Miami International Airport may have mystery liquids gushing from the ceilings and non-functioning elevators, walkways, and escalators, but don’t worry: it will soon get an AI-powered hologram chatbot!
In the fallout of the arrest, FIU students and Instagram users have pointed out the discrepancies between how this incident has been handled and the group chat where students discussed ways of violently killing Black people.
A FIU student was arrested for allegedly requesting in a WhatsApp group chat, in what she later called a “dumb joke,” that Netanyahu drop a bomb on a campus building before capstone project presentations.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and his ex, Danny Curran, were ready to get back together and put the domestic violence incident behind them. A day later, Curran died by suicide.
BREAKING: A handful of FIU students have been hit with conduct charges after holding an anti-ICE protest on campus.
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He said Mayor Trantalis and Curran met just last night and happily discussed future plans.
"This is a profoundly sad situation," he added.
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Daniel Curran's lawyer said he was shocked to learn the news of his death:
"We were on the path to a resolution, which would have gotten Danny the treatment he needed and led to the charges being dismissed," Philip Johnston said. "Danny was a very kind, sensitive person."
The former boyfriend of Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was arrested last year for allegedly attacking the mayor, has died after jumping from a building on Thursday morning.
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Miami-Dade’s population is shrinking at a time when President Trump is cracking down on immigration and more people are moving out of the county than in.
NEW: Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago said he would never attack city commissioners online.
Yet, a review of his social media activity reveals he has liked derogatory and sexist comments targeting Commissioners Ariel Fernandez and Melissa Castro.
Lago's Instagram and Substack account also liked comments that called Ariel Fernandez a "worthless POS," and another that spelled a homophobic slur backward.
The mayor did not answer New Times' questions about his likes.
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"Nah. That’s the sound Melissa makes after snorting a rail off the trunk of her Maserati before cockhopping a stranger at the biltmore parking lot," reads one of the liked Substack comments.
Other liked comments called Castro a "bitch" and "gargoyle."
NEW: Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago said he would never attack city commissioners online.
Yet, a review of his social media activity reveals he has liked derogatory and sexist comments targeting Commissioners Ariel Fernandez and Melissa Castro.
FIU says Pitbull remains committed to Pitbull Stadium naming rights deal, denying reports he missed scheduled payments.
But everyone wants to know: where is the promised FIU Anthem?
Sketchy #Florida GOP candidate James Fishback posts AI image of George Floyd in attack on frontrunner Byron Donalds, rejects any notion that the tweet and photo are racist. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/fishbac... via @naomifeinstein.bsky.social
After a woman posted a photo of two men door-knocking for Byron Donalds, James Fishback seemingly used AI to replace one of the men with a rifle-toting Black man resembling the late George Floyd.
Sketchy #Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback claims he delivered the commencement address at his alma mater in 2023. That's a lie. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/actuall... via @naomifeinstein.bsky.social
Miami traffic is about to get a lot worse thanks to Ultra Music Festival and Trump’s appearance at the Saudi investment conference in Miami Beach on Friday.
NEW: James Fishback says he was honored to deliver his Broward high school’s 2023 commencement speech.
However, there are two big problems: He didn’t speak to the class of 2023, nor was he the commencement speaker.
NEW: President Trump will be speaking at the Saudi-backed investment summit in Miami Beach on Friday.
Breaking: A Mexican teenager has died while in ICE custody in South Florida.
He appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since Trump took office last year.
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A man was filmed on Wednesday morning stuffing pigeons into a black bag on the roof of a Miami condo building.
Neighbors are outraged: “I’d like to relax on my balcony and not feel like I’m looking at a crime scene.”
Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez will speak at the Saudi-backed FII Priority Summit in Miami next week.
It will be his 4th consecutive appearance.
Last month, the Trump admin pledged an additional $6 million in supplies to Cuba for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
However, he says Cuba is not in a hurricane zone.
