A South Beach man is recovering after being bitten by a shark while staying at a South Beach hotel.
According to Miami Beach Fire Chief Javier Otero, a man was swimming in the water behind the W Hotel, at 22nd Street and Collins Avenue.
He was surrounded by a school of tarpons when he felt something bite his calf.
The man was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital. It is not known whether he is a local or a tourist.
A 21-year-old UM student convicted in a drunk driving crash that left an elderly woman dead may get a stiffer sentence after she allegedly failed a drug test in court.
An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March.
Eva Countess Kendeffy, the top German official in Florida who helped organize Obama’s previous visits to Germany, is nostalgic about Obama’s Berlin visit. She will retire at the end of June.
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