Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.
The new requirements, which were first previewed by President Joe Biden in September, will apply to about 84 million workers at medium and large businesses, although it is not clear how many of those employees are... [...]
MIAMI – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez won reelection Tuesday night with more than 79% of the votes tallied. Max Martinez, his main opponent and a sports podcast producer, had about 11%.
Suarez, 44, will be serving his second four-year term as the city’s 43rd mayor. The son of former Mayor Xavier Suarez tweeted a video of his Election Day celebration.
In both English and Spanish, the Cuban American touted his efforts to turn Miami... [...]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Dan Gelber will get a third and final term as Miami Beach mayor after being re-elected with just over 62 percent of the vote. He celebrated his win Tuesday night at the Betsy Hotel on Ocean Drive.
“We have a lot to do on the next few years,” Gelber said. “We have a lot of wonderful things we want to complete like parks and more art and culture.”
In a change from a similar ballot measure in a 2017... [...]
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred inside the parking garage of a Tri-Rail station in Pompano Beach.
The shooting occurred shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday at the train station at 801 NW 33rd St.
A security guard told Local 10 News reporter Saira Anwer that someone shot at three security guards, but no one was hit.
BSO officials confirmed that the suspect has been taken... [...]
MEDLEY, Fla. – Medley Councilwoman Ana Lilia Stefano has been charged with two felony counts after she defrauded the food bank Feeding South Florida of an estimated $24,000 of food items, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday in a news release.
According to prosecutors and the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust, Stefano allegedly sold the food that was donated to the Santana Moss Foundation by... [...]
