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October 12, 2021

Miami police chief being fired after 6 months on the job

Miami officials have decided to fire the city’s new police chief six months into his stormy tenure, after he was lambasted by city commissioners who he accused of meddling in the police department and internal affairs investigations.

October 11, 2021

Miami PD chief Art Acevedo suspended after 6 months, city manager says ‘not the right fit’

Miami city officials suspected police Chief Art Acevedo Monday with the intent to fire him after a contentious six months on the job in which the top cop clashed with city leaders.

October 6, 2021

Florida driver posed as cop, tried to make phony traffic stops, police say

A Florida driver flashed a phony badge and illegally shined blue lights out of his car to impersonate a police officer and try to conduct bogus traffic stops, authorities said Wednesday, according to a report.

October 3, 2021

Miami Beach efforts to tone down South Beach party scene are racist, critics say

An effort by police in Miami Beach, Florida, to turn down the volume of South Beach's raucous party scene is being labeled as racist by some critics. 

September 30, 2021

Gloria Estefan says she was molested at music school at age 9

Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at the age of 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted.

September 29, 2021

American Airlines passenger detained after allegedly opening emergency exit, walking on wing

A passenger was detained Wednesday evening in South Florida after he opened a plane's emergency exit and walked on the wing.

September 24, 2021

Miami-Dade man connected to mass shooting outside banquet hall arrested

22-year-old Devonta Barnes was arrested for allegedly acting as a lookout for a May 30 mass shooting that killed three people and injured 20.

September 15, 2021

Surfside land swap for Florida condo collapse site rejected

Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public beachfront to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site so that a memorial to the 98 victims could be built there.

September 12, 2021

4th person accused of stealing IDs from Surfside condo collapse victims

A fourth person has been accused of stealing the identities of victims in the South Florida condominium collapse that killed 98 people.

September 9, 2021

Suspects who stole Surfside condo collapse victims' identities to go shopping to appear in court

Several people have been arrested and charged with stealing the identities of the victims of the June 24 collapse of a condominium complex in Surfside, Florida, officials announced Wednesday.