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Cops: Trio Made Quite a Scene Over Airline Baggage Fee

Women facing charges after allegedly running onto plane, refusing to get off

(Newser) - Three women refused to pay a baggage fee before running onto a plane and refusing to get off, prompting an evacuation and a dustup with police at Miami International Airport on Sunday, authorities say. Frontier staff allegedly flagged that the trio—identified as Nafisa Dockery, 30, and sisters Dionjana, 21,...

Trump's Planned Library to Dominate Miami Skyline

Design rendering for presidential skyscraper along waterfront has just been released

(Newser) - Donald Trump is picturing his presidential library less as a building and more as a skyline takeover. On Monday, he shared a video on Truth Social depicting a soaring glass tower in downtown Miami, topped with a needlelike spire and emblazoned with "TRUMP" at the top, per NBC News...

Florida on Board to Rename Palm Beach Airport for Trump

DeSantis signs bill, but FAA must still sign off

(Newser) - A Florida airport is on track for a high-profile name swap, USA Today reports. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill to rechristen Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Trump, who lives at his nearby Mar-a-Lago resort. The longtime New Yorker, who previously lived in the Trump...

CEO Killed, Teen Son Hurt in Boating Hit-and-Run

Authorities are seeking a dark-blue 20- to 30-foot vessel after crash in Miami's Biscayne Bay

(Newser) - An evening outing on Biscayne Bay turned deadly for a Miami-area CEO and his teenage son, and authorities say the boat that hit them kept going. Davide Veglia, 55, founder of ABTS Convention Services, was killed on Wednesday when a larger vessel slammed into the 7-foot dinghy he was riding...

Flight Attendant Goes Missing on Layover

Authorities suspect he was drugged after leaving Colombia nightclub

(Newser) - An American Airlines flight attendant has vanished during a layover in Colombia, and investigators suspect he may have been drugged, ABC News reports. Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina arrived in Medellín on March 21 on a flight from Miami and was last seen early Sunday after leaving a club...

Rubio Testifies Against Ally Accused as Secret Agent

Secretary of state details 2017 Venezuela talks in Miami trial of former Congressman David Rivera

(Newser) - Two Florida politicians who once shared a house in Tallahassee just shared something else: a federal courtroom. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent hours on Tuesday testifying against his ex-roommate and longtime friend David Rivera, a former congressman now on trial in Miami on charges that he secretly worked for...

'Miracle Fruit' Helps Chemo Patients Taste Again

Berry known as Synsepalum dulcificum has taste-altering properties

(Newser) - Cancer patients are turning to an unusual ally to make meals bearable again: a red berry nicknamed "miracle fruit." The berry, formally known as Synsepalum dulcificum, temporarily rewires taste buds so that sour and bitter foods come across as sweet for about half an hour, easing the "...

Developer Ordered to Rebuild Gutted Condo—for $65M
Developer Ordered to Rebuild
Gutted Condo—for $65M
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Mar 7, 2026 2:35 PM CST

Developer Ordered to Rebuild Gutted Condo—for $65M

Court order forces Two Roads' costly restoration of Biscayne 21 in Miami

(Newser) - A real estate developer that tried to change the rules to suit itself has been ordered to rebuild a condo tower it spent nearly a year ripping apart. The Wall Street Journal 's Deborah Acosta reports that a Florida court has ordered developer Two Roads to restore Biscayne 21—...

Florida School Is Probing 'Repugnant' GOP Group Chat

FIU decries racist, antisemitic, misogynistic remarks in chat started by official from local GOP

(Newser) - A South Florida university has launched an investigation into a group chat started by an official with the Miami-Dade chapter of the Republican Party that included violently racist slurs, antisemitic comments, and misogynistic language, reports the AP . The chat, which was denounced by the state GOP, involved students and several...

Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of JetBlue Plane

Passenger was detained, and no explosives were found

(Newser) - Passengers on a JetBlue flight in South Florida had to evacuate Sunday morning after a man allegedly claimed there was a bomb on board, reports USA Today . The incident unfolded on a plane preparing to depart Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, about 40 miles north of Miami, per WSVN .

