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Helen Acevedo/WLRNLabubu toys took the internet by storm this summer — now collectors are taking it a step forward by customizing the plush toys with tattoos, piercing and rhinestones. For a Miami artist, it has become quite a side hustle. -
Matias J. Ocner/Miami HeraldA proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent department.
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Officials with the Florida Department of Transportation are hitting the streets of Miami as part of national Rail Safety Week. Alongside City of Miami police officers, FDOT staff handed out rail safety flyers to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians at busy intersections in the Wynwood and Little River neighborhoods. -
City officials voted 4-1 at a Palmetto Bay Village council meeting on Monday to censure councilman Steve Cody after controversial social media comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s death. The council is also calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier to investigate the councilman and remove him from the position. -
ServiceNow is relocating to West Palm Beach with over $17 million in public funding, creating hundreds of jobs and boosting the local economy by nearly $2 billion. Supported by city leaders and Governor DeSantis, officials say the move reinforces West Palm Beach as a growing tech and finance hub. -
A nonprofit started by the Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas three decades ago to build and run the Biscayne Nature Center in Key Biscayne says it has no plans to leave, after Miami-Dade County park officials ordered it to pack up by November. -
It marks the second phase of a crackdown that previously resulted in the conviction of 30 defendants in 2023, according to a statement issued Monday by the U.S. Attorneys Office in South Florida. -
With the appointment of an independent inspector general, the City of Miami has an opportunity to move beyond the scandals that have rocked City Hall in recent years. -
More than 20 artists are looking for a place for their artwork after learning they’ll need to vacate their studios in Legacy Place, an open-air shopping and dining center in Palm Beach Gardens, by Sept. 26. -
Wilson and her fellow lawmakers face a difficult time convincing President Donald Trump and his administration to change course. -
While two South Florida cities take part in hearings this week seeking to preserve their rainbow crosswalks, the removal of two art crosswalks in Coral Gables — by the late renowned Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez — happened almost unnoticed. In fact, many residents had been upset by the cost of the installation in the first place. -
Wednesday and Thursday will be busy, with a flash flood risk in place, as some areas could receive over 6 inches of rain. -
Ehis Lawrence Akhimie, 41, was a member of a group that sent personalized letters to elderly Americans, falsely claiming they were entitled to a multimillion-dollar inheritance from a deceased family member overseas, according to court documents filed in Miami federal court.
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Dr. Michelle Bravo, a former neurologist at UM’s Miller School of Medicine, was fired on Saturday, Sept. 13, after the University was made aware of her post on X about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
