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ELIMINATION!! This season ended on a disappointing note. It’s time to move past Omaha talk, pack our bags, and reflect on what might have been. The end was embarrassing, underscoring inconsistent pitching and uncharacteristic defensive lapses. Significant changes are needed—both in coaching approach
Miami loses to the Gators 22-10 in the Gainesville Regional and will have to win three straight to advance to the Super Regionals. Miami had to play near-perfect baseball tonight if they expected to win against a team that has historically had their number. Tonight, their game was anything but perfe
A four-and-a-half-hour weather delay did not dampen the final outcome as Miami laid down the thunder in the 9th inning with a five-run outburst, taking game one 10-5. A pair of home runs in the third inning by Derek Williams and Vance Sheahan gave Miami an early 4-0 lead. Miami’s hitting went into a
People living in a Miami trailer park are being forced out, and they are being given a cash incentive to move early that some of them have rejected. The deadline has been extended until 5 p.m. on Monday for an estimated 200 residents of the Silver Court mobile home park in Little Havana. They are fa
A fabulous drag brunch kicked off South Florida’s Pride Month over the weekend. The Pride Center at Equality Park hosted its Pride Drag Brunch at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Sunrday. The event featured high-energy performances from drag queens. 7s Alex Miranda served as host
A South Florida service organization spent the day on Sunday helping out the community across Miami-Dade, including members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority who stepped up to help out a 96-year-old veteran.
Supporters cracked open opportunities for Miami-Dade area youth at Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s 15th annual “Claws for Kids” fundraising luncheon on Tuesday, May 5, at Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach. More than 350 of South Florida’s community leaders, philanthropists and influencers attended
A problematic pair were caught on camera stealing a package worth thousands of dollars from the front porch od a swimwear designer’s Fort Lauderdale home, For designer Zoe Lazcano, Friday’s theft couldn’t have come at a worse time: right in the middle of Miami Swim Week. Now she wants the two perpet
A waterfront mansion in Gables Estates asking $28 million was among the largest of last week’s signed contracts report in Miami-Dade County. The pending deal is one of the 28 luxury home contracts signed countywide between May 25 and May 31, according to the weekly report by Douglas Elliman’s Eklund
From left to right: Alumni Christine Archilla on the field at the Hard Rock Stadium; Karla Fortuny standing next to the FIFA World Cup Trophy during the trophy tour stop at FIU; and Daniel Marin at FIFA World Cup’s Miami Headquarters. This year’s FIFA World Cup is the largest in history. Featuring 1
The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security regulation described
Florida lawmakers are set to finalize the details on what Gov. Ron DeSantis calls a major tax relief plan, but critics of the plan said it may actually have the opposite effect. The governor said the plan aims to eventually phase out all the numbers on notices like the proposed property tax forms th
It's going to be a hot and steamy start to the month of June with daily chances for some afternoon storms.A few showers moved across parts of South Florida on Monday morning.The feels-like temperatures in South Florida on Monday, June 1, 2026. CBS News Miami High temperatures will soar into the low
Yungblud, Rosalía, PAMM Pride, and more can't-miss events in Miami this week.
Members of Miami's Haitian community pressed against a stage on a rainy Saturday to cheer on forward Duckens Nazon, defender Martin Experience and other members of the country's national soccer team ahead of a pair of friendly matches next week.For a few hours, nothing else mattered for the soccer-l
A City of Miami firefighter has been arrested for the second time in less than a year. Maximo Vazquez Jr. is facing multiple domestic violence charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and false imprisonment. The 16-year veteran was also arrested back in August following a
Oversight and control of Florida residential communities governed by associations is supposed to transfer from the developer to homeowners as soon as the majority of parcels are sold. But at a Homestead townhouse complex, consisting of 117 two-story chalk white homes with brown accents neatly tucked
Four people were taken to the hospital after a violent chain-reaction crash sent a parked car into a Southwest Miami-Dade home, causing extensive damage. 7News cameras captured the house in question boarded up on Monday morning, hours after chaotic weekend wreck near Southwest 139th Avenue and Monro
Injuries were reported Sunday evening when the force of a crash sent a car slamming into a southwest Miami-Dade home, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.According to the MDSO, the crash was reported in the 13000 block of Monroe Street in Richmond Heights around 7 p.m."I feel bad for them,"
New Times' Best Drag Performer, Jellika Boom, says local spaces often fall short in their efforts to foster a thriving queer scene.
🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was for an equestrian estate at 3351 Grand Prix Farms Drive in Wellington for $17 million. The seller was an LLC tied to Darin S. Goldstein, who had owned the property for decades. The buyer was an LLC managed by David Stewart II, CEO of Lion Forge An
(AP) — Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget “Star Wars” movie, “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which fell sharply in its second weekend, however, but for a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that be
From live jazz at Ball & Chain to a Death Cab for Cutie listening party at Sweat Records and Juneteenth celebrations, plenty of free concerts are happening in Miami this June.
There’s a version of the Nissan Sentra that existed in the cultural imagination for decades — reliable, sensible, a little forgettable. Fine for the commute, invisible everywhere else. The 2026 SR trim is Nissan’s most direct rebuttal to that reputation, and honestly, it’s about time. This is the ni
It's going to be a hot and humid start to the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season in South Florida with record heat possible and thunderstorms likely developing in the afternoon.
May flowers have arrived in Coral Gables, and not the kind you can buy by the stem. Bouquet, a free, national touring interactive art installation by acclaimed Québec scenographer Olivier Landreville, is now open at Shops at Merrick Park, the open-air shopping, dining, and lifestyle destination at t
Miami-Dade County’s Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) recently released the 2026 Biscayne Bay Report Card which offers both encouraging signs of ecological recovery and a stark reminder that the health of Biscayne Bay remains at risk due to the constant flow of pollutants and n
The high stakes Colombian presidential race is headed for a runoff. The election had Colombian American’s living in South Florida casting their ballots over the weekend, with several polling locations in South Florida.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is searching for the person who opened fire inside a Cutler Bay IHOP on Sunday, critically injuring two people.
Nearly a decade ago, Argentinian grocery store mogul German Coto unveiled the multimillion-dollar sales center for his family’s Aston Martin Residences condo tower in downtown Miami showcasing bespoke details like a custom-made carbon fiber desk, leather door handles designed by the British automake
The trial for real estate broker George Pino is set to get underway this week, more than three years after a boat crash that claimed a teenage girl’s life and severely injured another. Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of Pino, who faces charges of second-degree manslaughter and ves
An investigation is underway in Richmond Heights after a car slammed into a home injuring several people on Sunday night.
State lawmakers will start a special legislative session in Tallahassee on Monday to consider Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposal for property tax elimination. CBS News Miami's Joan Murray will be in Tallahassee to cover the special session and will have live reports on CBS News Miami.
Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the trial of real estate developer George Pino, who is accused of killing a teenage girl in a boat crash in Biscayne Bay in 2022.While the judge did deny the request from Pino's attorneys last week to move the trial out of Miami-Dade, the judge did say t
Notable guests, community leaders, and theater supporters recently gathered at the historic Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables for Actors’ Playhouse’s 35th annual “Reach for the Stars” Gala Auction, presented by Lexus of Kendall. The black-tie affair transformed the iconic venue into a dazzling celebra
Award-winning developer El-Ad National Properties, an Elad Group company with South Florida-based offices, has acquired the property located at 3265 Virginia St. in Miami for $45.5 million. The acquisition, closed on May 14, represents El-Ad National Properties’ entrance into Coconut Grove as the fi
Miami Palmetto High School junior Nicolas Perales created a community service project called Misson Hygiene which collects hygiene products to be given to Palmetto students in need. He started the project with his friend Oliver Cannings, and they work closely with the social worker. “We started in D
Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused in a fatal boat crash in Biscayne Bay in 2022. CBS News Miami’s has the latest with the start of the George Pino trial.
Miami Palmetto High School rising senior Lauren Almodovar recently started a community service project called Hearts for Hygiene. She conducts hygiene products drives with the ultimate purpose of donating the products to the Camillus House and Palmetto Middle School. “I donated 400-500 items includi
President Trump's changes included somewhat significant changes, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.