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Millionaire money has poured into Miami. Meanwhile, locals are being pushed out

Miami-Dade County Millionaires are flocking to Miami faster than any other major metropolitan area in the country, save the Bay Area, a new report reveals. From 2014 to 2024, the Miami area’s millionaire population nearly doubled, ballooning by 94% to nearly 39,000 people, according to wealth consultant Henley & Partners and financial intelligence firm New […]

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Degrees of love: A Haitian mother-daughter duo marks Mother’s Day with shared academic triumph

WLRN Public Media | By Amelia Orjuela Da Silva | Miami Times For Marnatha Ternier and her daughter, Hillary Pierre, this Mother’s Day will be more than flowers and brunch — it will be a celebration of perseverance, womanhood and a shared family dream realized side-by-side. On Saturday, Ternier, a 48-year-old mother of three, former minister

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Broward schools to slash budget by $65 million. Here’s what may be cut.

By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun Sentinel Broward schools plan to make cuts to security staff, administrators and other expenses in an effort to slash the district budget by $64.6 million. Superintendent Howard Hepburn has outlined some of the broad cuts for the 2025-26 school year in a memo sent to the School Board, while the

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US and China take a step back from sky-high tariffs and agree to pause for 90 days for more talks

By JAMEY KEATEN, DAVID McHUGH, ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU GENEVA (AP) — U.S. and Chinese officials said Monday they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in their trade war to allow for more talks on resolving their trade disputes. Stock markets rose sharply as the

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Strong winds, heavy rain to soak South Florida Monday and Tuesday

By Phillip Valys | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel The National Weather Service is predicting a soggy start to the workweek in South Florida, with a forecast that includes gusty winds, up to 4 inches of rain and the potential for an isolated tornado, as thunderstorms blanket the region. “Rounds of rainfall are expected to begin early Monday

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Blocked by Rubio, Scott for federal judge, Coral Gables attorney is appointed as magistrate

South Florida By Jay Weaver When South Florida lawyer Detra Shaw-Wilder was nominated last year as a federal judge, her career appeared to be reaching new heights. But her nomination by a Democratic president withered away as Florida’s two Republican senators blocked it amid a divisive presidential election campaign. Shaw-Wilder, however, survived the setback and will

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Downtown Fort Lauderdale is having a baby boom as families with young kids take over

By Amanda Rosa Two of downtown Fort Lauderdale’s newest residents enjoyed a sunny stroll on the Riverwalk. The weather was warm, neighbors walked their dogs and downtown’s many construction sites boomed with noise. None of the hubbub seemed to bother Jade and Journey. They’re five-week-old twin sisters who napped peacefully as their mother Jayme Callahan pushed

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