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After hammering out the details in recent weeks, the Miami-Dade school board agreed Wednesday on a contract for Rafael Villalobos to take the reins as superintendent of the district. Villalobos, who currently serves as South Region Superintendent , will be paid an annual salary of $385,000, according to a copy of the c

MIAMI LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) - It’s not everyday that one sees an alligator walking through a street in South Florida. Residents in Miami Lakes spotted a gator taking a stroll along Northwest 67th Avenue in Miami Lakes on Wednesday morning. Video posted to social media shows drivers passing by...

Peter Thomas is out of federal custody in Miami and already talking up his next chapter — a new girlfriend three decades his junior and a planned South Beach nightclub — even as millions of dollars in unpaid taxes and civil judgments still hang over him. The 65-year-old former nightlife entrepreneur and Real Housewives

José Andrés Group is preparing to open Bazaar Meat inside the oceanfront Andaz Miami Beach resort this October, adding another major restaurant to the celebrity chef's growing South Florida portfolio. The carnivore-focused concept, known for making meat the centerpiece of a theatrical dining experience, will take up re

Record amounts of sargassum have washed ashore along Miami Beach, becoming a growing nuisance for residents, tourists and beach crews. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Miami is exploring whether the smelly seaweed could become a resource instead of a waste problem.

A man who admitted to killing his wife and setting the Miami home where her body was found on fire has been sentenced to life in prison. Marcus Sanchez pleaded guilty to murder and arson in connection with the August 2024 death of Jenny Miguel, a longtime City of Miami Police Department employee.

A boat crash in the Upper Keys on Aug. 16 claimed the life of a Hialeah woman. According to Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, a 35-foot SeaVee with four adults on board was traveling northbound in the Intracoastal Waterway near Tavernier. As the vessel made a turn toward Cowpens Cut, all four occupants w

Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya Wednesday, according to local police and U.S. State Department. The aircraft crashed at 9:13 a.m. while flying from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu...

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — North Miami police were investigating after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed on Wednesday. Witnesses and police said a suspect stabbed the teenager near the North Miami Library, located at 835 NE 132nd St. It’s located across the street from North Miami Senior High School.

On Tuesday night, longtime customers returned to Hard Rock Cafe Miami for one last piña colada in a hurricane glass. After nearly 33 years overlooking Biscayne Bay, the Hard Rock Cafe at Bayside Marketplace closed Wednesday, Aug. 19, ending a run that began on Sept. 21, 1993. News of the closure first broke in June, wh