MIAMI — The beachfront property where 98 people died in last year’s Surfside condo collapse will be sold to a billionaire developer from Dubai for $120 million after no other bids were submitted ahead of a Friday evening deadline. Hussain Sajwani, of D…
South Florida DEA agents charged in scheme to peddle info about drug investigations
MIAMI — A current Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a retired agent — both of whom had worked in the agency’s Miami field office for years — surrendered Friday on corruption charges involving the payment of thousands of dollars in bribes for co…
Miami bars Haiti’s ex-president ‘Sweet Micky’ from performing at music festival
MIAMI — Miami police will not allow former Haitian President Michel Martelly, known as “Sweet Micky” on stage, to perform at a music festival in Little Haiti on Saturday, citing safety concerns amid pressure from community members who say the controver…
As more doctors are kidnapped in Haiti, more hospitals protest by refusing new patients
The kidnapping-for-ransom of two more doctors in Haiti, where a pediatrician on Friday marked her 16th day in captivity, is prompting hospitals and physicians in the capital to close their doors and turn away new patients in protest. Bernard Mevs, a fa…
Fraud suspect faked presidential pardon signed by Donald Trump, Florida officials say
MIAMI — A creative Florida man is accused of fabricating his own pardon from former President Donald Trump — while he was under investigation for fraud, federal court documents report. The ruse — which ultimately failed — is one in a series of frauds c…
The Week Ahead: No place to hide from the bear market
Wall Street loves acronyms and nicknames. Consider the “TINA trade,” which came into currency as governments struggled to mitigate the fallout of COVID-19. With interest rates low, the Federal Reserve and federal government pumping trillions of dollars…
Rapper Lil Meech stole luxurious watches, cops say. He now faces charges in Miami
MIAMI — Lil Meech, an actor and rapper who gained fame under the tutelage of Hip Hop megastar 50 Cent, was arrested last weekend for his part in a convoluted scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of watches, police said. Police say tha…
55 Cuban migrants stopped at sea off the Florida Keys in a week, Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted 55 people from Cuba at sea off the Florida Keys over a five-day period last week. A Coast Guard cutter Charles Sexton returned them to Cuba on Tuesday, the agency said. They were stopped at sea in six separate interdict…
Fearing protests, Cuba clamps down on dissent, independent media with new criminal code
Cuba’s National Assembly has approved a new criminal code that maintains the death penalty for several crimes, punishes criticism of government officials with jail time and makes it illegal for independent media to receive funds from abroad, the latest…
Reversing Trump measures, US will expand flights to Cuba and resume family reunifications
The Biden administration is restoring flights to Cuban cities other than Havana and reestablishing a family reunification program suspended for years, following recommendations of a long-anticipated review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, senior administrat…