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  • Haitian Leaders In Miami Applaud TPS Extension, Seek Permanent Solution
    Tens of thousands of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have been granted more time to stay in the Sunshine State , at least for now. TPS was extended this week for four groups in the U.S. – Salvadorans, Hondurans, Sudanese and Haitians. That will allow TPS holders from those countries to remain in the U.S. until Jan. 2, 2020. In 2017, the Trump administration announced it was ending TPS for those four countries. Some 32,000 Haitian TPS holders live in Florida, many of whom are based
    15 min
  • TPS Extended For Four Countries, Miami Youth Climate Summit, Palm Beach Poet & 'The Mamboniks'
    An estimated 2,000 Haitians in Florida under Temporary Protection Status (TPS) were granted more time to stay in the Sunshine State , at least for now. TPS was extended this week for four groups in the U.S. – Salvadorans, Hondurans, Sudanese and Haitians – allowing TPS holders from those countries to remain in the U.S. until Jan. 2, 2020. The Trump administration announced in 2017 that it was ending TPS for those four countries in 2018. Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Family Action
    50 min
  • Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony, The Miami Forever Bond & Substance Abuse & Rehabilitation Book
    Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony has been in office for a little more than a month. Formerly a Coral Springs police sergeant, Tony was chosen to replace Scott Israel, who was suspended by Governor Ron DeSantis for his response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting. Sheriff Tony joined Sundial to talk about his priorities coming into the position—especially those pertaining to school safety— and his plans to run for the office in 2020. In 2017, City of Miami voters passed the
    50 min
  • Former Ferguson Police Chief Delrish Moss Returns to Miami
    FIU Captain and Public Information Officer Delrish Moss is back in Miami after spending two years as the police chief in Ferguson, Missouri. Moss spent decades as both a spokesperson and eventually a captain in Miami’s police department. He led the police department in Ferguson as the city continued to face protests over the killing of the unarmed black man Michael Brown by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. During his time as police chief, Moss greatly expanded the number of women on the
    15 min
  • New 'Magic City Hustle' Documentary Brings Jai Alai Back To Life
    A new documetary centers around the largely forgotten sport of Jai Alai, whose history is tied to the Miami of the 1980s. At that time thousands would fill arenas to watch players use cestas to launch balls at over 100 miles per hour, making Jai Alai known as one of the fastest sports around. Today, arenas in Miami struggle to sell tickets and the game is viewed as "a dying sport." The documentary “Magic City Hustle” evolved out of an idea to bring together former University of Miami athletes,
    12 min
  • New World Symphony Celebrates Iconic Composer Behind Music For Harry Potter, Jaws And Star Wars
    Legendary film score composer John Williams' music will be celebrated at the New World Symphony’s SoundScape Park on Saturday, and he will conduct the performance himself. The New World Symphony is paying tribute to Williams’ more than five-decade career in the industry as part of their 31st Anniversary Gala, "A Celebration of John Williams." Williams has served as music director for more than 100 films and is most known for his film scores for Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T., Star Wars , Harry Potter
    13 min
  • Broward County School Board Meeting, MDC Tesla Program, Magic City Hustle & John Williams
    Since the Parkland shooting more than one year ago, many in the community have demanded that Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie step down after what they say were failings in his handling of the tragedy. On Tuesday, Pinellas County Sheriff and chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission Bob Gualtieri made an appearance at the Broward County School Board meeting. Also this week, community members showed up to a town hall, where some called for
    53 min
  • Miami-Dade Transit Director Discusses Proposals For Safer Streets
    A 2017 Florida Department of Safety and Motor Vehicles report found there were 66,000 vehicle crashes in Miami-Dade County that year, of which 32,000 were injuries and 285 were fatalities. That makes Miami-Dade County among the most dangerous regions in the state when it comes to accidents. That year, South Florida also ranked the 11th most dangerous region for pedestrians in the country. Now, leaders and lawmakers are gathering to discuss ways to make roads safer in the region. The Safe Streets
    24 min
  • How To Make South Florida Streets Safer, Former Police Chief Of Ferguson Missouri & Book Panel
    If you commute to work in South Florida you know how bad traffic can be. The Safe Streets Summit, a collaborative effort between the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency, is looking at the ways in which the region can make roads safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Alice Bravo, the Director of Miami-Dade County’s Transportation and Public Works Department and key speaker at the
    50 min

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As a result of a daytime programming change, WLRN canceled Sundial, the locally-produced arts and culture show, effective Friday Feb. 2, 2024.