Miami

South Florida TV forecaster John Morales said he was not confident he could predict the paths of storms this year, touching a nerve amid concerns about how federal cuts could affect hurricane season.

The meeting sought by the GOP lawmakers comes only days after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration — at their request — to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.

A wave of prominent Cuban artists — including singer Haydée Milanés, daughter of the late music icon Pablo Milanés — is leaving the island, often in protest of its repressive regime. But their exile isn't without controversy.

“We’re showing people that ocean plastic doesn’t have to end up in landfills or stay in the sea," said Naveen Sydney, CEO of SeaSweepers, in a statement. "It can be cleaned, reused, and turned into something useful again, right here, right now.”

Speaking Sunday with Jackie Nespral, host of NBC6 Impact, González said he would want to see an “across the board” assessment of city expenses. He ticked off a list of departments and programs, from the “commissioner’s office, CRA’s (Community Redevelopment Agencies), the Bayfront Trust — you name it.”

Cuban exile groups in Miami on Saturday demonstrated against the Cuban government’s arrests this week of two prominent dissidents, Félix Navarro and José Daniel Ferrer.

The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. On Thursday, May 8, it will come to Sandrell Rivers Theater with the "Only in Miami" theme.

The legislation, known as the Take It Down Act, aims to crack down on the sharing of material known as “revenge porn,” requiring that social media companies and online platforms remove such images within two days of being notified of them.

The Goombay Festival is returning to Coconut Grove to celebrate South Florida's deep Bahamian roots and heritage. The festival will feature traditional Bahamian parades, musical performances, and Junkanoos, which are traditional Bahamian parades marked by drumming and elaborate costumes.

A Miami shoe recycling and reuse company, Sneaker Impact, aims to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of the massive athletic shoe industry.

Trump shook hands with some supporters as he walked to his cageside seat Saturday night at Miami’s Kaseya Center while others waved his trademark red campaign cap. The Republican president, who stayed for several hours before flying back to his home in Palm Beach, said it was a “great honor” to receive that recognition from the crowd.

Two Miami-based developers groups have acquired the former Silver Sands Beach Resort property in Key Biscayne for $205 million — the highest-priced land sale in the island’s history.