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As Miami Beach struggles to control spring break crowds, still few answers on last weekend's shootings

MIAMI — Two deadly shootings, motives unclear. Hundreds of arrests. Dozens of guns confiscated. Emergency city commission meetings.

Miami Herald · Mar 21, 2023

Students at Florida university want to keep diversity programs and classes, survey shows

MIAMI — Students at one Florida public university say that they have had positive experiences with diversity programming and classes at their university and feel that shutting them down would make them feel unsafe or hinder their education, according to recent survey results shared with the Miami Herald.

Miami Herald · Mar 15, 2023

Dolphins signing former Jets QB Mike White, adding backup for Tua Tagovailoa

The Dolphins have agreed to terms with quarterback Mike White, a league source told the Miami Herald, bringing in a backup for Tua Tagovailoa in the 2023 season.

Miami Herald · Mar 13, 2023

Miami’s hidden high ground: What sea rise risk means for some prime real estate

Miami isn’t known for its majestic mountains. The tallest peaks in the South Florida landscape, in fact, are a series of landfills. The highest point south of Lake Okeechobee is the dump at Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park, better known as Mount Trashmore, which towers 225 smelly feet above northern…

Miami Herald · Feb 23, 2023

Lawyer argues fetus of jailed pregnant woman is being illegally detained

Florida attorney uses ‘fetal personhood’ argument in attempt to free client that could have consequences for women’s rights

The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023

State official inheriting Florida migrant relocation program has questions about vendor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The head of the state agency now tasked with handling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation program told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he was not sure whether he will continue the state’s arrangement with Vertol Systems Company, the politically-connected aviation company paid to transport migrants from…

Miami Herald · Feb 22, 2023

How the 61-year-old embargo is blocking Cubans from finding sponsors in the US

MIAMI — People in Cuba cannot sign up on a U.S.-based online platform that matches them with potential sponsors for the Biden administration’s parole program because of the federal government’s decades-long financial restrictions and business regulations against Havana.

Miami Herald · Feb 17, 2023

4 arrested in South Florida in connection with Haitian president’s assassination

MIAMI — More than a year and a half after launching their investigation, U.S. federal agents arrested four suspects in South Florida Tuesday on charges of playing key roles in a plot to kill Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, who was shot to death in his home by an alleged team…

Miami Herald · Feb 14, 2023

New US parole program for Haitians leads to long passport lines, cops fleeing the country

A hastily created U.S. policy to curb irregular migration at the United States’ border with Mexico is having unintended consequences in Haiti, one of the four countries whose nationals can apply for the program and where the Biden administration is spending tens of millions of dollars to help the police…

Miami Herald · Feb 14, 2023

NFL Super Bowl: One team is better. The other team has the best player. Our pick for Chiefs-Eagles.

We have enjoyed a strong playoff run including perfect marks in the AFC and NFC Championship Games. Now we want a perfect ending in Sunday’s Super Bowl to cap what had been a rough regular season for us in our 32nd year (!) of NFL picks in the Miami Herald.…

Miami Herald · Feb 10, 2023