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A major developer from Kazakhstan has slipped into Brickell with a compact, wellness‑driven condo that is aiming squarely at short‑stay visitors and pied‑à‑terre buyers, not the usual supertall crowd. Parkside Residences is now under construction across from Simpson Park, promising turnkey units and a heavy...

Neighbors in Kendall are mobilizing ahead of a zoning hearing next Thursday after the Greater Miami Jewish Federation filed to reclassify the entire Alper Jewish Community Center campus. The proposal would shift the site from single-family residential to a designation residents say could clear the way for mid-rise apartments where the JCC buildings and fields sit today. Neighbors warn the change could...

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has released its official 2026-2027 academic calendar, providing essential planning information for families across one of the nation's largest school districts. The upcoming school year will begin on August 13, 2026, and conclude on June 3, 2027, spanning 180 instructional days across four grading periods. Key...

Miami’s aging police and fire buildings are in such rough shape that Mayor Eileen Higgins is asking voters to sign off on a $450 million repair plan, saying long-running deferred maintenance has finally caught up with the city’s public safety infrastructure. The proposal, dubbed Safe and Ready Miami,...

A 23-year-old Florida International University student’s recent messages on a WhatsApp group resulted in a criminal case, according to police. Gabriela Saldana was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Thursday after corrections booked her on Wednesday afternoon. Saldana “made a threat to kill or do bodily harm”...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Police seek the public’s help in their search for an elderly man who went missing from Miami earlier this month. According to City of Miami Police, 81-year-old Etienne Toussaint was last seen along the 1600 block of Northwest 12th Avenue, at around 9:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.

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The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner i s set to appear in federal court next week in Miami for his arraignment on formal charges in the death of his stepsister during a family cruise. The teen, who is not being named by FLORIDA TODAY because of his age, will go before a magistrate judge at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, on charges...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The driver of a box truck struck and killed a woman crossing the street in Miami Beach on Thursday afternoon. According to Miami Beach police, the crash happened at around 1:27 p.m. at West 41st Street and Royal Palm Avenue. Police said the woman was...

Three people were rushed to the hospital Thursday afternoon, two with serious injuries, after “gunfire everywhere” erupted in a residential area of the Gladeview neighborhood, deputies say. A man, who was not identified by authorities, was detained in connection with the shooting, but it’s unclear whether he was the shooter, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Det. Argemis Colome said during a press conference. It’s also...