1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1012+ words) Besides mass death and destruction, the 9/11 terrorists left behind another toxic footprint, especially in South Florida: Islamophobia. The 19 terrorists were al-Qaeda Islamists — but they hijacked Islam just as sinisterly as they hijacked the four jetliners they flew into New York's…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (517+ words) American composer Primous Fountain is suing the New World Symphony for breach of contract and racial discrimination related to the cancellation of a performance of his works by the Miami Beach orchestra. The composer, self-taught since the age of 15, had…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (521+ words) In an uncharacteristically quick and easy first budget meeting, the Miami City Commission breezed through approvals for a slew of departments each taking a piece of the city's $3.6 billion pie. City Commissioners on Thursday greenlit budgets for various offices including…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (495+ words) WLRN will bring Florida's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees, David Jolly and Byron Donalds, to its inaugural Sunshine Economy Summit on Sept. 23 at the Downtown Event Center in Fort Lauderdale. The candidates will participate in separate, moderated conversations about their…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (260+ words) Venezuela’s political opposition has long overseen the U.S.-based oil company Citgo, but Venezuela’s interim government is reportedly ending that — further sidelining the opposition. In 2019, the first Trump administration had Venezuela’s democratic opposition head the board that runs Citgo, an…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (474+ words) TALLAHASSEE – An administrative law judge has recommended the Florida Department of Health reprimand and fine a nurse who posted a TikTok disparaging former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “As a labor and delivery nurse, it gives me great joy…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (834+ words) TikTok wants to scroll past Florida’s claim it isn’t complying with the state’s social media ban for minors, seeking to dismiss a lawsuit Attorney General James Uthmeier brought earlier this summer. The state’s suit must be dismissed because the 2024 law,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (565+ words) Florida physicians want a formal hearing on the DeSantis administration’s latest effort to weaken vaccine requirements for Florida schoolchildren. The Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians on Wednesday sent notice to the Department of Health requesting a rule…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (827+ words) Miami is the largest city in Miami-Dade County by population, and has the largest budget of any single city in South Florida at $3.6 billion, including operating and capital project expenses. On Thursday, as the city begins its annual budget hearings,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (301+ words) Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz this week released his first TV ad for his re-election campaign for Florida's 25th congressional district, one of the nation’s most competitive races. The ad touts his bipartisan leadership in advancing school safety legislation following the tragic…...