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Across five days of programming, FilmGate Interactive returns in its 12th year with the spotlight on AI along with a lineup of art, music, and, or course, film.

With deep ties to Latin America and billions flowing through remittances and trade, the city has become a testing ground for the future of global payments.

For more than a century, Miami-Dade’s public servants — from teachers to transit operators — have shaped the county’s labor landscape through collective bargaining. Now, local labor leaders say that foundation faces an existential threat.

Groups of people from North America, Latin America and Europe will converge in Havana this Saturday in order to deliver over 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the Cuban people, amid the worsening social and economic crisis gripping the island. Several organizers of the convoy have ties to the Cuban government. But few would argue that the humanitarian situation on the island is not dire.

The Miami Beach Botanical Garden hosted world-renowned perfumers and fragrance professionals for a panel and a sensory tour. Along with a botanical expert, perfumers taught the role that plants and flowers in the garden have in fragrances to Miami-Dade high schoolers from the 5000 Role Models program.

Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at protecting marine wildlife too.

Below-average temperatures will continue, with a freezing Tuesday night for the Panhandle and North Florida. Low cool afternoons could set new records.

The pair of burrowing owls stowed away on a cruise ship at PortMiami last year and sailed to Spain. Planning their return took coordinating a dizzying list of international trade authorities, wildlife permitting and quarantine rules.

Eugenio Suárez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a half-hour after the final out.

When it comes to filling vacant legislative seats, DeSantis at times has been lackadaisical in scheduling special legislative elections. For proof, look at two of the special legislative elections underway in three Florida counties with Election Day scheduled for Tuesday.

Condominium sales increased in February as prices and mortgage rates fell. $1 million-plus sales also buoyed the market before the war-induced uncertainty sent borrowing rates up.

Broward County-based Spirit Airlines has a deal with most of its lenders to emerge from its second bankruptcy in less than a year. It pins its hopes on flying fewer planes to return to operating profitability in 2027.