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Crime
2 charged with $230 million cryptocurrency theft used for luxury cars, parties
Malone Lam, 20, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, were charged on Thursday with stealing over $230 million in cryptocurrency, which they used to fun...
Michelle De Pacina
Jiu-jitsu coaches tackle man accused of stealing rare Pokemon cards in Miami
A man accused of stealing $30,000 worth of coveted Pokemon cards from a Miami game store was successfully arrested after being tackled by ji...
Bryan Ke
Food
Acclaimed Tokyo sushi chef to make US debut with $1,000 omakase experience in NYC
Legendary Tokyo sushi chef Hidefumi Namba is coming to New York City next month to host a special omakase dinner experience with a door char...
News
Naomi Osaka says she’s focused on Grand Slam title, not No. 1 spot after Indian Wells loss
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka revealed after her Indian Wells Open defeat that she is focusing more on winning another Grand Slam title t...
Business
$10,000 members-only sushi restaurant set to open in Miami
Miami is set to host a $10,000 members-only sushi restaurant, Ura, featuring renowned Tokyo-based chef Hidefumi Namba. Making a deal: Namba...
79-year-old woman fulfills lifelong dream of visiting all 193 countries
Filipino American globetrotter Luisa Yu has achieved her dream of traveling the world after arriving at her last stop, Serbia, on Nov. 9. Ho...
Kim Ng, first Asian American and woman MLB general manger, leaves Marlins
Kim Ng has reportedly parted ways with Miami Marlins as the team’s general manager after both sides purportedly failed to find common ground...
Education
Vietnamese student who dreamt of Florida move mistakenly enrolls at Miami University in Ohio
“I thought it was Miami Florida… There are no beaches here it’s just cornfield and in the middle of nowhere” ...
Ryan General
Dallas and Boston rated safest large US cities in new poll
Dallas and Boston have been rated by Americans as the safest out of 16 large U.S. cities, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll results:...
Entertainment
Why the Miami Heat’s Erik Spoelstra is this year’s most impressive NBA coach
In his 15 seasons as a head coach in the NBA, Erik Spoelstra has never won a Coach of the Year award. Yet the Miami Heat head coach added an...
Issues & Racism
Woman videoed spewing anti-Asian, anti-lesbian rant at Miami Starbucks
A woman was kicked out of a Starbucks in Miami after going on an anti-Asian and anti-lesbian rant against other customers. The incident, whi...
Carl Samson
3 Colombian nationals arrested for burglarizing South Asian residences in North Texas
Three people have been arrested for allegedly targeting South Asian residents in a series of burglaries in Plano, Texas. Colombian national...
Trans influencer Nikita Dragun released after being held in men’s jail for Miami incident
Nikita Dragun, 26, has been released on her own recognizance after being arrested in Miami on battery and disorderly conduct charges. The ...
Nikita Dragun arrested in Miami for nude pool incident, throwing water bottle at cop
Social media star Nikita Dragun, whose real name is Nikita Nguyen, was arrested on Monday night at The Goodtime Hotel in Miami on felony as...
Miami reporter defends restaurant sanitation investigative segment against accusation it targets Asian businesses
Miami-based news station WPLG defended its restaurant sanitation investigative segment against accusations of racism. One of the news anch...
Jane Nam
Miami Beach doctor arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase 12-year-old as a sex slave
A former resident at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center was arrested and charged for an attempted sex trafficking of a young girl. Ala...
American ‘Neo-Nazi’ Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Wipe Out Hispanics
An Asian man who threatened to kill a Hispanic woman in South Florida last year pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transmission of th...
American Neo-Nazi Arrested After Threatening to Wipe Out All Non-Whites in Race War
A man who allegedly threatened to injure and kill a Hispanic woman in South Florida, as well as all Hispanics in Miami, was arrested in Seat...
American Airlines Kicks Chinese Music Student Off Flight, Says to Buy 1st Class Ticket to Get Home
A DePaul University School of Music student from Shanghai, China was kicked off of an American Airlines flight out of Miami after she checke...
Khier Casino
Miami City Attorney Compares Legalizing Medical Marijuana to ‘Having Sex With a Child’
Miami’s deputy city attorney, Barnaby Min, has been taking some heat after he compared the legalization of medical marijuana in the city to ...
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