The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Eleonora Kaufman said in court Tuesday he did not believe injuries to her neck and body could have happened from a fall into a magazine rack.Dr. Chester Gwin, a former Miami-Dade associate medical ex... »
They stood together in silence in a small garden outside the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and waited patiently for the wail.Then for two minutes, a sound similar to an air raid siren reverberated over the rolling hills of Jerusalem to commemorate those ... »
Tatianna Marcel, who recently joined the culinary program at a local Le Cordon Bleu, hopes to one day become a big-time chef at a resort. But for now, the 20-year-old is not only getting hands-on experience, but cooking for prominent community leaders,... »
A federal grand jury has indicted six Miami Beach code and fire inspectors accused of shaking down a South Beach nightclub owner, and a Miami-Dade officer charged with providing protection for fake cocaine runs from the club to Aventura.Miami Beach’s l... »
Calling him a “financial and emotional vulture’’ for scamming unsuspecting investors out of nearly $1 million in bogus investment deals, a federal judge in Miami on Wednesday sentenced confessed con artist Michael Scott Segal to 46 months in prison, th... »
As the NBA’s truncated regular season winds down this week, more than a few Miamians find themselves in a confusing place: They’re actually rooting for the hated New York Knicks.The way they see it, if the Knicks win, so does the city of Miami — by set... »
Miami-Dade police are investigating what appear to be bones and a human skull found in a Northwest Miami-Dade field known for once attracting horse slaughterers.A cauldron and sticks were found with the skull, and investigators say it may be connected ... »
Demarcus Alexander, the Miami man accused last year of slaying a state corrections officer and her infant son, has been indicted for the 2007 robbery and murder of a teenager.Miami police say Alexander is the bicycle-riding gunman who shot and killed G... »
Carlee Croy ordered a toasted Everything bagel with smoked salmon, onions and capers. Her boyfriend, Jose Arimany, was debating between ordering a ground-beef burger or a bagel with cream cheese and pastrami.About four times a week, Croy, 21, and Arima... »
The big issue before Miami-Dade commissioners at their meeting Tuesday: Should they lift the county’s nearly five-year ban on new cities?Commissioners Esteban Bovo, Sally Heyman and Jean Monestime have proposed doing away with the moratorium on city in... »
It was the day after party for The Rock and his strong allegiance of fans — who celebrated his WWE WrestleMania XXVIII victory over John Cena and the culmination of a successful WrestleMania Week by attending the WWE Monday Night Raw Super Show at the ... »
Parterson Dubreus’s newborn baby was just nine days old when Dubreus was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire outside a Miami-Dade funeral home in what police say is one of the worst mass shootings in recent history.Dubreus, 27, was killed, along with ... »
Miami-Dade commissioners could lift a ban on Tuesday that for nearly five years has prohibited neighborhoods eager to break away from the county from becoming independent cities.A simple majority vote could revive the stalled efforts of five communitie... »
A tiff among gang members at a North Miami-area funeral home sparked a mass shooting that injured 12 people and killed two men, according to Miami-Dade police and law enforcement.The gunmen, who fired a barrage of bullets at a crowd of mourners Friday ... »
Growing up in Miami's Overtown and Liberty City, I knew that all my mother's dear friends as surrogate moms. They were the ones who looked out for us when Momma had to work late, and often read to me my favorite stories (thanks "Auntie" Mae Esther Bodi... »
