The U.S. Coast Guard sent 45 people back to Cuba on Sunday after stopping them off the Florida Keys last week. They were found in four boats on Wednesday and Friday as U.S. authorities report the largest exodus of Cuban balserossince 2016. At 11:30 p.m…
2 dead, 10 hospitalized after 2 boats crashed off Key Biscayne, Coast Guard said
MIAMI — A dozen people were on two boats that crashed off Key Biscayne’s coast Friday night. Two of them died, the Coast Guard said on Saturday. Ten were taken to area hospitals. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue had recovered the body of one of the victims in Bi…
Doctors ‘thrilled’ to order COVID vaccines for young kids after DeSantis changes course
MIAMI — Pediatricians across Florida have begun ordering COVID-19 vaccines for their patients under 5 after Gov. Ron DeSantis changed course Friday and allowed doctors and hospitals in the state to get them from a federal program. On Thursday, Florida …
‘We are devastated.’ Doctors angry over DeSantis not ordering COVID vaccines for young kids
MIAMI — Dr. Lisa Gwynn can order a COVID-19 vaccine for a Florida 7-year-old, but she can’t for a immunocompromised toddler. Gwynn, a pediatrician with the University of Miami Health System and president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy o…
Armed bandits now control Haiti’s largest courthouse after violent takeover
SWAT and other specialized units of the Haiti National Police were moving in and out of Port-au-Prince’s main courthouse as they tried to figure out how to carry an oversized safe with sensitive documents from some of the country’s most high-profile cr…
Border officers circulate coin memorializing treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas
A controversial moment captured last fall on the U.S. southern border of an officer on horseback in Del Rio, Texas, has been memorialized on “a challenge coin” that is circulating among border patrol officers. Images of the incident led to a public out…
‘She was the real pioneer.’ Marisol and Andy Warhol share the pop art limelight in Miami
MIAMI — She was a sculptor, soft spoken and glamorous. Her work was featured in New York City’s best galleries. Magazines called her mysterious. Andy Warhol called her a friend. And though she played a key role the pop art movement of the ‘60s, her con…
A handyman, wives, Escalades, ghost pharmacies: A $9 million Miami drug coupon fraud
MIAMI — Two Kendall men spent seven years — not even pausing during the two years one of them was in prison — raking in $9 million in a scam involving coupons meant to help people pay for prescription drugs. They used friends, wives of friends, shell c…
5 Haiti soccer players and their coach vanished from Special Olympics in Florida
MIAMI — They turned in their room keys and left behind their suitcases and other personal belongings. Why five Haitian soccer players and their coach decided to vanish while participating in the 2022 Special Olympics Games in Orlando remains a puzzling…
Greg Cote: Mickelson, Johnson, et al., are Saudi pawns pocketing blood money as LIV Golf Series begins
MIAMI — Dustin Johnson sat in front of a “LIV Golf” logo in England this week and, with a straight face, said, “I chose what’s best for me and my family.” The money, he meant. Blood money, but never mind that. When you have made a mere $72 million in y…