Carnegie Mellon University has received a $3 billion gift to build a new campus in Miami, Florida, and to enhance the university's Pittsburgh campus and overall vision. The gift, provided by Citadel founder Ken Griffin, is said to be the largest gift ever by an individual in the history of higher ed
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MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown is scheduled to be in a Miami courtroom Wednesday to accept a plea deal will let him avoid prison time on a reduced charge in an attempted murder case, according to his attorney. Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh has said Brow...
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Miami-Dade County on Monday sued for more than $750 million damages stemming from the February 2023 fire that destroyed the county’s Resource Recovery Facility in Doral, for which the county has yet to find a replacement site or plant at a cost estimated to exceed $3 billion. The...
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Miami’s first independent inspector general handled 19 matters during the office’s opening months as it continues building staff and systems to oversee city government. Antonio Diaz, who was sworn in last November to lead the Office of the Inspector General, updated the city comm...
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More affordable housing units are planned for a new development in Miami’s growing Allapattah neighborhood, offering workforce housing in a new 12-story building at 1368 NW 29th St. This story is premium content for our subscribers only. Unlock the full story and the entire editi...
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Anticipated to be fully restored within the next few years, the historic Olympia Theater is moving closer to a new chapter as Miami Dade College advances plans to expand educational and cultural opportunities at the landmark downtown Miami venue. In partnership with Sports Leader...
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The Coral Gables City Commission is moving forward with the University of Miami’s long-term development agreement, a sweeping proposal that would reshape the university’s campus footprint and support its future growth. The major 30-year expansion plan would increase student enrol...
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An undisclosed developer is proposing to build a transit-oriented project over the surface parking lot at the southern end of the new South Dade Transitway, an investment that could pay for public facilities that the county was already in the process of planning for the site. Thi...
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Florida International University is the first institution to roll out a new statewide emergency management education initiative, though much of what the initiative calls for is already in place at FIU. Gov. Ron DeSantis first announced the Coalition for Operational Readiness in E...
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AIR TRAVEL DECLINES: A falloff in August air travel has left Miami International Airport passenger traffic for the calendar year 1.14% below last year’s total, with a loss of 431,824 air trips. For the first eight months of the calendar year the airport’s arriving and departing p...
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These film permits were issued last week by the Miami-Dade Office of Film & Entertainment, (305) 375-3288; the Miami Beach Office of Film and Event Production Management, (305) 673-7070; and the City of Miami’s Office of Film & Entertainment, (305) 416-1072. Compound 9 Movie, Mia...
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A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation's busiest death chamber.Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a let...
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Miami voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve a plan allowing developers to renovate and lease nearly 28 acres of city-owned land in and around the Rickenbacker and Miami Marine Stadium marinas on Virginia Key.The proposal has sparked debate over environmental protections, p...
