Woman Sues Miami Police, Says Red-Light-Running Cop Killed Her Dad

The day before Father’s Day in 2017, Ramon Bueno was driving through an intersection when a Miami police car driven by Officer Lucas Rodrigues blew through a red light and slammed into Bueno’s driver’s side door. The impact was so powerful that the two cars spun out of control and crashed into a car stopped at the light.

Children at the Homestead Migrant Shelter Share Stories of Grief, Trauma, and Fear

By the time they arrived in Homestead, the migrant children had already taken an unwitting tour through American detention facilities with nicknames such as “la hielera” — “the ice box” — and “la perrera” — “the dog kennel.” Some had been separated from their parents at the southern border, usually after begging for a goodbye that guards refused to allow.

Recent College Graduates Can Barely Pay Rent in Miami, Study Says

Just in time for graduation season, the folks at Hotpads are out with a new study showing that housing is becoming impossibly expensive for recent grads. Analysts with the site found a typical graduate would have to spend a staggering 77 percent of his or her income on the median monthly rent in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area.

Medical Marijuana Cost a Nursing Student Her Spot at Nova Southeastern

When Kaitlin McKeon was confronted with the results of her drug test, she already knew what it would show: positive for marijuana. Before she’d even enrolled in the nursing program at Nova Southeastern University, the bubbly then-23-year-old had told school officials she had a medical marijuana card and used the drug to relieve her chronic stomach pain.