About 1,700 South Florida teachers who have been working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic have been ordered to return to their campuses when the spring semester begins next Monday. Some teachers say they are living in fear as principals and Broward County school administrators each say it is the other’s responsibility to approve future remote
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Nightlife entrepreneur David Grutman obtained permission to replace a 1933-era waterfront home on one of the most expensive streets in Miami Beach with a new two-story mansion. Grutman’s plans were approved by the Miami Beach Design Review Board Tuesday morning by a vote of 4 to 2. The Groot Hospitality founder won’t necessarily demolish the 87-year-old mansion
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President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Trump’s acknowledgment came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the
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Miami’s Jackson Health System is now offering appointments to the public for COVID-19 vaccinations. Jackson Health’s online portal for registration opened Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. with about 2,000 daily appointments available, with priority going to senior citizens. Shortly before noon Tuesday, a Jackson Health spokesperson confirmed that the first round of appointments had been filled, with
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A fatal crash caused traffic delays on Tuesday afternoon after shutting down the Florida Turnpike’s southbound lanes in Miami-Dade County’s Princeton area. A motorhome that was towing a Jeep, both with Texas license plates, crashed at the Turnpike’s Exit 9 ramp to Southwest 112th Avenue, also known as Allapattah Road. According to Lt. Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for
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It was a chilly start Tuesday morning with temperatures mostly in the low to mid-50s across Broward and Miami-Dade. Many areas were 8 to 12 degrees colder than Monday. Our average low is 60 degrees this time of year, so we were well below that in some spots. It was even cool across the Keys
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Lakers star center Anthony Davis sold his Westlake Village mansion two years after he bought it, and for $1 million less than he paid. The 16,000-square-foot mansion in Westlake Village’s North Ranch Country Club Estates sold for $6.6 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Davis bought the home in 2018 for $7.5 million, a
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The president of an aviation parts company bought a Fisher Island condo for $16 million in one of the biggest residential deals to end the year. Records show Randall P. Fiorenza bought unit 6895 at Palazzo Della Luna at 6800 Fisher Island Drive. The seller is PDS Development LLC, the developer, signed by Heinrich von
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Parents of about 76,000 South Florida children will soon receive letters saying their kids are failing at distance learning and they need to come back to campus. Whether the kids actually return will be up to the parents. But those who still want to keep their kids in virtual learning due to COVID-19 concerns will
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Several people were injured, and a man is missing after a boat crash in Miami-Dade County. According to Miami Fire Rescue, there were four patients who needed medical attention following the collision that included two boats. They were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, authorities said. One of the injured, a woman, was considered a trauma
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