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Pope will retrace his missionary footsteps in Peru and finally visit Argentina in November
ROME — Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns home to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine predecessor Pope Francis never returned. The Vatican on Monday published the detailed itinerary for Leo’s first visit to Latin America as pope....
Longtime Florida politics reporter Brendan Farrington dies at 60
Brendan Farrington, a veteran news reporter who covered Florida politics, hurricanes and quirkiness for The Associated Press for more than 25 years, has died. He was 60. Farrington died Friday at his home in Tallahassee following a brief illness, said Steve Schale, a close friend of the family. Based in the state capital, he was regarded as well-sourced, fair and kind, with a good sense of humor....
Key Biscayne to take final vote on $119 million budget, taxes up 4.6%
In a shift that makes burying the island’s power lines a priority, Key Biscayne’s Village Council is set to vote on a $119 million budget for 2027 next Tuesday. Property taxes would rise about 4.6% on average. It’s another year where the island’s wealth and rising home values are allowing officials to increase tax revenue while boasting of a low tax rate....
Fraud, conspiracy allegations filed against Crossbridge Church in power struggle with Lutherans over Brickell Ave. property
A church-versus-church legal battle over a valuable property in downtown Miami is widening, with new court documents containing blistering allegations of fraud and conspiracy allegedly engineered by Crossbridge Church’s lead pastor, Rev. Carter Brown. The legal fight pits the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S., the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) against Crossbridge, a network of Miami churches that broke away from the Presbyterian Church in America a few years ago....
Village Council punts on controversial zoning changes for a Garden District building
At a Village Council meeting Thursday, residents challenged a redevelopment proposal in the Garden District, arguing it would circumvent existing zoning rules in Key Biscayne and change the character of the neighborhood. After listening to the developers and the public, the Council referred the matter to a committee. The existing property located at 303 Galen Drive is three stories with 51 residential units and approximately 46,209 square feet....
Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway and killed 5
MIAMI — Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier's planes loaded with Amazon packages careened off a Miami runway last week and killed five people. The Boeing 767 came in fast on Sept. 6 and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane cleaning company....
As Florida moves to drop vaccine mandates, pediatricians brace for more distrust
On an average day, a primary care pediatrician cycles through room after room treating anything from an allergic reaction, to a fever, to conducting a routine school physical. It’s a field that requires a dizzying amount of knowledge, spanning from newborns to 18-year-olds. And Miami pediatrician Dr. Leah Utset absolutely loves it. “There's so much I love about medicine,” she said....
A man fights for a new life in Cuba after the US expels him in an immigration crackdown
LAS MINAS, Cuba— Liexer De La Cruz took a deep breath as he entered a federal courtroom in Miami, where life as he knew it would end. It was Jan. 9, and he thought he was attending a routine immigration hearing — not deciding on the rest of his life in just seconds, having to choose between returning to Cuba or risking deportation at any moment....
US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK — Americans commemorated the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on Friday, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. The milestone anniversary brought memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence, vigils and readings of victims' names — and volunteer projects in tribute to a day that about half of U.S....
A pilot of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off Miami runway warned it was coming in too fast
For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast as they approached for landing and after touchdown, according to flight information released Wednesday. A summary of cockpit voice recordings compiled by the National Transportation Safety Board said the fellow pilot never gave “a consistent verbal response” to the warnings....
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