MIAMI – Stela Niznik was on her way to work at her Chicken and the Egg restaurant Monday morning. She had just left a yoga class. “Usually you set an intention and I told myself my intention was to do something good for someone today,” she said. Her intentions would be put to good use, driving […]
The Miami Marathon has always emphasized inclusion as part of its mission. It’s one of the most multicultural races in the world — with runners flocking from all over Latin America, in particular, to run in Miami — and competitors with disabilities dotting the field. It was a logical step, then, to add a new
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Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines are proposing to combine in a $2.9 billion deal that would create a larger discount airline to compete against the nation’s dominant carriers and, they say, promote lower fares. Both are ultra-low-cost carriers that tempt travelers with rock-bottom prices for no-frills service but often generate more than their share of
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SARASOTA, Fla. – An Air Force veteran is flying high after claiming a $1 million top prize playing Florida Lottery’s “Fastest Road to $1,000,000″ scratch-off game. Ricky Lansford, 68, of Sarasota, decided to take his winnings in the form of a lump sum worth $790,000. “We couldn’t believe it,” Lansford told state lottery officials. “My wife
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The 1988 CART champion, who scored his only F1 points in the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix, plans to visit the track imminently, which completed its latest milestone of a ‘topping-out party’ for its Pit and Paddock building last week. Sullivan spoke to Motorsport.com at a reception in Miami’s Design District that featured the North American
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Miami’s Erik Spoelstra will coach Team Durant in the NBA All-Star Game after the Heat clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference through Sunday, which was the cutoff. This will be Spoelstra’s second stint as a head coach in the All-Star Game, having also coached the Eastern Conference in 2013. The Heat are 34-20 (.630) so
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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. – Police in Miami Beach said they were forced to deploy a Taser during a traffic stop involving a stolen Tesla and a man who wouldn’t go down without a fight. Miami Beach Police units responded to the scene in the area of 23rd Street and Collins Avenue, at around 2 p.m.,
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The Miami Dolphins hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel as their head coach Sunday, making him the first minority candidate to get hired so far this offseason. McDaniel, who is biracial, replaces Brian Flores, who was fired despite posting winning records in the final two of his three seasons in Miami. Flores sued the NFL,
Miami International Airport says it had a record-breaking year for cargo volume in 2021. During the year, cargo volume increased 17 percent to 2.7 million tons in 2021, the most ever handled by the airport. The growth helped MIA rank as the busiest airport in the U.S. for international freight last year, and the ninth