by Michael Wilkins | Oct 30, 2025 | Miami News
Hurricane Melissa tore across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, a day after battering Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of life-threatening winds, torrential rain, and dangerous...
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...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 27, 2025 | Miami News
Vacationers fled Jamaica over the weekend as Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing torrential rain and strong winds. All flights from Montego Bay to Miami and Fort Lauderdale were canceled after conditions worsened. Some travelers...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 27, 2025 | Miami News
A student at John A. Ferguson Senior High School in southwest Miami-Dade was arrested after being found with a gun on campus, officials confirmed. Parents received a voicemail from the principal saying police had responded to reports of a weapon. Miami-Dade Schools...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 26, 2025 | Miami News
An 8-year-old girl is recovering after a violent dog attack in Hollywood, Florida, that was captured on home security video. The incident occurred Friday afternoon on Funston Street, as the child walked home from school with her mother. Suddenly, a pit bull broke free...
by Michael Wilkins | Oct 26, 2025 | Miami News
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a Category 3 major hurricane, unleashing torrential rain across the northern Caribbean and threatening devastating floods and landslides in Jamaica and southern Haiti. Forecasters warn the storm could intensify further...