NFL Rookie's Eventful Weekend: Police Chase, Crash, Arrest

James Pearce Jr. allegedly involved in domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson

(Newser) - Atlanta Falcons rookie James Pearce Jr. is facing multiple felony charges in Florida after what police describe as a domestic incident involving WNBA star Rickea Jackson. Authorities in Doral, a city near Miami, say officers tried to stop Pearce on Saturday, triggering a police chase that ended when he crashed...

For Trump-Supporting Cubans in Florida, Growing 'Unease'

Government policies end special protections, expand detentions and family separations

(Newser) - Cubans in Florida who long believed they were largely shielded from US deportation policies are discovering that their safety net is essentially gone. The New York Times traces how the Trump administration has sharply escalated removals to Cuba, deporting more than 1,600 people in 2025 alone—about twice that...

Tate Brothers Visit Miami-Area Club, Dance to Ye's Hitler Song

Mayor, ADL denounce antisemitic display, song at Vendome amid visit by siblings, Nick Fuentes

(Newser) - Miami Beach's Vendome nightclub is under fire after video showed a DJ blasting an antisemitic track by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West while a group of high-profile right-wing influencers appeared to cheer it on. Clips circulating online show Ye's song "Heil Hitler" playing inside the...

Google's Founders Appear to Be Cutting California Ties

As a big tax looms, their business interests are uprooting, and Page bought 2 Miami mansions

(Newser) - Larry Page appears to be voting with his real-estate portfolio. The Google co-founder and longtime California resident has quietly bought a pair of estates in Miami for a combined $173.4 million, reports the Wall Street Journal . The move comes ahead of a proposed one-time tax on billionaires in California...

Probation for Man Involved in Boating Death of 15-Year-Old

Ella Adler was killed in a wakeboarding outing near Miami

(Newser) - An elderly South Florida boater will not serve prison time in connection with the 2024 death of a teenage wakeboarder in Biscayne Bay. Carlos "Bill" Alonso, 79, reached a plea deal with prosecutors that calls for six months of probation and a mandatory boater safety course, NBC 6 reports....

Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor This Century

Eileen Higgins defeats Trump-backed Republican

(Newser) - Miami has elected its first Democratic mayor in almost 30 years. Eileen Higgins defeated Emilio González, a Republican endorsed by President Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, in Tuesday's runoff election, the Miami Herald reports. The post is technically nonpartisan but party politics played a huge role in the...

The Cities That Are the 'Darkest Corners of America'

WalletHub is out with its list of the most sinful US cities, with Vegas (aka Sin City) coming in at No. 1

(Newser) - Looking to indulge your vices? WalletHub has tracked down the most "sinful" cities in the US, examining 181 of the nation's largest metropolises to find out where "the darkest corners of America" are. The site looked at these urban areas across 37 metrics in seven key categories—...

Family Expects Charges for Teen in Cruise Ship Death

They're not sure whether he will face federal or state charges in Anna Kepner homicide

(Newser) - A 16-year-old boy may soon face either state or federal charges in connection with the death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner, who was found dead on a Carnival cruise ship last month. The FBI's Miami office is leading the investigation but has not publicly named any suspects or filed charges....

Cities Young Adults Want to Flee
Cities Young Adults
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Nov 22, 2025 5:30 AM CST

Cities Young Adults Want to Flee

Nearly 62% of childless Baltimore residents ages 18 to 34 hope to get out, per Gensler survey

(Newser) - Where do all the young people want to live? Not Baltimore, per a new Gensler survey gauging which cities are seeing the most potential defections of childless young adults (those between the ages of 18 and 34, for the purposes of this poll). More than 2,200 respondents across 27...

FBI Investigating High School Student's Death on Cruise

It's not yet clear what happened to Carnival Horizon passenger Anna Kepner, 18

(Newser) - The FBI is investigating the death of a young woman aboard the Carnival Horizon in a case that suggests a crime occurred in international waters, reports Fox News . The Carnival Cruise Line confirmed Monday that a passenger died during Carnival Horizon's most recent voyage before the ship returned to...

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