President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered few details. Trump initially seemed to confirm a strike in what appeared to be an impromptu radio interview Friday, and when questioned Monday by reporters about “an explosion in Venezuela,” he said the U.S.

 President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that the U.S. could carry out further military strikes if the country attempts to reconstitute its nuclear program as he held wide-ranging talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his home in Florida. Trump had previously insisted that Tehran's nuclear capabilities were “completely and fully obliterated” by U.S. strikes on key nuclear enrichment sites in June.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick reiterated her innocence Monday outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds. Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that she could finalize her legal team. Prosecutors didn't object, and Judge Lisette Reid agreed to the new date.

ORLANDO — A dozen of the iconic swans that live in the heart of downtown Orlando, Florida, have died in recent days of an unknown cause, leading officials to suspect that bird flu is to blame. The deaths of the swans at Lake Eola don't appear to be suspicious, Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan said Monday on social media. About five dozen swans lived at the park before the recent deaths.

Richard Burgher, a Key Biscayne FreeBee driver, had just settled in for a quiet Friday evening when disaster struck at his home in the Sans Souci section of North Miami. Burgher has cruised the streets of Key Biscayne for nearly five years, taking riders to and fro. Now, those riders and friends are helping with expenses after a devastating fire Dec.

Ever want to get up close and personal with a film director about what goes into a movie? The Key Biscayne film festival will give film buffs a very special opportunity to know more. The third installment of the festival, starting Jan. 29, will offer more live conversations with industry heavyweights. “Hosting an unprecedented number of visiting directors for live conversations, we’re providing our audience with the best festival experience yet,” said Isabel Custer, a  Miami filmmaker and the festival’s co-founder. 

As part of an effort to crack down on business relationships with Cuba and strike at the heart of the communist government, the Tax Collector’s Office of Miami-Dade has revoked key licenses of more than two dozen companies that allegedly do business in Cuba, according to enforcement letters seen by WLRN. The letters — sent in October and November and obtained through a public records request — show that various travel, shipping and remittance companies have been shut down.

KYIV, Ukraine— The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia from further attempts to seize its neighbor's land by force. U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago club on Sunday and insisted that Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace settlement.

The Dolphins have been out of the playoff race for two weeks, but Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans felt Miami looked more like a team playing for a postseason berth than the Buccaneers did on Sunday. Rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns, including a 63-yard toss for his first career score, and the Dolphins beat the slumping Buccaneers 20-17.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. In a Christmas evening post on his social media site, Trump did not provide details or mention the extent of the damage caused by the strikes.

A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52 and 59, with the Powerball number being 19. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than previous expected, making it the second-largest in U.S. history and the largest Powerball prize of 2025, according to www.powerball.com.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ) — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation's fragile electoral system. The election is continuing Latin America's swing to the right, coming just a week after Chile chose the far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza. At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

Scottie Barnes scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat the reeling Miami Heat 112-91 on Tuesday night in the final pre-Christmas game for both teams. Immanuel Quickley scored 18 for the Raptors — who got their 18th win in their 31st game of the season. They needed 57 games last season to get to the 18-win mark and are over .500 at Christmas for the first time since the 2019-20 season.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday approved a measure that criminalizes a broad range of activities that can hinder navigation and commerce in the South American country, such as the seizure of oil tankers. The bill — introduced, debated and approved within two days in the National Assembly — follows this month's seizures by U.S. forces of two tankers carrying Venezuelan oil in international waters.

Running back Mark Fletcher Jr. is coming back to Miami next season, saying Tuesday that he plans to postpone his NFL plans for one more year. Fletcher made the news official just a few days after the best game of his college career — a 172-yard rushing effort that helped No. 10 Miami top No. 7 Texas A&M 10-3 in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.

NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier ’s lawyers are asking a judge to throw out sports gambling charges that have kept him off the court this season, arguing that the government overreached by turning a private dispute over bettors’ use of non-public information into a federal case. In a motion to dismiss made public on Tuesday, Rozier’s lawyers argued that the government’s theory of the case — that he prevented sportsbooks from making informed decisions about accepting certain bets — runs afoul of a recent U.S.

Miami-Dade County says it will turn over operation of the Crandon Tennis Center to USTA Florida to restore operational hours and court availability. The USTA is a section of the United States Tennis Association, the governing body for tennis in the state.  In a statement, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says the switch from the Parks Department will allow better access for players and preserve an “iconic public space.” Under a one-year interim agreement, the nonprofit USTA will transition programs starting Jan.

Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual. The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. "The border has been secured. The initial work of identifying and removing dangerous criminals has been accomplished to a great degree," Wenski wrote.

A federal judge on Monday brushed aside as premature an effort to end a lawsuit challenging the Village of Key Biscayne’s news media ‘gag policy.’ The policy could have led to discipline for any Village employee who spoke to the news media without authorization.  The ruling by the U.S. District Court Judge Ed Artau means that discovery in the First Amendment case will proceed, potentially including depositions of Village officials and the staff of the…

With the Key Biscayne Film Festival about a month away, the Council wasted no time at its Tuesday meeting in christening the island’s new theater inside Town Hall chambers. The name – drumroll please – is Paradise Cinema. It beat out Island Reel House and Cinema Paradiso. The Village put a call out in November to name the movie house.

Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —"oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha"— soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet. She's practicing what she calls Laughasté, a hilarious yoga routine she created that is a descendant of "laughter clubs" that emerged in India in the 1990s.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel declined to address his future with the team after Miami was routed 45–21 by the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, the latest in a series of embarrassing losses. Miami has already been eliminated from the playoffs for the second straight season. And for the second consecutive game, the Dolphins unraveled in the third quarter, undone by the costly mistakes that have plagued them all year.