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Carnival becomes first major cruise company to ban clothing with offensive messages

January 3, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Carnival Cruise Line passengers must now leave their offensive t-shirts on shore, or only wear them in their cruise cabins. The Miami-based cruise company has banned offensive clothing, adding a...

Fans watch two roosters battle during Cockfighting night at Club Gallistico of Isla Verde on March 11, 2006 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cockfighting, or "peleas de gallos," is a legal sport in Puerto Rico, unlike In the United States where some states have made it a felony.

Puerto Rico se enfrenta al final de una tradición histórica y sangrienta: Las peleas de gallos

December 18, 2019 at 12:06 p.m.

Entre el chillido de las aves, las plumas ensangrentadas y el rugido de la multitud, Laura Green estaba realizando una venta de liquidación en la pelea de gallos. Green ha...

Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" on view at Art Basel Miami 2019 at Miami Beach Convention Center.

Someone ate the $120,000 banana duct-taped to the wall of an art gallery

December 8, 2019 at 10:05 a.m.

Someone ate a really expensive snack Saturday afternoon — to the tune of $120,000. For one banana. By now you have probably heard of the now world-famous banana duct-taped to...

Does your kid find bedtime boring? Disney’s hotline has a dreamy message

September 23, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

Is your child struggling to get back into the bedtime routine now that school has started? Mickey Mouse is on the phone. And Disney thinks the magic is all parents...

New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown during warmups prior to action against the Miami Dolpins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on September 15, 2019.

How a Miami videographer wound up in center of Antonio Brown’s league-altering summer

September 20, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

While the world freaked out about a minute and 57 seconds of more Antonio Brown insanity, the mind behind the mad-genius idea of incorporating Jon Gruden's own secretly recorded words...

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater has forward-deployed four MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews in support of search and rescue and humanitarian aid in the Bahamas on September 2, 2019.

Disney defends decision to leave crew on private island in the Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian

September 5, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.

South Florida ports in Miami and Fort Lauderdale reopened Tuesday, allowing cruise ships whose itineraries were disrupted by Hurricane Dorian to return. Meanwhile, Disney Cruise Line defended its decision to...

Taxing legal pot could be good for states, but study says there’s little data to show it

August 20, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

The push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is alive and well. A petition to put legal weed on the ballot in 2020 has triggered a Supreme Court review, a...

Former major drug smuggler Robert Platshorn, also known as "Bobby Tuna," spent 29 years in federal prison for smuggling marijuana. Platshorn was one of the leaders of what the government called the 'Black Tunas.'

Platshorn now has a medical medical marijuana card and legally buys marijuana products at a nearby Trulieve dispensary in West Palm Beach.

These families made a fortune with pot illegally. Now, pot is paying the bills again

July 23, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

DENVER — Smack in the middle of Brandie Lanier's spare bedroom is something that underlines just how much America has changed in the decades since her famous father, a champion...

Couple charged with animal cruelty after illegal slaughterhouse is found in Southwest Dade

June 24, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

Authorities on Thursday raided what they called an illegal slaughterhouse in Southwest Miami-Dade and charged a husband and wife with animal cruelty. Miami-Dade police recovered several animals — pigs, chickens,...

Capri Fish House Restaurant on the Isle of Capri, just north of Marco Island.

The wild side of Marco Island

October 27, 2021 at 4:21 p.m.

As we sail away from the Marco Island marina on a sticky morning in search of dolphins, James Livaccari, biologist on board the Dolphin Explorer, points out a bald eagle...

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