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Miami-Dade County will continue to provide free COVID-19 testing and vaccination services with Nomi Health, officials announced on Thursday afternoon. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava secured an agreement with the private provider to prevent the end of the services as previously scheduled...

With the polar bear species in a fight for survival because of disappearing Arctic sea ice, a new distinct group of Greenland bears seem to have stumbled on an icy oasis that might allow a small remote population to “hang on.” But it’s far from “a life raft” for the endangered species that has...

An aardvark cub born at the San Diego Zoo is doing well and developing quickly, according to wildlife specialists. The female cub was born May 10 and will nurse from her mother, Zola, for about six months, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said this week in announcing the zoo's first aardvark...

Authorities across much of the Muslim world have barred Disney's latest animated film “Lightyear” from being played at cinemas after the inclusion of a brief kiss between a lesbian couple, the company said Thursday as the movie premiered. Thirteen nations and the Palestinian territory barred...

The recent medical issue facing pop star Justin Bieber is shining the spotlight on facial paralysis. While Bieber’s case was triggered by the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles, Dr. Liliana Ein, who leads the new UHealth Facial Nerve Program at the Department of Otolaryngology, said...

Police arrested a Homestead man Wednesday in connection to a February shooting in Florida City that left one man dead. Esiquio Salinas, 41, known by the street name of “Zeek,” now faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Francisco Ferniza, Jr., 40, on Feb. 25. According to an arrest...

Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5. People must register to participate and complete an online training course for the event, which typically draws...

A state correctional officer was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he forced a 27-year-old male inmate to perform oral sex on him. According to the suspect’s arrest report, the incident happened at the South Florida Reception Center at 14000 NW 41st St. near Doral. Miami-Dade police said...

The Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping expansion of health care and disability benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits. Passage of the bill by a vote of 84-14 sets a course that could help millions who served after Sept. 11...

Prosecutors announced Thursday they are dropping one of five hate crime cases related to a beating last year in Pompano Beach that left a gay man partially blind. Oleh “Alex” Makarenko, 21, was allegedly in a 9-month relationship with the victim. Officers accused him, his parents, Innah and...

Colombians can count on one thing: The country’s presidential politics will drastically change after Sunday’s runoff election. The contest in the South American country lacks a front-runner and presents voters with a choice between the man who could become the first leftist to lead the nation...

Silenced for two years, the Songwriters Hall of Fame is ready to party again, welcoming a diverse set of artists for its Class of 2022, including pop diva Mariah Carey, the weirdly cool producers the Neptunes, the British electro-pop band Eurythmics, psychedelic bluesman Steve Miller and the...

Family, friends and teammates paid their final respects to 15-year-old Achilles Lopez, the teen police said was accidentally shot and killed by his stepmother at a Pembroke Pines home over the weekend. Friends and loved ones of Lopez, a young soccer player, gathered at the Boyd-Panciera funeral...

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol will ask Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for an interview, the panel's chairman said Thursday. Thomas, a conservative activist, communicated with people in President Donald...

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge is on the horizon and registration is now open. “Last year, 223 pythons were removed from the Everglades and more than 600 people participated from over 25 different states,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday during a visit to Miami. The hype expands beyond...

State senators are staying silent on how they will vote in South Dakota's first-ever impeachment trial next week, as they weigh whether to remove Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash. The Associated Press asked each of the 35 members of the...

Cryptocurrency company Circle said Thursday that it will start issuing its first euro-denominated cryptocurrency, a stablecoin known as Euro Coin, later this month. It would be the first stablecoin in euros — the world's second-most-important reserve currency after the U.S. dollar — backed by a...

La nieta de César Chávez, el líder campesino y activista de los derechos civiles que fundó la Asociación Nacional de Campesinos en 1962 junto con Dolores Huerta, es la primera latina en ocupar un puesto como asesora principal de la Casa Blanca. Julie Chávez Rodríguez es también la directora de...

Police arrested two Miami International Airport cargo workers Tuesday and accused them of stealing more than $21,000 worth of Apple electronics from cargo pallets destined for Chile. Miami-Dade police accuse Alberto Duardo Vera, 50, and William Gonzalez Torres, 55, of stealing a total of five...

The Walt Disney Co. is delaying by more than three years the opening of a campus in Florida to which 2,000 workers were being relocated from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development. Despite being targeted in recent months by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis...