By Connie Ogle From Miami Herald Miami—Two South Florida hotels are among the best hotels in the world, according to a popular travel website. Travel + Leisure just released its 100 Best Hotels in the World list, and hotels in Miami Beach and on Little Torch Key in the Florida Keys made the cut, as…
Top Democratic Challengers Vying to Take on DeSantis Battle on Debate Stage
July 22, 2022
admin
2022 Midterm ElectionsCharlie CristFloridaLocal Newsnikki friedPoliticsRegional-Local Newsron desantisUSUS News
0 Comment
The top two Democrats hoping to unseat Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall faced off in a contentious televised debate in Miami on June 21. But the opponents paused their verbal sparring to agree on a handful of issues facing the Sunshine State. U.S. House Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Nikki Fried, the state’s agriculture…
‘Needless Slaughter’: Florida AG Presses Biden Admin to Declare Fentanyl a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
July 21, 2022
admin
CaliforniaChinafentanylFloridaLocal NewsNational SecurityoverdoseRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUSUS NewsUS-China relations
0 Comment
The attorney general in Florida is calling the Biden administration to declare illicit fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” as fentanyl trafficking and overdose deaths soar. “Given how many Americans are being murdered, the whole federal government and every tactic and capability that we have should be utilized to stop the death and destruction that…
Jury Finds Tesla 1 Percent Negligent in Fatal Model S Crash
A Florida jury found electric car maker Tesla Inc. 1 percent negligent in the death of an 18-year-old man whose Model S sedan slammed into a concrete wall after the car’s speed limiter had been deactivated, with the teenager and his father found to be 99 percent at fault. Monday’s verdict by a Fort Lauderdale…
Canada, Mexico, China Lead Foreign Investment in US Real Estate
In the past year alone, international buyers purchased $59 billion worth of residential properties in the United States, indicating an 8.5 percent hike from last year and smashing a 3-year record of declines. A newly released report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) tracked global buyers from April 2021 to March 2022. While the…
Police: Teen Charged With Smothering Sister, 3, to Quiet Her
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.—A teen in Florida is facing a manslaughter charge after police say she killed her 3-year-old sister by putting a pillow over her head after their mother told the girl to quiet the toddler while she was on a work call at an extended stay hotel. The 16-year-old girl was arrested last Friday,…
Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz’s Death Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley. Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz…
Florida High School Shooter’s Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before a jury. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, and is only…
California’s Curious Case of ‘Freedom’
Commentary Gavin Newsom’s commercial advertisement in Florida has been justifiably ridiculed as a thinly-veiled political ploy meant to prime audiences for his 2024 presidential run. “Freedom is under attack,” the governor of the Golden State announced. “I urge all of you in Florida to join the fight. Or join us in California. Where we still…
The ‘Green-Thumb Chef’: Niven Patel Takes ‘Farm-to-Table’ Into His Own Hands
A cook sliced into an heirloom tomato and threw half of it in the trash. It was a thoughtless act committed routinely in kitchens around the country—but chef Niven Patel saw it as an opportunity to teach his team about the effort required to grow and harvest ingredients. “Do you know how long it took…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta