The latest breaking news, stories and features from Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Doral, Kendall, Hialeah, Aventura, Homestead, Key Biscayne and the rest of Miami-Dade County from the award-winning team at South Florida's NPR member station.
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Alex Saab made his initial court appearance after being deported over the weekend by acting President Delcy Rodríguez as part of a purge of insider businessmen who are believed to have enriched themselves through corrupt dealings with Maduro.
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With major players like Palantir, Meta and Citadel shifting operations to Miami in recent years, it can seem like it’s the outsiders transforming South Florida into a tech hub that can compete with the likes of Silicon Valley, but this is a well-orchestrated outcome that’s been decades in the making.
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Union leaders, citing local rents now averaging more than $3,100 per month, said the economic pressures facing South Florida families have reached a tipping point.
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The second lady's summer reading challenge invites kindergarten through 8th grade students to read a dozen books this summer.
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The proposed bond is meant to pay for a new public safety building and widespread repairs to dilapidated fire stations, but the city commission is not ready to send the item to voters this fall.
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The board recently approved an internal search to capture candidates who could potentially lead the country's third largest school district. It's depending on one of the largest educational leadership search firms in the country for the search.
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Intense public pressure has not been enough to push a proposal for a Center for Mental Health & Recovery to a full commission agenda.
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The so-called “Recall Cava” political committee did not get the required 66,000 valid petition signatures for the recall to end up on the county ballot this election cycle. It only collected about 26,000 signatures.
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The one-time marquee event for the Moorish-inspired City of Opa-Locka has been on a long hiatus, but the city hopes for a triumphant return this weekend.
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Vendors working for the controversial immigration detention facility in the Everglades were reportedly told that it would shut down next month, according to the New York Times and CBS News.
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When Fabiola Canelon, who goes by the stage name Fabiii, faces a creative block, she turns to musical improvisation. What started as a creative exercise soon became became a hallmark of her performances — a quality that sets apart her Tiny Desk Contest submission.
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Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's recent action thriller "The Rip" used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers' personal and professional reputations. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sergeants filed the lawsuit in federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film production company owned by Affleck and Damon.