Off-duty Miami-Dade corrections officer killed in overnight crash in Sunrise: Officials
An off-duty Miami-Dade corrections officer was killed in an overnight crash in Sunrise, officials said. According to Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, Officer Justin Bozeman was riding his motorcycle on Friday night when the fatal crash happened. Details of the crash remain limited, but Sunrise Police are...
This elegant Japanese restaurant from Brazil opens in Coral Gables
A new Japanese restaurant from a Brazil-based hospitality group is open at The Plaza Coral Gables. From the Attivo Group, the force behind 13 restaurants throughout Brazil, comes Mottai, a contemporary restaurant with a main dining room, bar and separate sushi counter. Mottai seats 150 diners in an elegant setting of...
The newest church scam: AI deepfakes. Here’s how to spot them
Synthetic videos generated by artificial intelligence, widely known as deepfakes, are becoming increasingly prevalent on the internet. Recently, deepfakes have found their way into the world of online ministry, using the likeness of trusted faith leaders to prey on congregants for financial gain or spread false...
Former MDCPS superintendent Alberto Carvalho put on leave by LA Schools after FBI raids
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave following Feb. 25 FBI raids at his San Pedro home and district headquarters. Carvalho, who maintains an annual salary of $440,000, was removed from his daily duties as...
Woman overcomes paralysis, walks along beach with robotic suit
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For 21 years, Marrianne Rooprai longed for the day she could walk outside along the beach with other people. A car crash left her paralyzed from the shoulders down, a diagnosis she initially refused to accept. “Yeah, it was absolutely the most devastating news ever...
During her memorial, Coconut Grove icon Thelma Gibson’s words led the service
Twenty-six years before her death, Thelma Gibson laid out the plans for her funeral very simply: “I don’t want anyone to talk about my life’s accomplishments or failures. I want a simple mass of the resurrection with no sermon or eulogy,” she wrote in her autobiography “Forbearance, Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson:...
Southeast Heat Dome Expands Toward Florida, 90-Degree Highs Signal Early Taste of Summer Across...
FLORIDA — A strengthening upper-level ridge is expanding across the Southeast, with the core of a developing heat dome centered over Florida, where temperatures near 90 degrees are projected for Tampa, Miami, and surrounding areas late next week. Heat Dome Building Across the Southeast. Forecast imagery shows a...
Deadly Wreck Brings 79th Street Causeway to a Standstill in North Bay Village
A deadly crash on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village Friday night shut down traffic near Adventure Avenue and turned the evening commute into a crawl. Emergency crews arrived within minutes, and initial reports from the scene indicated at least one person did not survive. Investigators kept the area closed...
1 killed, 8 injured in major northwest Miami-Dade crash, officials say
At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in a crash in northwest Miami-Dade on Friday, officials say.
Southwest Miami-Dade residents fed up with truck traffic near their homes
City records show that those trucks are visiting the southwest Miami-Dade property in the Redlands without any authorization.
