December 14, 2020 – Bugle Miami

Miami Beach faces new legal challenges over medical marijuana restrictions

A Florida-based medical marijuana company is waging a three-pronged legal battle to obtain a building permit in Miami Beach. Since 2019, Altmed has been fighting the city to open a dispensary, to operate under the name Müv, at 607 Fifth Street near Washington Avenue. Altmed recently petitioned a Miami-Dade Circuit Court appellate panel to overturn […]

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Keyontae Johnson, Florida player who collapsed on court, is in a medically induced coma, grandfather says

Sport / Newsroom

Florida men’s basketball player Keyontae Johnson is in a medically induced coma after collapsing during a game over the weekend, his grandfather, Larry DeJarnett, told USA TODAY Sports on Monday. DeJarnett said in a phone interview that his grandson was transported to Gainesville, Florida on Monday after receiving his initial treatment in Tallahassee, where he collapsed early

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Florida is the Grinch when it comes to Christmas spirit, study shows

Entertainment / Newsroom

Holiday cheer is in the air, but you may not be able to see, feel or smell it here in Florida. That’s because the Sunshine State is apparently a lump of coal, ranking dead last among all the states for Christmas spirit, at least according to one study by GetCenturyLink.com. This is the third year that

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‘Magical’ Moment As COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives In Florida

Local / Newsroom

The first wave of coronavirus vaccinations began in Florida on Monday, with health-care workers in Tampa and Jacksonville among the first to get inoculated. Gov. Ron DeSantis was on hand at Tampa General Hospital as the first shot there was administered to Vanessa Arroyo, a 31-year-old registered nurse. COVID-19 vaccinations also were administered to workers

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Coyote creeps up behind Fort Lauderdale firefighter at station, runs off

Local / Newsroom

A Fort Lauderdale firefighter is speaking out about his close encounter with a coyote that made its way into his fire station and crept up behind him before scampering off, but not before he was able to take a picture of the furry visitor. As a first responder, Fort Lauderdale firefighter Dan Scanlon is used

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2 Tenn. fugitives apprehended in Pompano Beach after hours-long manhunt

Local / Newsroom

Two inmates who escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tenn., set off an intensive search in east Pompano Beach on Sunday. Tennessee Department of Corrections said that one of the fugitives, Robert Lee Brown, had been apprehended in Florida around 8 p.m. and a stolen red pickup truck recovered. Around 9 p.m. Broward

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