WLRN News Staff

In his resignation letter, Perez, a Cuban-American Republican from Miami, said he would leave his legislative office on Friday, Aug. 21.

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton was hospitalized following a serious mental health crisis at his Westchester home, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s office and several media outlets.

According to federal prosecutors, Jon Christopher Enriquez, 47, used the social media platform X on May 27 to publish three separate public posts over the course of an afternoon, threatening that both officials would be executed at specific times.

The move by state officials stems from President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It requires states for the first time to pay a portion of the cost of the historically federally funded benefits based on their error rate.

This week, the venue announced its upcoming 2026–27 Arsht Impact season, unveiling a lineup of free and "Pay What You Can" programming designed to bring world-class arts directly to every corner of Miami-Dade County.

The 287(g) agreement lets Miami police ask people about their immigration status and detain individuals found to be in violation of immigration law.

Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback and his wife, Valeria, will be casting their votes in the GOP primary on Monday, the first day of early voting in Miami-Dade County.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment charging the men for their roles in trafficking taxpayer-funded benefits across Miami-Dade and Broward counties from July 2019 through May 2026, prosecutors said in a statement.

More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children across the U.S., including hundreds in South Florida, could be forced to navigate the complex U.S. immigration court system without an attorney or legal advisor after federal funding ended Friday, warns the Miami-based Americans for Immigrant Justice.

Kaplan and Colbert were among the recipients of the 47th annual American Book Awards. They were announced Wednesday by the Before Columbus Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that champions diversity in U.S. literature and culture.

The Coral Gables Museum will present Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: Estamos conectados, a documentary screening by Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Fundora Hernández highlighting the life, art, and political persecution of one of Cuba's most prominent dissident artists and musicians.

A surge in immigration arrests in South Florida has alarmed immigrant rights advocates and detainee families, who are pleading for local law enforcement authorities to end their cooperation with federal immigration agencies in detaining suspected undocumented immigrants.