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State Archives of Florida/FloridaMemory.comThe Savoy Hotel — a low-rise Art Deco building that’s stood on iconic Ocean Drive since the 1930s — is under threat of demolition to make way for a 38-story condo tower. Residents are up in arms, but the city can’t do anything to stop it thanks to "irresponsible" preemption laws passed in Tallahassee, proposed by a state senator from Hialeah. “It's the fulfillment of the prophecy," said one commissioner. -
Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPRHaitians in the U.S. lost their Temporary Protected Status under Trump's immigration crackdown. Now facing deportation to a homeland wracked by gang violence, disease and extreme poverty, Haitians in Miami are meeting the moment with grief, anger, and courage.
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Officials say four people were hospitalized after a crane collapsed at a Miami construction site. The collapse occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Monday in the city’s upscale Brickell neighborhood. -
More than 30 journalist jobs eliminated at Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald by parent company McClatchyThe McClatchy newspaper chain has made significant layoffs at The Miami Herald and other papers, cutting over 90 unionized journalists across 17 publications. This accounts for about 30 percent of McClatchy's unionized workforce. -
The construction of the large housing development in south Miami-Dade comes at a time when the county’s shortage of affordable rental homes stands at about 70,000 to 90,000 units. -
Amazon said Sunday it's decided to pause operations with 21 Air as the investigation into the crash continues -
Applications are now open through Sept. 21 to participate in the second consecutive year of the controversial hunt. The season will run from Dec. 5 to Dec. 28. -
Muslims in America faced a convulsion of Islamophobia after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by Islamist terrorists — and young Muslims who watched their community's fear then are seeing the same 'clash of civilizations' bigotry today. -
How do you teach a generation of students to never forget the attacks when they have nothing to remember? For a Palm Beach County teacher, it's teaching the human story of the history that's important. -
The city of Miami breezed through the first hearing on its $3.6 billion budget, but residents and city leaders aren't without concern. -
Residents and tree advocates say the city is increasingly invoking traffic-safety rules to scrutinize long-time hedges and mature trees, raising questions about what the enforcement could mean for Coconut Grove’s lush character. -
Much of the hijackers’ lives in South Florida was revealed shortly after the terror attacks. As years went on, journalist Dan Christensen stayed on the case, unearthing evidence and leads that had been left out of the official 9/11 Commission Report. He tells WLRN there is still much to learn. -
The project addresses an urgent crisis: historic Black spaces are vanishing far faster than public institutions recognize them. -
Florida's Surgeon General has called to end all vaccine mandates. Parents are confused, vaccine hesitancy is growing — and pediatricians say they are feeling the strain of tackling the mistrust. "When something as proven safe and effective and important as vaccines takes a disproportionate amount of our time and energy... it can be exhausting,” said one.
