Latest Stories

• 
  Nightmare Traffic on the MacArthur Causeway Is Over — for Now

  September 20 at 3:49 p.m.

  At the end of July, the Florida Department of Transportation closed two westbound lanes on the MacArthur Causeway, kicking off a two-year, $12.9 million rehabilitation project on one of the two main links between Miami and Miami Beach. The repairs must take place, FDOT says, because the causeway is dangerously corroded, in large part as a result of years of salt spray from Jet Skis blasting the structure.

• 
  Hialeah Taco Bell Employee Threatens to Call Cops on Black Woman for Ordering Food

  September 14 at 2:31 p.m.

  The Taco Bell menu is pretty easy to comprehend in any language. Hell, half of it is just made-up words anyway — CrunchWrap Supremes and "nacho fries" aren't exactly ancestral Mexican dishes. You can also order food by simply shouting a combo number, such as "T3" for a three-taco meal.

• 
  Miami Cops Plan to Use New 90-Minute DNA Tests, Alarming Civil Liberty Groups

  September 14 at 9:30 a.m.

  Traditionally, police need two to three months to collect, process, and analyze DNA samples. But with a new kind of technology recently adopted by the Miami Police Department, the entire procedure can be wrapped up in less time than it takes to watch a movie. Soon enough, the agency says, it'll be able to analyze a suspect's DNA before he or she is even released from custody.

• 
  John Leguizamo Is Directing Movie About Miami Jackson Chess Champs

  September 14 at 8:30 a.m.

  South Florida entrepreneur Carla Berkowitz was flipping through the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine one morning in 1997 when she came across an article about teenage chess players. The story, written by John Dorschner, chronicled the lives of students at Miami Jackson Senior High School as they competed in statewide and national chess tournaments...

• 
  Miami Beach Police Chief Helps Kill Proposal for Outdoor Space Where Homeless Could Sleep

  September 13 at 9:30 a.m.

  For about a year, homeless people in Miami Beach who didn't want to sleep in the city's shelters had another safe option: a lawn outside city hall. But that didn't last long. After complaints, the city erected a fence a year and a half ago to keep the homeless out.

• 
  Family of Man Shot Dead by Homestead Officer Files Federal Lawsuit

  September 13 at 8 a.m.

  Edward Foster was walking home in Homestead when Officer Anthony Green pulled up alongside him. Within minutes, the police officer had fired off 11 rounds, striking the 35-year-old father of six at least six times. Foster never made it home. The Homestead Police Department has always maintained Green was in fear for his life after Foster reached toward his waistband.