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MIAMI — Sondra Wiener and Marvin Wiener, who reportedly lost millions in the investment scam run by Sondra’s brother, Bernie Madoff, were found in their home dead of gunshot wounds Thursday afternoon, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.

Florida on Saturday reported 5,441 COVID-19 cases and two new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.

Jeffrey Epstein’s former business partner and alleged accomplice in trafficking and sexually abusing girls, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, according to French authorities.

MIAMI — Donning princess costumes and paper pirate hats, dozens of kids of U.S. Coast Guard members stationed in Miami surrounded first lady Jill Biden on Friday as she read them a children’s book about friendship.

Showing little patience with the ongoing political gridlock in Haiti, the United Nations Security Council made it clear Wednesday that it wants elections in Haiti before the end of the year and called on the country’s political and civic leaders to find a way to agree on the way forward.

Monoclonal antibodies have emerged as a powerful tool for reducing hospitalization and death from COVID-19, but recently published studies suggests that the lab-created proteins are going to those who need them less — patients with the fewest chronic conditions — while usage in hospital outpatient clinics has followed a persistent…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In recent months, Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed state regulators to crack down on shelters that house unaccompanied minors in Florida and asked the Legislature to bar state contracts with companies that transport migrants, including children, into the state on behalf of the federal government.

MIAMI — Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday she is “quarantining at home” after testing positive for COVID-19 — for the second time since the pandemic began.

It makes sense to focus on the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge in the week ahead. After all, the central bank’s interest rate-setting group meets in three weeks. It is all but certain the committee will raise its short-term borrowing rate for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.