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Navarro's tweet at President Trump adds a little Miami flavor to national politics

Political pundit Ana Navarro put a little "crazy" local flavor into national politics Friday in a single tweet - attaching ​the nickname ​given to a former Miami mayor to the leader of the free world. On Friday morning, just three days after his tempered speech to a joint ​session of...

Miami Commission candidate knocked over sparse voting record

@NewsbySmiley Ken Russell wants thousands of Miami voters to cast ballots for him Nov. 3 to be their District 2 commissioner. But as absentee ballots hit mailboxes in the district this week, one of his opponents wants voters to know that, were Russell in their shoes, chances are he wouldn't...

Police: Late Ultra co-founder may have had cocaine when he died

Almost one month after Alex Omes' body was discovered in his Miami loft, exactly what killed the co-founder of the Ultra Music Festival remains a mystery. But a newly released police document shows drugs may have played a role. On Tuesday, Miami police released the incident report documenting the scene...

Developer wants to build Eye on the Bay over FEC slip

About a year after rejecting a plan to fill in the FEC slip on Biscayne Bay in order to build a soccer stadium, a new developer has come to the city of Miami with a different plan: build up and over it. Caribe-Miami Corp. has for months been pitching a...

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Keys man accused of exposing himself to sheriff's detective

A Keys man is accused of exposing himself to a Monroe County sheriff's detective. Detective Mark Jones was parked on Stock Island, near Key West, in an unmarked when Osneil Bello Machin, 42, walked up to the front of the vehicle, according to the sheriff's office. Machin then unzipped his...

Arrest made in Davie woman’s death

Jill su (Credit: Facebook) DAVIE – Police have made an arrest in the death of Davie wife and mother Jill Sue whose body was found in a bathtub in her home earlier this month. Su, 59, had ties to the billion dollar Halliburton oil empire. She was married to renowned...

Cargo ship blaze so hot it melts firefighters' boots

From CBS4: Fire crews extinguished a blaze on a 250-foot cargo ship Wednesday night. The ship caught fire at a marina off Northwest 22nd Ave and 14th street. Nearby residents say they were startled. “So I came out and I saw the vessel fuming with smoke,” Bill Rodriguez said. “The...

911 call alleging woman giving birth lands caller in jail

From KeysInfoNet.com: A homeless Key West man faces a felony drug charge following his call to city police on Monday falsely reporting a woman was giving birth at Mallory Square. Floyd Sands, 42, reportedly made the 911 call a little before 9 a.m. When police showed up, there was no...

Firefighter kills himself on Rickenbacker Causeway; colleagues give him roadside tribute

A Miami firefighter shot himself on the Rickenbacker Causeway and died Wednesday morning. Authorities received the call around 8 a.m. and rushed to the scene between the toll booth and the bridge. The firefighter, who was an employee of Miami Fire Rescue, was found lying in the sand by the...