WLRN Public Media | By WLRN News Staff The 49th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Monday in Miami, along NW 54th Street. This year’s theme: “Mentoring the Dream!” It aims to honor Dr. King’s legacy and civil rights activism by focusing on the empowerment of the next generation. […]
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By Bethany Gemmell Men’s Journal Verizon’s outage on Wednesday left millions of customers without service for much of Wednesday, due to what the network is blaming on a software update issue. The company, which is the largest mobile network in the United States, had 2.3 million outage reports on this day, according to sources. Although speculation over
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By Raisa Habersham Strolling down 18th Avenue in Liberty City with a lit cigar in one hand, Broadway Cuthbert Harewood Jr. is greeted like a celebrity. “Hey Broadway,” at least a dozen people say as they dap him up and stop to chat with him. Affectionately, he’s considered the mayor of Liberty City: known for buying
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By Barry Jackson Dolphins fans received rare behind-the-scenes insight into the moments before Mike McDaniel’s Dolphins dismissal when tight end Darren Waller spilled the details on Thursday. Appearing with former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel on the Glory Days podcast, Waller said McDaniel was fired shortly after his exit meeting with the coach. “I think I
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By Jacqueline Charles At a moment when Haiti’s tourism continues to grind to a halt, the country is facing another setback. Royal Caribbean, which had suspended visits to its private destination of Labadee in northern Haiti until May of this year, says the service will now remain suspended through December 2026. “Out of an abundance of
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By David Goodhue President Donald Trump is expected to be in South Florida to watch the University of Miami play in the national college football championship game Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium, Axios reported. The Hurricanes will face off against Indiana University, whose quarterback is Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, a graduate of Christopher Columbus
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By Raisa Habersham Those looking for a reprieve from the National College Football Championship festivities might want to make the drive to the Pepsi National Battle of the Bands, which is hosting its inaugural South Florida event in Palm Beach this weekend. The event, held Saturday at Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton, will feature
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By Bill Daley Special to the Miami Herald The Orange blazers were out in full force on Tuesday afternoon. With South Florida set to host the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday night and with the added excitement of the hometown University of Miami Hurricanes in the game, the Orange Bowl Committee, the 2026 Miami
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By Jacqueline Charles It is typically a somber day, one in which Haitians remember the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, destroying much of Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities, killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving 1.5 million injured and an equal number homeless. But on Monday, as residents of South Florida
By Connie Ogle If not for his grandmother, restaurateur Kevin Kelley might’ve just stuck to law. But even during law school, the Dallas-based attorney, who is opening his nationally popular Southern soul food restaurant in Wynwood this week, couldn’t shake his memories of the past. He remembered the joys of frying catfish with his grandmother and
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