by Michael Wilkins | May 22, 2025 | Miami News
Universal Orlando Resort is leveling up with Epic Universe, its most ambitious theme park yet, opening May 22. Spanning 110 acres, this marks Florida’s first major new park since 1999 and features five themed worlds and a 500-room hotel. Visitors will journey through:...
by Michael Wilkins | May 21, 2025 | Miami News
A judge has denied bond for Marcuss Ealy, 22, who is accused of robbing and fatally shooting 21-year-old Malcolm Avery Johnson Jr. in an execution-style murder captured on surveillance video in North Miami Beach. The May 2023 footage shows two men approaching Johnson...
by Michael Wilkins | May 21, 2025 | Miami News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed eight bills into law on Friday, including a crackdown on unruly sports fans and an update to wine sales regulations. One of the key measures, HB 1447, imposes third-degree felony charges on individuals who unlawfully enter or remain at...
by Michael Wilkins | May 20, 2025 | Miami News
South Florida is under a flood watch until 8 a.m. Tuesday as deep moisture ahead of a Gulf-front system brings heavy rain and storms to the region. Rainfall totals are expected to average between 3 to 6 inches, with isolated areas possibly seeing over 8 inches. A...
by Michael Wilkins | May 20, 2025 | Miami News
Hundreds of residents at Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, Florida, are refusing to leave despite a May 19 eviction deadline. The park, home to over 900 people, was served eviction notices in November after its owner, CREI Holdings, announced plans to...
by Michael Wilkins | May 19, 2025 | Miami News
At the Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Pascal addressed the politically charged themes of Eddington, Ari Aster’s new modern Western set for release in July by A24. The film, starring Pascal, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Austin Butler, unfolds during the COVID-19...
by Michael Wilkins | May 19, 2025 | Miami News
While scuba diving off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Venice, Kristina Scott made an extraordinary discovery — a six-inch fossilized tooth from a megalodon, one of the largest and most fearsome sharks to ever roam the oceans. Megalodons, which went extinct around 3.5...
by Michael Wilkins | May 18, 2025 | Miami News
Diego Marín, a once-untouchable Colombian money launderer with ties to the Cali cartel, ran a global criminal empire worth $100 million a year—allegedly with the help of corrupt U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents. For years, the DEA claimed Marín was a...
by Michael Wilkins | May 18, 2025 | Miami News
A sweeping undercover human trafficking operation in Florida led to 244 arrests, including a former NFL linebacker and a Red Cross executive, authorities announced. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office concluded the nine-day operation, dubbed “Fool Around and Find Out,”...
by Michael Wilkins | May 16, 2025 | Miami News
A devastating shooting Wednesday night in Pembroke Park left a mother and three of her children dead, with the suspected gunman—identified as the father of two of the children—hospitalized in critical condition. Authorities say the incident occurred before 7:30 p.m....
