The State Department’s Summer Work Travel Program exposes foreign college students to serious risks, including human and sex trafficking. Companies in Florida, which is one of the top states receiving program participants, have used the program to pay less in wages and health benefits.
Over the past ten years, no single state saw more of its residents stuck without electricity than Florida. Between 2008 and 2018, more than 25.3 million Floridians experienced power outages.
As we tore into a maze of streets outside San Juan, Agent Victor O. Acevedo pulled a firearm from his belt and placed it on his lap as he looked for any threats that might surface. Acevedo, an enthusiastic eight-year veteran of Puerto Rico’s narcotics department, had agreed to let me ride along with him one day to see a raid in action.
In what has become a recurring theme over the past few years, the Miami Police Department is, once again, struggling with theft and missing property. According to internal documents obtained by New Times, the department recently warned its officers about valuables left inside their cruisers, because four were burgled between July 6 and 24.
New HIV cases are on the decline nationwide — except for the Southeast. Nearly half of all HIV cases are now in minority communities in Southern states, and Miami’s rate of HIV infection is nearly four times that of the U.S. average.
When he’s not busy speeding up the slow-motion collapse of what was once South America’s wealthiest nation, Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro enjoys engaging in the occult and esoteric. The dictator’s penchant for the supernatural is one of the worst-kept secrets in Caracas, though his regime maintains he’s a faithful Christian.
Someone call Marie Kondo, because the Miami Heat has a mess on its hands. Hassan Whiteside remains in full-fledged hide-the-butthurt mode since the team traded him to the Portland Trailblazers last month.
Earlier this year, an estimated 3,000 kids sat inside the Homestead child-migrant compound waiting to be reunited with sponsors and family members around the country. But now, the facility is rapidly shedding children. This is, possibly, because the facility can only hold 1,200 kids safely during a low-level hurricane, and hurricane season began June 1.
Rumors have swirled for weeks that the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, the single largest detention center for migrant kids in America, may be closing its doors permanently. Mere months ago, the facility held roughly 3,000 children, but in recent weeks, the facility has rapidly slashed its population.
A recent study by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida shows that in Miami-Dade County, black children make up only 20 percent of the student population but account for almost 60 percent of student arrests. Following the report’s release, school board member Steve Gallon III has proposed that the board itself should analyze these disparities each year…
The Miami Dolphins are only one day into their 2019 training camp under new head coach Brian Flores, but fans are already getting a taste of something they haven’t witnessed in over a decade — a genuine quarterback competition.
Today is the last Friday in July, which means one of two things: You’re a committed Masshole prepping for tonight’s meandering ride through town, or you’re dreading getting stuck for a half-hour on the Venetian Causeway because a parade of hooting Critical Mass bicyclists is streaming across the road.
K.T.’s trip aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise in 2015 was supposed to have been a celebration. She was traveling with her two sisters and grandparents. It was the day after Christmas. When she stepped aboard the Oasis of the Seas to begin a seven-day cruise December 26, she was just 15 years old.
During North Bay Village’s commission meeting Monday, commissioners in a 3-0 vote approved a ban on single-use plastic bags, utensils, and straws, joining nearby communities of Bal Harbour and Surfside in prohibiting most single-use plastics.
In 2017, James Merrill of Massachusetts was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a massive pyramid scheme that fleeced roughly 1.8 million people out of more than $3 billion. Merrill and his partner, Carlos Wanzeler, made off like bandits with millions in illegitimate gains they dumped into 21 South Florida properties.
Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been Miami-Dade County’s top prosecutor since 1993. In that time, she has won six straight reelection bids. Because of the idiosyncratic nature of Miami-Dade politics, in many cases she ran unopposed.
Technology today puts the world at students’ fingertips — but in many ways, education in some communities still lags behind. Despite a push for more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes and programs in Florida, a large number of public school students still lack access to the real-world training necessary to prepare them for careers in science.
For every high-decibel speech delivered by President Donald Trump on the evils of the Nicolás Maduro regime, for every raucous call to solidarity with the people of Venezuela, there has been an equally deafening silence when it comes time to help Venezuelans who have fled from the chaos in their country.
Come tomorrow at 9:40 a.m., the Miami Dolphins are back. Well, sort of. Their training practices will be open to the public at the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. Beggars can’t be choosers, though, so we’ll take it.
When veteran Broward prosecutor Carolyn McCann retired from the State of Florida in March, she collected a lump sum of about $280,000 from the state for her retirement plus roughly $60,000 a year for life. After collecting that generous payout, McCann isn’t legally allowed to return to state employment for at least a year…
Nearly two months into the 2019 hurricane season, only two named storms have emerged: Subtropical Storm Andrea and Tropical Storm Barry. Today a smaller, unnamed weather system is moving along the coast of Florida.
A new report from New American Economy, a bipartisan, pro-immigration group, offers a clearer picture of the economic impact of immigrants in Miami: how much they pay in taxes, how many of them are homeowners and entrepreneurs, and how essential they are to various local industries.
