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Courtesy/Miami Fourth Estate“This is an effort to rebuild hyper-local news in an underserved community," says Tony Winton, who founded the non-profit Miami Fourth Estate and is Editor-in-Chief of the Key Biscayne Independent. He announced his organization is launching news coverage of Liberty City with a full-time reporter, beginning next summer. -
Rebecca Blackwell/AP/APThe Miami congresswoman, a vocal critic of President Joe Biden's policies toward Cuba, had received two donations totaling $750 last year from Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador in Latin America from Miami charged this week for being a covert agent for Cuba for decades.
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Florida state officials agreed to replace thousands of yards of sand on Key Biscayne after a storm washed part of the beach out to sea earlier this month. -
Christophe Pierre Ribot, 52, died on Nov. 6. Ribot established one of the first kiteboarding schools at Crandon Beach Park more than 20 years ago. He trained over 300 instructors and taught some 3,000 students as the sport gained popularity in the region.
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South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium has been awarded the final when Copa América returns to the United States in 2024. The tournament will feature current champions Argentina — and likely their Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi.
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Right-winger Javier Milei's landslide presidential victory on Sunday was more crushing among expats — many of whom left Argentina to flee chronic economic crises.
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Since 1984, the Miami Book Fair has been attracting distinguished authors and fellow book lovers to South Florida for one of the biggest literary festivals in the U.S. This year, MBF is celebrating its 40th anniversary of the event, and WLRN is partnering with the festival to show our love for all things literary.
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Overall, about 9% of South Floridians don’t have enough to eat, according to the food bank Feeding South Florida. Here's a list of organizations across South Florida that are distributing food to families in need.
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UPDATED: With heavy rain causing major flooding in South Florida from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, city and school officials warned residents to keep off the roadways and announced closings and cancellations.
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New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to temporarily fund the government into the new year passed on a bipartisan 336-95 tally, with 93 Republicans voting against it.
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Pro-Palestinian rights groups called for cease fire in front of Real-Time Laboratories in Boca Raton, a U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer.
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The Republican presidential candidates at Wednesday's debate all say they support Israel, but they are squabbling over China and Ukraine. Donald Trump skipped it for the third time. They face new urgency to cut into Trump’s margins with the leadoff Iowa caucuses just two months away.
