She showed up uninvited to a Florida wedding — then refused to leave, police say MIAMI — Paging Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. It may be time for a sequel to be shot in Florida. Miami Herald · Mar 2, 2022
US will increase consular staffing in Cuba but ‘Havana syndrome’ concerns still linger MIAMI — The Biden administration is expected to announce a partial staffing increase in the U.S. Embassy in Havana that will help address a yearslong visa backlog affecting thousands of Cuban American families, a source familiar with the plan said. Miami Herald · Mar 2, 2022
Michelle Kaufman: Coach K’s retirement a reminder to appreciate aging legends while we have them MIAMI — March is here! The greatest sports month in America, bar none. Miami Herald · Mar 2, 2022
‘One of our nation’s top legal minds.’ Biden hails court pick Jackson in State of Union speech WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden used his primetime platform of his first State of the Union address to make the case for confirming Miami’s Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before a national television audience and a chamber full of the lawmakers who will weigh the judge’s nomination. Miami Herald · Mar 2, 2022
Marlins’ Miguel Rojas reacts to Derek Jeter news The news on Monday that Derek Jeter was out as the Miami Marlins’ CEO caught many by surprise. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
Cuban Embassy’s address in Washington may get a makeover: Oswaldo Payá Way A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress filed a bill that would rename the street in front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington as “Oswaldo Payá Way,” in honor of the late Cuban activist. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
Miami makes it official: Manny Morales named police chief, city’s fifth in last decade MIAMI — Manny Morales, who spent the past five months navigating Miami’s tricky political terrain and reversing questionable personnel decisions made under his controversial predecessor, was named to the position permanently Monday — the city’s fifth police chief the past decade. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
For $1,000, a Miami-Dade police employee would run a COVID-19 relief scam for you MIAMI — The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t cause Miami resident Elisa Rivera to miss any paychecks as a civilian working as a Miami-Dade Police Department administrative officer. But that didn’t stop her from applying for COVID relief money or helping others do it for a fee. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
Editorial: Florida’s shameful lack of condo-safety laws on the brink of change after Surfside What if Champlain Towers South had been inspected 20 years before it collapsed and killed 98 people last year? Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
Greg Cote: Why CEO Derek Jeter and the Miami Marlins’ marriage grew apart and ended in divorce The announcement was abrupt and unexpected in a way that partings of this type seldom are in sports. There was mystery to it as well — Derek Jeter suddenly quitting Monday as CEO of the Miami Marlins. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
Takeaways from dominant win over Bulls, as Heat strengthens hold on top spot in East MIAMI — The Miami Heat continues to look like the class of the Eastern Conference. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
13 Cuban migrants — including 2 children — arrive in the Keys in a wooden fishing boat MIAMI — A group of 13 migrants from Cuba arrived in Key West early Sunday evening on a wooden fishing vessel. Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2022
A Republican tried to soften Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill. That didn’t work out A Republican state senator offered an amendment to the so-called “don’t say gay” bill Monday in an attempt to reduce partisan tensions over one of the most controversial measures of the legislative session. Miami Herald · Feb 28, 2022
Derek Jeter out as Marlins CEO, citing different ‘vision for the future of the franchise’ JUPITER, Fla. — Miami Marlins chairman and principal owner Bruce Sherman said in a statement Monday that the organization and CEO Derek Jeter have “agreed to officially end their relationship” after four MLB seasons. Miami Herald · Feb 28, 2022
Miami Herald · Feb 28, 2022 Climate change has ‘irreversibly’ changed Florida, a new global report says MIAMI — Unchecked climate change has already changed Florida permanently and irreversibly — and the world has a limited window to stop it from getting worse, according to a new global report from the world’s top scientists.
Miami Herald · Feb 27, 2022 Former top immigration officials ask Biden to grant protection to Ukrainians in US MIAMI — Two former top U.S. immigration officials urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to extend immigration protections to eligible Ukrainians in the United States, following the Russian military invasion of the Eastern European nation.
Miami Herald · Feb 26, 2022 Greg Cote: MLB players are on right side in labor dispute, but baseball has far bigger problem to fix MIAMI — Major League Baseball slogs, regrettably, avoidably, toward the eighth season in its history to suffer a reduced schedule and shortened season.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 Crowd rushes to lift car off child, man in fatal crash where driver slammed into restaurant MIAMI — When a car rammed into Miami Beach restaurant Call Me Gaby, patrons and bystanders rushed to save a little boy and a man who were trapped under the car in the fatal crash that injured six and killed one.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 A Florida man who became one of the most recognized Capitol rioters gets jail time MIAMI — Adam Johnson became one of the most recognizable faces of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol after a photo of him smiling with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern went viral. On Friday, he was sentenced.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 Rubio likens current U.S. discourse, policy to post-revolution Cuba, in CPAC speech Invoking the Cuban revolution, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Democrats are leading the U.S. in the same direction of “tyranny” that prompted refugees to flee to Florida as he said “Marxism” becomes “infused” in the modern political debate.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 Rick Scott’s income tax plan may ‘rescue’ Democratic campaigns, give GOP a problem Tasked with helping Republicans capture the Senate majority in November, Sen. Rick Scott handed Democrats an economic hammer to swing at his party this week with a plan that called for a tax increase on millions of Americans.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 The Week Ahead: Putin vs. Powell Will Vladimir Putin knock Jay Powell off his game? Doubtful.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 Street art made a Miami neighborhood famous. This new museum shows how its outlaws became icons MIAMI -- When he was growing up in 1980s Brooklyn, graffiti artist Alan Ket got good at improvisation.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 1 dead and 6 hurt after car slams into South Beach restaurant’s outdoor cafe, police say MIAMI — An elderly woman trying to parallel park instead accelerated into a South Beach restaurant’s outdoor seating area Thursday night — killing one person and injuring six others, police say.
Miami Herald · Feb 25, 2022 Offense stumbles as Panthers drop second in a row at home to Blue Jackets SUNRISE, Fla. — Sunrise has gotten used to seeing come-from-behind wins this season. It’s usually just the Florida Panthers executing them.