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Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 got some encouraging news Monday. Pfizer said three small doses of its vaccine offers strong protection to youngsters under 5, according to preliminary data. That news comes a month after Moderna said it would ask...

Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced Monday the Deauville Hotel’s demolition is “all but a certainty” and Stephen M. Ross, the owner of the Miami Dolphins, wants to develop the property. Gelber said Ross, who is behind the “transformative” projects at the New York’s Hudson Yards and the...

A bribe-paying Venezuelan businessman has been sentenced to five years’ probation in the United States in recognition of his efforts to expose rampant corruption in that country’s judiciary. Carlos Urbano Fermin last year admitted to paying around $1 million in bribes to a high-ranking...

Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries to make good on their pledges to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate “non-adversarial” talks on compensation to developing countries for global warming impacts and allow climate activists to...

A longtime contractor for Shell has publicly called out the oil and gas company's climate plans, accusing the company of “double talk” by saying it wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions while working on tapping new sources of fossil fuel. Caroline Dennett, who says she consulted Shell on safety...

After officials identified South Florida’s first presumptive case of monkeypox in Broward County Sunday, experts say the possibility of the virus spreading is low, but it can be dangerous. It’s part of the largest outbreak ever seen outside of Africa, with at least 190 confirmed or suspected...

The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash in the Indian Ocean took the stand Monday in a Paris courtroom, recounting her ordeal as a 12-year-old girl hearing screams, clinging to floating debris and desperately hoping that her mother was still alive. Bahia Bakari's mother was among 152 people who...

Estella Chase started to feel pain in her lower back during a gymnastics competition last year in the middle of the season. She said she pushed through, but the pain worsened. A doctor later diagnosed the 14-year-old girl from Orlando with a lower spine fracture. “I was put in a brace for 12...

Police searching for an unidentified man who shot and killed another passenger on a moving New York City subway train asked for the public's help Monday. “We need all eyes on this,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted. She posted two surveillance camera photographs of the unidentified...

Pennsylvania’s former top law enforcement officer, who served jail time for leaking secret investigative files and lying about it, admitted Monday that she violated her probation when she was arrested for drunken driving in March. Kathleen Kane, the first woman and first Democrat to be elected...

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is home again after suffering a minor stroke, tweeting Sunday that it was great to be home “after a long week.” The Maryland Democrat said in a statement May 15 that he experienced lightheadedness and acute neck pain while delivering a speech in western Maryland. On...

Flanked by bodyguards with bulletproof shields, Gustavo Petro stood on a stage and lashed out at Colombia's political elite in a speech to the residents of Fusagasuga, a rural town where farmers are struggling. The leftist presidential candidate spoke of the need to protect local farmers from...

A woman’s T-shirt resulted in the dismissal Monday of about a dozen potential jurors in the death penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill was the first to take issue with Robyn...

Slovenia's president on Monday formally appointed the leader of a liberal-green party that won last month's election as the country's new prime minister designate. President Borut Pahor's announcement paves the way for the formation of a new government in Slovenia in the coming weeks...

The first thing you hear is a familiar voice over the sound of thousands of screaming fans. “Hello, Syracuse and the world. My name is Prince and I’ve come to play with you.” The Purple One soon arrives, rising up through the stage — wearing an animal print jumpsuit with a ruffled white frock...

After more than 40 years, the Opa Locka Hialeah Flea Market will close its doors permanently. According to a letter realeased by the management of the flea market to the community, the lease with the owners of 12691 and 12705 NW 42 Avenue in Opa Locka, Florida expires on June 30, 2022. “We are...

A British-Iranian charity worker who was detained in Tehran for almost six years says she was forced by Iranian officials to sign a false confession to spying before she was freed two months ago. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said British government officials were present at Tehran airport when...

Police are searching for a driver who they said struck and killed a pedestrian and fled the scene Monday morning in northeast Miami-Dade County. According to Miami-Dade police, the crash happened at around 5:21 a.m. at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 114th Street. Police...

The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia's war in Ukraine, saying he’s seen encouraging signs from some of the world's richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Agency Executive...

If your teenager is looking for a summer job, have them pay a visit to J.P Taravella High School for a job fair on Tuesday. The job fair is open to all Coral Springs high school aged students. The event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24. To RSVP for the event...