MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Zoo Miami’s 11-year-old lioness, Kashifa, was euthanized Monday, weeks after the zoo’s Animal Health and Animal Science teams discovered that she had lost mobility in her hind legs. According to a news release, the discovery was made on March 4 while Kashifa was on exhibit. The lioness was immobilized and underwent an […]
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A painting by the artist Banksy honoring UK healthcare workers has set a new record for the artist, selling for £16.7 million ($23.1 million) at Christie’s in London. “Game Changer,” which the enigmatic street artist donated to the University Hospital Southampton (UHS) in May of 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic, depicts a young
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Due to overwhelming spring break crowds, the city of Miami Beach will impose an 8 p.m. curfew in the South Beach entertainment district and block most eastbound traffic entering the city after 9 p.m., beginning Saturday. Interim City Manager Raul Aguila, who will authorize the emergency measures, told the Miami Herald that he recommends keeping them in
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MIAMI – Federal agents found $2.5 million in cash hidden in PVC pipes in the bedroom closet of a Miami man charged with bilking the government in a massive $49 million Medicare fraud scam. The cash was found sealed with plastic wrap inside pipes buried under the closet floor at Jesus Garces’ home during a raid
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A popular Florida restaurant will close its doors for the remainder of spring break amid concerns of further damage to the location following fights there. The popular Miami Beach party spot, the Clevelander Hotel, has seen fights break out over the past week as crowds try to cram in during peak hours. As a precaution, the hotel will continue to operate for
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — West Palm Beach police are investigating a shooting that happened in the parking lot of Home Depot on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. At 11:58 a.m., police say two men who knew each other exchanged gunfire. Both were shot and both suffered non-life threatening injuries. Both men were transported to a
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MIAMI – Police are investigating a shooting early Friday evening in downtown Miami that left one person hospitalized. The shooting happened at the intersection of Southwest 2nd Avenue and Southwest 2nd Street around 7:15 p.m. Officers responding to the scene found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. City of Miami Fire Rescue personnel
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MIAMI – A military drone washed up on the beach at Ocean Ridge Hammock Park in Boynton Beach on Friday. WFOR-TV’s Chopper 4 was over the scene as Boynton Beach police and fire personnel dragged it out of the water with an ATV. U.S Air Force 53rd Wing public affairs spokeswoman Lt. Savannah Bray says the BQM-167A
A new choice is on the way for parents who don’t allow their children to have social media accounts. Executives at Facebook plan to launch a version of Instagram that would allow users aged 13 or younger to have an account. Developers say this version would include added safety features that would track abuse, bullying
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In a Friday, June 5, 2020 sermon delivered at the North Miami Islamic Center, which is known also as Masjid As-Sunna An-Nabawiyya North Miami, Imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi said that he is saddened by Muslims who participate in Black Lives Matter protests because “every life matters.” He said that Christianity is the main problem