Oct 03 Watch 8:51 Will climate change turn Miami into a 'future Atlantis'? By Miles O'Brien Florida research professors studying climate change have serious warnings for the Magic City. They say that Miami’s buildings have come a long way in becoming more resistant to sustained, heavy winds. However, the city’s infrastructure may not be prepared to… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 10:01 Why Miami is the epicenter of new HIV cases in the U.S. By William Brangham, Jason Kane The tourist mecca of Miami is also a hotbed of HIV transmission. While city and state officials have launched an ambitious plan to tackle the crisis, William Brangham and Jason Kane join Jon Cohen of Science magazine to look at… Continue watching
Mar 23 More lawsuits filed over the Miami bridge collapse By Joshua Barajas Here's a look at what the lawsuits claim and what's next as the investigation into the bridge's failure moves forward. Continue reading
Mar 17 State says voicemail about cracking in bridge wasn't picked up By Jennifer Kay, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press An engineer left a voicemail two days before a catastrophic bridge failure in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span, but the voicemail wasn't picked up until after the collapse. Continue reading
Mar 16 Miami bridge collapse puts spotlight on rapid building technique By Jason Dearen, Associated Press The pedestrian bridge on the edge of the Miami-area campus was a signature achievement of the school's Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, a research group set up with federal funding a few years ago to show how spans could… Continue reading
Mar 16 What we know about the Miami bridge collapse By Joshua Barajas Rescue workers are still trying to free bodies and cars from the rubble, as investigators try to understand how the new bridge failed. Continue reading
Mar 15 6 dead after pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry A pedestrian bridge at Florida International University has collapsed in Miami, trapping an unknown number of people and cars underneath. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 6:16 'Hotel Scarface' recounts glamorous, infamous epicenter of Miami's cocaine days By PBS News Hour Colorful but violent personalities roamed the streets of Miami in the late 1970s and early 1980s when cocaine came to town and drug lords helped make it the murder-capital of America. In “Hotel Scarface,” journalist Roben Farzad recounts the story… Continue watching
Dec 21 What it was really like to be in Miami during the crazy cocaine boom By Elizabeth Flock A new book tells the real-life story behind what inspired the movie "Scarface."… Continue reading
Sep 10 AP Exclusive: Toxic sites in likely path of Irma By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen, Associated Press The Associated Press surveyed six of the 54 Superfund sites in Florida before Irma's arrival, all around Miami in low-lying, flood-prone areas. Continue reading