Category: Miami Beach

2 Charged in Miami Beach, No Arrests in Other Shootings

MIAMI—Police have charged two suspects with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded two people on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, but suspects remained elusive Wednesday in two other attacks that left more people dead and wounded in Miami over the Memorial Day weekend. According to arrest reports, Wisdom Awute, 21, and Christopher Urena, 29,…


Design Shines in Miami

Miami has become one of the country’s best destinations for design. To be clear, the correct geographic nomenclature for what everyone, including this columnist, calls Miami is actually Greater Miami as Miami Beach and Miami, linked by causeways across Biscayne Bay, are actually separate cities. Lining the streets of Miami Beach—about a century ago, this…


Miami’s South Beach Confronts Disastrous Spring Break

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Florida’s famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image. With more than 1,000 arrests and nearly 100 gun seizures already during this year’s spring break season, officials are thinking it may finally be time to cleanse the neighborhood of its law-breaking, party-all-night vibe. The move comes after years of increasingly stringent measures—banning…