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.
Unfortunately, more rain is coming. The National Weather Service today warned that more severe thunderstorms are marching toward Miami as we speak.
Sure, there’s probably more to it, but the basics of personal injury law seem pretty straightforward: negotiate with insurance companies, work out a settlement, turn over the check to your clients. But according to the Florida Bar, one Miami attorney forgot to do the last part.
College football is still three-plus months away, but Las Vegas is already putting down some lines in the sand with predictions on how the sports’ most prominent programs will perform in 2019. For the Miami Hurricanes, the numbers are less than flattering.
This past Friday, CBS News confirmed that John Kelly — the former Homeland Security chief and White House chief of staff under Donald Trump — had joined the board of Caliburn International, the for-profit company that runs the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in South Miami-Dade. The news is…
Civil rights activists have been begging Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle for weeks to arrest county police officer Alejandro Giraldo, who was filmed brutally arresting Dyma Loving, a woman who was simply trying to report that a man had threatened to murder her with a shotgun.
Now that the NFL draft is in the Miami Dolphins’ rear-view mirror, the team needs to reassess its plan for next season. The addition of a top-flight defensive player in Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins, the draft-day swap of second- and fifth-round picks for quarterback Josh Rosen, and the…
South Florida counties may prohibit teachers from carrying weapons.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has two sons who magically keep getting involved in some pretty lucrative deals with the Miami-Dade government. Julio Gimenez is reportedly part of a group looking to build an “eco-friendly” steel mill in Miami-Dade County. And, in what absolutely must just be a coincidence, the county has proposed selling Julio’s company a plot of public land for $16.8 million in a no-bid deal.
Importantly, local cops have warned the measure will likely make Floridians less safe.
On June 11, Tony Basaro is scheduled to attend an immigration hearing that will determine his fate.
A new study from Apartment List has found the Magic City has the sixth-highest income inequality among the country’s largest metros, with a wealth gap that jumped 7.5 percent between 2008 and 2017. The highest-earning households made nearly 14 times the lowest earners, according to the research.
Just in time for the weekend, a tropical disturbance moving through the Atlantic is expected to dump massive amounts of rain on Miami.
Despite ongoing efforts by the Florida Legislature to thwart the will of the people, Florida likely has the fastest-growing medical marijuana program in the nation. More than 213,000 people are enrolled, with 10,000-plus signing up every month. New York, by comparison, implemented its medical marijuana program 18 months…
Tomas Kennedy, one of the more active civil rights organizers in Florida, helped put together a large-scale protest at the Florida capitol. In response, he’s been banned from the public building for a year and can’t come back for next year’s session.
The Florida Legislature today passed a bill legalizing the use of self-driving cars statewide. Naturally, Uber — which could save gobs of money by replacing human drivers with robots — is quite pleased.
A steward on the Norwegian Cruise Line Spirit is accused of using a master key to let himself into an 11-year-old girl’s room, where he sexually assaulted her, according to a recently filed federal lawsuit.
In a statement sure to remind critics of the runup to the Iraq War in 2003, longtime Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart suggested on Fox News last night that Russian agents in Venezuela currently have the capability to strike the United States with nuclear bombs. Diaz-Balart, part of the coalition of Florida lawmakers advising Donald Trump on Latin American issues, provided no evidence to back up his claims.
From the look of things, Mr.Wilkins should provide some much-needed character to the Dolphins locker room.
Early this morning, Juan Guaidó announced he and a seemingly small band of low-ranking Venezuelan military guards were mounting a revolt against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s government. Sen. Marco Rubio has spent the morning loudly cheerleading Guaidó’s efforts while lobbing melodramatic threats at the Maduro regime.
Chris Grier and Brian Flores rock.
Wind ripped violently through the fuselage. A man in a dark helmet and shades shouted instructions to a fellow passenger in a lemon-yellow helmet and white-framed Oakleys, but his words were drowned out by the roar, so hand signals were exchanged. The yellow-helmeted one inched toward the five-foot-wide open door,…
