Miami

With less than 500 days until the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Miami is ramping up preparations to welcome an estimated 600,000 fans to South Florida next summer. The new CEO of the Miami Host Committee spoke to WLRN about her vision for the event.

Experts called the study a “game changer” that raises a host of questions about development on vulnerable barrier islands.

The Miami-Dade commissioner behind a straw poll asking if voters want more rapid transit has a ballpark figure for how much it could cost.

The protest on S. Miami Avenue was part of PETA's nationwide “Free the Animals Friday” initiative, which urges holiday shoppers to choose “cruelty-free vegan options.”

Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight.

City of Miami voters in 2001 showed outsized support for an independent civilian panel to investigate police misconduct. But the City will soon dissolve the Civilian Investigative Panel to comply with a contentious new state law that bans such police watchdog groups.

Mountains, the first feature by filmmaker Monica Sorelle, focuses on a Haitian American family struggling to get ahead in a South Florida neighborhood targeted by developers.

Humidity is why medical experts say that South Florida’s climate can be harder on the health and body than a dry climate like Arizona, where a 90 degree temperature doesn’t feel all that oppressive.

Three years after the collapse of a condo building in Florida, developers say a court decision may stop them from demolishing and replacing older residential buildings.

But whether the state can take action and what that action might be are unclear

Argentina won the Copa America after more than an hour delay after fans ─ many without tickets ─ breached gates. Injuries were reported after a crowd crush and due to the heat.

The city doesn't just react when temperatures soar. It plans months in advance: practicing, talking to vulnerable people, installing air conditioning units and just figuring out what to do when things get nasty.