Amnesty International: Alligator Alcatraz ‘torture’ puts detainees ‘in the box’
A global human rights organization is alleging inhumane treatment of detainees at Alligator Alcatraz, claiming some are subject to what they say is "torture." A report by Amnesty International claims detainees are being mistreated at the a state-run immigration detention center in the Everglades and the Krome North...
Miami-Dade mayor responds to recall effort, saying she’s served ‘very well’
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is responding to the attempt to recall her by some county residents. Levine Cava was asked about the recall effort at an unrelated event on Thursday morning. "I believe that I've served this community very well and I have confidence that the community will continue...
ATF agents surround Miami home in early-morning raid, seize several luxury vehicles
MIAMI — Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms descended on a home in Miami’s Design District early Thursday morning. Children could be heard crying as neighbors recorded on their cell phones the moments an armored truck and federal agents with guns drawn swarmed the home.
N.Y. woman sentenced to life for traveling to Florida to stab her ex’s new...
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (TCN) -- A woman who stabbed her ex’s new girlfriend to death has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sakiyna Thompson, 31, was sentenced Dec. 1. She was convicted of first-degree murder in October for the 2022 killing of Kayla Hodgson, 23, NBC Miami reports.
Miami man charged with motorcycle theft
MARATHON — A 22-year-old Miami man was arrested on Friday, Nov. 28, for allegedly stealing a motorcycle following a traffic stop on U.S. 1.
Longtime fraudster gets decade in prison for swindling senior dying of cancer
MIAMI — A 69-year-old woman with a sordid history of scams in South Florida is set to spend more than a decade behind bars. On Wednesday, a Miami-Dade judge sentenced Ana Maria Nunez to 10-and-a-half years in prison, followed by 15 years of probation, for stealing more than $430,000 from Zoraida Economopoulos, 78, of...
Alicia Keys’ Broadway Musical Comes to Broward Center
Alicia Keys, R&B superstar and 17-time Grammy winner, re-enters the national stage with a new project: the North American tour of her Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen. Hell’s Kitchen is an artful jukebox musical loosely inspired by Keys’ life. Directed by Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen) and choreographed by...
Parents Outraged as Schoolkids Hospitalized After Eating Cannabis Edibles
WPLG Local 10 Several Florida high school students have been rushed to the hospital after consuming edible cannabis gummies, according to news reports. Four or five students were taken in an ambulance in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday after a 9 a.m. call to emergency services. The incident occurred at Stranahan High...
Some Publix stores will have vehicle registration kiosks. Here are 5 takeaways
Broward will be the latest Florida county to install renewal kiosks in Publix locations, including one in Coral Springs.
Dos and don’ts of recycling as trash problems continue to grow in South Florida
Right now, Miami-Dade County generates 5 million tons of trash each year and only 37 percent of that is ever recycled. And Broward County is right behind with similar stats. So now, more than ever, it’s so important that all of us not only recycle, but recycle correctly. “Sixty...
