by Michael Wilkins | Oct 30, 2025 | Miami News
Florida — Two major court decisions have thrown the state’s gun laws into turmoil, prompting activists and lawmakers to demand clarity from Tallahassee. The rulings struck down key firearm restrictions, challenging measures enacted after the 2018 Parkland school...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 29, 2025 | Miami News
A 68-year-old Miami man has been arrested after allegedly groping an 11-year-old Swedish tourist while she was swimming in a Miami Beach hotel pool on Monday afternoon. According to police, Osvaldo Diaz was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a child and...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 29, 2025 | Miami News
Hurricane Melissa continued its destructive path Wednesday, grinding across Cuba as a powerful Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica with record-breaking winds. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Melissa packed sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph) as...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 28, 2025 | Miami News
A bright orange-headed lizard from East Africa could be influencing mosquito behavior—and potentially increasing human exposure to mosquito-borne diseases in Florida, researchers say. Known as Peter’s rock agama, the reptile has been in South Florida since the 1970s...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 28, 2025 | Miami News
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm—the strongest in the island’s recorded history. With sustained winds of 175 mph, the hurricane tore across the island from St. Elizabeth Parish in the south to St. Ann in the...
