David Goodhue | the Miami Herald

The U.S. Coast Guard said the migrants were believed to be from Haiti.

The Florida Keys has its first confirmed case of monkeypox, state Health Department officials said Wednesday.

Firefighters battled a large brush fire in Southwest Miami-Dade Thursday, but officials say no homes or businesses were threatened.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is the top candidate to lead the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

Embattled Florida Keys county commissioner Eddie Martinez resigned from office Tuesday citing “health issues,” Monroe County announced in a press release.

A rickety wooden sailboat that washed up in the Upper Florida Keys ferrying at least 63 Haitian migrants came directly from Haiti, some of the migrants told U.S. immigration authorities.

Parents of all Miami-Dade County Public School students can opt out of the district’s mask mandate, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced Tuesday afternoon. Parents can access the opt-out forms starting Wednesday at any school or on the school district’s website, Carvalho said. Full implementation is expected by Friday since students are off from school Thursday for Veterans Day.

Parents of Miami-Dade County public high school and middle school students can opt their children out of the district’s mask mandate.

Frank Pichel, a former Miami police officer who is now running for mayor, is wanted on a warrant from Monroe County, accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer. The charge is a felony.

Early Monday morning, Forster, 61, succumbed from pneumonia caused by COVID-19, his friend Tony Hammon said.

The search-and-rescue effort at the Champlain Towers South building collapse site in Surfside includes an international nonprofit group of volunteers trained in Israel called Cadena.

The recent spike in maritime migration from Cuba to South Florida shows no sign of slowing. Another group landed in the Florida Keys Monday morning.