
Recent drug seizures and indictments indicate that Miami is back on the map as a trafficking hub for cocaine passing through Caribbean waters. After the fall of the Cali and Medellín drug cartels in Colombia, both the Florida Straits and the streets of south Florida quieted down dramatically.
by Sylvia Longmire30 Dec 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

A Peruvian national, who police say was involved in the deaths of two illegal immigrants, was arrested Wednesday in Miami, authorities said. Several other illegal aliens were also arrested across the country this week.
by Warner Todd Huston17 Dec 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

Venezuela is now number five on the list of countries sending the highest number of political asylum requests to the United States, a figure that skyrocketed between February 2014, when socialist President Nicolás Maduro began a violent repression campaign against peaceful activists, and today.
by Frances Martel10 Nov 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Fast food workers are striking on Tuesday as they demand $15 an hour, which is allegedly a more livable wage.
by Mary Chastain10 Nov 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

Cuban artist Danilo Maldonado, known by his stage name “El Sexto,” tells journalists he has no intention of censoring his art after being freed from a ten-month stint in prison after being caught painting the names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on two pigs.
by Frances Martel22 Oct 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

A shooting that left one dead and four injured erupted Saturday at a Florida “ZombiCon” convention, sending enthusiasts dressed like zombies running for cover.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Oct 2015, 9:12 PM PST0

24 members of the Cuban Ladies in White dissident group have finally been freed after their arrest to prevent them from attending Pope Francis’s mass in Havana on Sunday. The women claim to have been beaten, “dragged by the hair,” and subject to verbal obscenities.
by Frances Martel23 Sep 2015, 8:13 AM PST0

A group of thirteen Cuban refugees–11 men, one teenage girl, and a dog–arrived on American soil on Tuesday to the cheers of Miami beachgoers, two days after they had run out of food and the tiny motor on their makeshift sailboat ceased working.
by Frances Martel16 Sep 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

The head of Arby’s restaurant chain has apologized to the Pembroke Pines Police Department after an employee at a local restaurant reportedly refused to serve a uniformed officer.
by Breitbart News2 Sep 2015, 9:53 AM PST0

Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) called fellow South Floridian Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) for her birthday on Wednesday, and the voicemail message he left her is getting a lot of buzz on social media.
by Sarah Rumpf15 Jul 2015, 6:24 PM PST0

Pope Francis’ controversial encyclical letter on the environment may already be having an effect on US politicians, according to Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who said Wednesday that the Pope’s words have softened the climate rhetoric of two Republican presidential hopefuls: Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.25 Jun 2015, 5:08 AM PST0

As Bush introduced his “wonderful mom,” Barbara Bush, he was interrupted by protesters who were lined up near the back of the crowd. Taking off their jackets, the protesters — over twenty of them all in the same row — revealed bright neon yellow T-shirts that read “LEGAL STATUS IS NOT ENOUGH.”
by Sarah Rumpf15 Jun 2015, 3:00 PM PST0

Monday morning, Rubio posted on his Twitter account a tweet welcoming “my friend @JebBush” into the race. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) also sent out a statement welcoming Bush into the race.
by Sarah Rumpf15 Jun 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

A high school principal in Miami was removed because of short, civil comments he made on the website of a newspaper discussing the McKinney “pool party” video, after his comments became the focus of criticism from others, including a gay, Obama supporting ex-cop.
by Lee Stranahan11 Jun 2015, 7:20 AM PST0

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, famed for his propensity to live it up, has inaugurated a “party ship” that will travel round-trip from Miami to the Bahamas February 19-22, 2016.
by William Bigelow10 Jun 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may be laughing all the way to the bank, after a New York Times hit piece on him backfired spectacularly.
by Sarah Rumpf6 Jun 2015, 5:11 AM PST0

“We can get a lot done, but part of what we’re also doing is laying the foundation so that we then pass that baton to the next administration and we institutionalize some of the progress that we’ve been making,” President Obama says. He didn’t mention a potential successor, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
by Charlie Spiering28 May 2015, 4:53 AM PST0

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted on and passed a national defense bill that was stripped of an amendment that would have given all of those executive-amnestied Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) kids the opportunity to enlist in the U.S. military.
by Javier Manjarres18 May 2015, 8:58 PM PST0

Actor Miles Teller, who plays Mister Fantastic in the upcoming superhero film Fantastic Four wasn’t on a set playing a hero this past weekend, but you wouldn’t have guessed that by the way he reacted when he heard the calls of a distressed swimmer.
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by Kipp Jones11 May 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

On Thursday, prosecutors released chilling text messages in the trial of Mila Dago, 24, who was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and two counts of DUI with damage to a person after plowing her Smart Car into a moving truck on August 14, 2013.
by William Bigelow1 May 2015, 6:50 PM PST0

The pro-amnesty for illegal aliens lobby was out in Miami, ahead of Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential announcement, to protest.
by Javier Manjarres15 Apr 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) campaign launched an ambitious fundraising effort to capitalize on the energy from his announcement, hoping to prove his viability in what is expected to be a crowded Republican primary field.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Apr 2015, 12:59 PM PST0

Miami is ready as Sen. Marco Rubio prepares to throw his hat into the 2016 presidential ring.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Apr 2015, 2:25 PM PST0

Breitbart News spoke to a Rubio staffer who said that the Senator and his team are feeling very positive and looking forward to tonight. “It’s all about 6 p.m…he’s ready,” the staffer said.
by Sarah Rumpf13 Apr 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio notified some of his closest donors this morning that he is running for president.
by Charlie Spiering13 Apr 2015, 8:07 AM PST0