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(The Center Square) — Florida will be accelerating its road projects, which are poised to finish 10 to 20 years ahead of schedule. Gov. Ron DeSantis approved House Bill 1301, which will include a 14.7-mile road widening project on Interstate 4, that will run from Polk County to Osceola Parkway in Osceola County and will […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
“MDEAT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS” JUNE 4: The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) hosts a monthly talk show on WMBM (AM 1490), covering juvenile justice topics related to its program, Miami-Dade County Teen Court, every first Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. Three alumni share in their own words what they learned and the difference it made in their lives: Attorney Leonard Thompson, Jr., assistant state attorney, Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office; Stephen Kelly, a Miami Dade College dual enrollment student, Miami-Dade Youth commissioner and chair of the Advocacy and Legislation Committee; Ceniryia Benitez, a psychology major at MiamiDade College – Wolfson Campus and MDEAT office support specialist/student intern.
For other information call 305.375.5661, email MDEATInfo@miamidade.gov, or visit FOOD DISTRIBUTION JUNE 5 GREYNOLDS PARK: MiamiDade County Commissioner Sally A. Heyman and Feeding South Florida will host, starting 9 a.m. at 18501 NE 22nd Ave., North Miami Beach, on a first-come, first-served basis, to feed families during the coronavirus pandemic.
Broward County Public Schools will be broadcast live on Beacon TV June 15 through June 28; the schedule is at Beach County streaming graduation ceremonies began May 26.
VIRGINIA KEY BEACH 75TH ANNIVERSARY WELCOMES FAMILY STORIES: The City of Miami’s Virginia Key Beach Park Trust is reaching out to families, descendants and friends of those who participated, to help tell the heroic stories of the courageous action by African American citizens of Miami that changed the course of South Florida history.
Call 305-960-4603 and/or visit TAKE CONTROL: Opa-locka Commissioner Joseph L. Kelley and the City Commission will host for free COVID-19 testing Sunday, June 7 at 1 p.m. at Sherbondy Park, 380 Bahman Ave. All pastors and clergy are asked to encourage their congregation to come together to fight against COVID-19.
A former Florida police officer has been charged with battery and misconduct after a video surfaced showing him putting his knee on a Black woman’s neck.
The former police officer, who also lied on the police report he filed, is 30-year-old Jordy Yanes Martel and he turned himself into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Miami office late last week.
In the video clip, it shows Martel stunned the Black woman twice with a Taser, while another officer held Satchell’s arm as she struggled to free herself.
“By filing these criminal charges today against former Miami Gardens officer Jordy Yanes Martel, we are saying that these actions are just plain wrong.”
“I’m here to affirm the chief’s decision to terminate him, because the operative word is ‘former’ Miami Gardens police officer,” Mayor Oliver Gilbert said at a Thursday press conference reported NBC 6 South Florida.
Dalton, GA– Fair Count is launching its first completely virtual bus tour in Dalton, GA, today in an effort to increase participation in the 2020 Census.
Kicking the tour off in Whitfield County, Fair Count will partner with the Latin American Association in Dalton, GA and host a panel discussion on the importance of the 2020 Census for LatinX communities.
Panelists will include:
Ed Reed, Fair Count Program Director
Eva Rodriguez, Manager, Latin American Association: Dalton Outreach Center
Tom Pinson, Director, Mack Gaston Community Center
Manuel “Mannie” Meza, local business owner and community leader
The panel is open to the public on Facebook Live and the option to RSVP is available at digital and distance organizing and mobilization tools such as online events, text messages, phone banks, tele-town halls, robocalls as well as embarking on a full-court press tour, Fair Count will use every avenue to authentically reach Georgians in more than 75 counties over the course of six weeks to achieve a fair and accurate count.
“Georgia’s census participation rate is lower than the national average,” said Fair Count CEO Rebecca DeHart.
For more information on the I Count Bus Tour: Remix, visit Fair Count
Founded by Stacey Abrams in 2019, Fair Count is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to partnering with hard-to-count communities to achieve a fair and accurate count of all people in Georgia and the nation in the 2020 Census and to strengthening the pathways to greater civic participation.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced a change to its counting deadline that would give the agency less time to report accurate census numbers.
By TAMARA LUSH, NATHAN ELLGREN and TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. South and West raised fears Monday that the outbreak is spiraling out of control and that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their distance from others.
The number of new coronavirus cases across the country per day has reached more than 26,000, up from about 21,000 two weeks ago, according to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Although he asked health officials to renew calls for people to wear masks and keep their distance, Gov. Ron DeSantis has not signaled he will retreat from reopening the state after three months of shutdowns that have damaged the economy.
Dr. Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief, said the outbreak is “definitely accelerating” in the U.S. and a number of other countries, dismissing the notion that the record-breaking daily levels of new cases simply reflect more testing.
And nearly 1 in 3 people tested overall have turned up positive, according to the WHO’s Ryan, who said the startlingly high number suggests cases are going either unreported or undetected because of a low rate of testing.
De Lille says transparency is the best deterrent to root out corruption.
South Florida and the Caribbean diaspora are gearing up for the upcoming opening of the Island SPACE Caribbean Museum later this year.
The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide mask mandate July 2 as Texas scrambles to get its coronavirus surge under control. The order requires Texans living in counties with more than [...]
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Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said last week his agency is redeveloping plans about evacuations and shelters, while also adding facemasks to the state’s stockpile of storm supplies.
The need to revise storm plans amid the pandemic comes as forecast models lean toward an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean.
Last year, the six-month hurricane season produced 18 named storms, of which six became hurricanes, three reaching major storm status.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have gone with 18 to 22 named storms, of which eight to 11 are expected to grow to hurricane status, with three to five reaching major hurricane strength.
Last week, AccuWeather meteorologists upped their initial forecast of a “normal” season of 14 to 18 storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, to a more-robust prediction of 14 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 would reach hurricane strength.
News Service of Florida Pointing to a move by the federal government to halt evictions, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday let expire an executive order aimed at limiting evictions and foreclosures. DeSantis on Aug. 31 approved a one-month extension of an order to prevent foreclosures and evictions involving residents “adversely” affected by COVID-19. That order […]
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The US State Department included the Cuban company Fincimex on its list of restricted entities on Wednesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the inclusion of seven Cuban companies and hotels in the list of restricted entities linked to the Cuban military.
It is not immediately clear how the Western Union agreement with Fincimex to send money to Cuba would be affected, since the Treasury Department will not publish the new regulations until June 12.
Other companies in Miami and other US cities that send remittances to Cuba could also be affected because they operate on the island through Fincimex, Morales said.
John Kavulich, president of the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council surmises that “The Trump Administration expects that Western Union Company and Mastercard International will request Cuba either identify or create another entity or entities not affiliated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba which would process the financial transactions.”
