SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. – A sea turtle that was bitten by a shark is on the mend at a new South Florida facility specialized in caring for the marine reptiles. The grand opening of Zoo Miami’s new Sea Turtle Hospital is not until next week, but the staff had to get to work several days […]
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The Brickell waterfront lot that was formerly the home of Riverside is now vacant. The public riverwalk is also now fenced off. Riverside was a food and entertainment complex that opened in early 2020, with capacity for 2,000. It was not meant to be permanent, and opened by using a temporary permit. Records show that
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KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. – Lolita the orca at the Miami Seaquarium underwent a health assessment back in May after she had become ill earlier this year. Experts released the results of the 57-year-old orca, Thursday. According to the experts, she is improving. They plan to end her therapy once shes is fully stable. Lolita officially
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Two people will be charged after a taser deployed during an attempted arrest at an Osceola County Wawa where a massive fireball ignited and burned a suspect and deputy. Surveillance video from the Wawa at John Young and Central Florida Parkway on Feb. 27 shows the flames that engulfed the suspect,
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MIAMI – A woman who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet during a May 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration is suing the city of Fort Lauderdale and its police department. LaToya Ratlieff, 36, who was shot by a police officer, filed the civil rights lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday. Ratlieff suffered
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NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. – A student is in trouble after creating a social media scare. He made a post to Instagram holding what seems to look like a handgun along with the name of a teacher on the video. He told police it was meant to be a joke, although it was no laughing matter,
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Democratic Agriculture Commissioner candidate Ryan Morales vowed to push Florida to legalize “psychedelic” drugs for medicinal purposes, much like medical marijuana. Morales, who uses medical marijuana, said in an interview with Florida Politics that he believes the emerging clinical research on psychedelics such as “magic mushrooms” demonstrates powerful medicinal potential, especially with symptoms of mental illnesses such
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HOMESTEAD – A couple from Homestead remains in jail after confessing to murder. According to the arrest report, on May 31, 21-year-old Sonia Godinez Lopez and her husband, 24-year-old Alberto Godinez Lopez, told investigators they killed Adan Lopez Lorenzo. But, in bond court Wednesday, co-defendant Ms. Lopez briefly described what happened the night of
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