This Enormous Florida Thrift Store Is a Nonstop Treasure Hunt
There is a thrift store in Hialeah, Florida, that has earned a reputation so big that people line up at the door before it even opens. Shoppers push through racks of clothing, dig through shelves of housewares, and walk out with armloads of finds for just a few dollars. The...
This made-in-Miami Mediterranean restaurant opened a new location in Midtown
In 2020, the first Motek restaurant opened in downtown Miami’s Seybold Building during a pandemic, an inauspicious start that turned out successful enough to lay groundwork for a Mediterranean culinary empire. Now, after the restaurant has spread across South Florida — to Aventura, Brickell, Coral Gables, Miami...
Representative Basabe is Failing His Jewish Constituents
House District 106 is the most Jewish legislative district in Florida. From Miami Beach to Aventura, it is home to Jewish families representing the full spectrum of Jewish life, from the most secular to the most devout, including multi-generational Floridians and newcomers from across the diaspora. As the mother of a...
Cops: Little Havana Cash Clash Ends With 60-Year-Old Firing At Roommate’s Feet
Miami police say a money dispute between roommates in Little Havana turned terrifying Monday night when a 60-year-old man allegedly pointed a gun at his roommate and squeezed off two rounds at the man’s feet inside their home. The roommate told officers he was not hurt, and investigators later recovered a handgun...
Florida Firefighters Save A Struggling Dog And Discover She Has Been Missing Far Longer...
Rescuing an animal can completely change the direction of a dog’s life, and sometimes it leaves a deep mark on the people who step in to help as well. Even one small act of compassion can open the door to an outcome nobody saw coming. For one fire department in Florida, a call that looked fairly routine at first...
Fort Lauderdale Mom Fumes After Dog Mauls 4-Year-Old Outside Apartment
A 4-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl is facing a long recovery after a dog clamped onto her leg and foot outside an apartment complex off Northwest 19th Street on Friday. Her family says she has already undergone surgery and will need follow-up plastic surgery on her foot. The child's mother, Brittany McKinney, says the...
Haitian-born fraudster loses U.S. citizenship after COVID-19 relief scam
MIAMI, Florida - A 25-year-old Fort Lauderdale man has been stripped of his U.S. citizenship after defrauding COVID-19 relief programs and concealing his criminal conduct during the naturalization process. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith revoked the citizenship of Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint after determining he...
Cuban Americans in Miami’s Little Havana ask communists to free island
MIAMI — In Miami’s Little Havana, Amy Amargos, Joe Aguiar, and Leonel Nora were among the Cuban Americans who are convinced that the only way the island’s problems will be fixed is with new leadership. Amargos stood along Calle Ocho. She faced a 12-foot-tall dark gray hexagonal...
Thieves target perfume outlet in Hollywood, stealing bins of cologne, perfume
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - The owners of a local perfume outlet are picking up the pieces left behind by a group of thieves who targeted their store over the weekend. Speaking with 7News on Monday, Adi Schwartz Gomez said the thieves were determined to steal from their store located off State Road 7 in Hollywood.
Reward offered for information about shooting that left man, 58, dead in West Park
WEST PARK, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that they said left a 58-year-old man dead in West Park early Sunday morning. Deputies responded shortly after 3 a.m. to a report of a shooting in the 5400 block of Southwest 22nd Street, authorities said.
