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Miami-Dade Officer Arrested on DUI Charges in Marked Police Car in Hollywood
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Miami-Dade Officer Arrested on DUI Charges in Marked Police Car in Hollywood

Leopold Louis, 42, was arrested Sunday on charges including DUI and DUI with property damage, Broward County jail records showed A Miami-Dade Police officer was in his marked car when he was arrested on DUI charges in Hollywood, officials said. Leopold Louis, 42, was arrested Sunday on charges including DUI and DUI with property damage,...

Waterfront Bal Harbour mansion sells for $28M
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Waterfront Bal Harbour mansion sells for $28M

A waterfront Bal Harbour mansion traded for $27.8 million, more than twice its sale price nearly a decade ago. Moonbeam Capital Investments FL LLC, led by Alex Levin and Tair Yakubov, sold the nearly 13,000-square-foot, eight-bedroom estate at 182 Bal Bay Drive, property records show. A land trust bought the Bal Harbour mansion. The 0.7-acre...

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket is go for launch on Nov. 16. Here’s how to watch it live.
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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket is go for launch on Nov. 16. Here’s how to watch it live.

Liftoff of NASA’s $4.1 billion mega moon rocket is set for Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m. EST (0604 GMT). CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The countdown has begun for the launch of NASA’s beleaguered Artemis 1 moon mission. Despite some concerns over the damage the $4.1-billion-dollar Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle and Orion spacecraft experienced due...

Power outage at 17-story Miami building continues for nearly a week
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Power outage at 17-story Miami building continues for nearly a week

Elevators at a 17-story building in Miami haven’t been working for nearly a week at the Santa Clara buildings in Allapattah ALLAPATTAH, Fla. – The latest power outage at the 17-story apartment building in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood began on Nov. 8 and continued on Monday night. Without working elevators, air conditioners, or refrigerators, Humberto Salas...

Contaminated water plaguing Southwest Florida shores
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Contaminated water plaguing Southwest Florida shores

NAPLES, Fla. — Red tide blooms have been spotted along the Southwest Florida coast. Photos released by Calusa Waterkeeper show a contrast in the waters of Naples and Sanibel. According to Calusa Waterkeeper, it appears to be a combination of red tide and other phytoplankton species. These organisms are responsible for color variation. These images...

Israeli F-35 jets escort US bombers in show of force to Iran
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Israeli F-35 jets escort US bombers in show of force to Iran

Stealth fighters fly alongside B-52 strategic bombers moving through Israeli airspace as they head back from Persian Gulf Israeli F-35i fighter jets escorted two American B-52 bombers through Israeli airspace on Thursday, in an apparent show of force to Iran amid tensions in the region. The bombers, assigned to the US Central Command, were heading...

Feds: Miami man spent $4.4 million in COVID loans on Teslas, a Lamborghini and a Porsche
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Feds: Miami man spent $4.4 million in COVID loans on Teslas, a Lamborghini and a Porsche

The federal government handed out hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, including giving away small fortunes to people who didn’t qualify for them, authorities admit. Take Andre Lorquet, who federal prosecutors say pretended to be a certified tax preparer and falsely claimed a handful of businesses were struggling...

Brightline Train “to” Disney World: Everything We Know (Opening Timeline, Stops & More)
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Brightline Train “to” Disney World: Everything We Know (Opening Timeline, Stops & More)

Despite Disney canceling plans for a Brightline high-speed rail station at Disney Springs, the project is full steam ahead and will have a stop “at” Walt Disney World. This post shares everything we know so far: the opening timeline, construction progress, testing, how useful it’ll be for getting between Universal, Orlando Airport, and other destinations...

Itzhak Perlman Violin at White House Rosh Hashana
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Itzhak Perlman Violin at White House Rosh Hashana

Florida Attorney Steven Greenspan was at the White House pre Rosh Hashana event and took this beautiful video of the worlds premiere violinist Itzhak Perlman play some High Holiday tunes. Itzhak Perlman (יצחק פרלמן) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher. Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have...