WLRN News Staff

“We’re showing people that ocean plastic doesn’t have to end up in landfills or stay in the sea," said Naveen Sydney, CEO of SeaSweepers, in a statement. "It can be cleaned, reused, and turned into something useful again, right here, right now.”

Pembroke Park police said they worked with Opa-Locka police to investigate the $30,000 heist from the non-profit organization and “developed credible leads” to locate the equipment stolen last month from the organization’s loading dock.

“We do know it was a bear attack,” an FWC spokesperson told reporters at a press conference. “We don't know if it was the same bear or multiple bears.”

The governor's announcement came the same day Miami-Dade Commissioners voted 8-4 to override Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s veto of their legislation to end adding fluoride to water.

The Florida Legislature approved the bill last week. When it becomes law, local governments are prohibited from adding fluoride to municipal water supplies — ending a decades-old practice.

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. On Thursday, May 8, it will come to Sandrell Rivers Theater with the "Only in Miami" theme.

Florida homeowners have an average mortgage balance of more than $252,000, with an average monthly mortgage payment of $2,066, according to WalletHub, a personal finance website.

Miami Dade College students will unveil their cutting-edge AI applications spanning machine learning, robotics, natural language processing and other tech innovations on Thursday night as part of its inaugural “Student AI Showcase.”

May Day protests planned for Thursday in South Florida and across the nation are aiming at scolding President Donald Trump for his administration's deportation policies, massive layoffs of federal worker and drastic funding cuts to scores of federal government programs.

Feeding South Florida, the region’s largest hunger-relief organization, is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two male suspects who agency officials say stole two mobile teaching kitchens — worth $30,000 — from its warehouse in Pembroke Park on Sunday.

South Florida union leaders and workers will hold a “Workers Memorial Day” on Tuesday at the PortMiami to remember workers who died or were injured on the job over the past year.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and South Florida Cappies Inc. next month will be presenting the 23rd Annual Cappies Awards to recognize achievements in high school theater. The award ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater.