up career-high numbers in his final game for … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — Diabetes, arthritis and open-heart surgery have kept Sherice Bennett from working, but she can’t afford her medicine and became homeless while waiting more than two years for a chance to convince a judge that she qualifies for federal disability benefits. Maria Ruiz also is waiting to appeal her denial; meanwhile, she’s been … Continue reading
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