The state of Florida is using $75 million of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s hurricane recovery money to buy flood-damaged homes. Of that money, $10 million is being set aside for the Keys alone. The Florida Keys, which suffered from Hurricane Irma, is an area more at risk of flooding and damage than others, thus making living there expensive. Alex Harris, who covers the environment for the Miami Herald, has been reporting on the story and joined Sundial to talk about how

Miami Herald photographer Carl Juste has been capturing life in Cuba for 30 years, on assignment and on his own time. He, along with a group of award-winning photographers from Miami and Washington, D.C., traveled to Cuba in March 2019 on a five-day journey and took moving images of prominent Havana neighborhoods. The photos are a varied collection of bright, colorful time capsules that juxtapose life on the communist island to here in Miami. The images will be on display at the Iris

In recent weeks, Customs and Border Patrol officials in Broward and Miami-Dade counties have been visiting Greyhound bus terminals and asking riders to show their immigration papers . This practice referred to as “transportation checks,” or the act of asking commuters for proof of their legal status, has ramped up in recent years as part of President Trump’s strict immigration strategy. The Miami Herald’s Monique O. Madan has been reporting on the story and joined Sundial for an update. More

Thousands of Venezuelans seeking political asylum continue to live in South Florida as a bill t hat would grant them Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, stalls in Congress. The U.S. House attempted to fast-track the bill to pass last month, but those efforts ultimately failed before the Senate left for a six-week break. As the country's humanitarian crisis worsens, one North Miami Beach ballet school has given displaced Venezuelan students a chance to keep pursuing a dance career in South

A film now streaming on Netflix explores the massive steroids scandal that rocked Major League Baseball and its deep roots in Miami.

Broward County security experts, lawmakers, journalists and professors are meeting Thursday for "Society Gone Mad: 3rd Annual Societal Violence Conference.” The event will focus on the recent mass shootings in places of worship. Stephanie Viegas, a former FBI special agent who now works as director of security for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, was part of a panel in Broward. She joined Sundial to talk about the panel, the threat of shootings in public spaces and how to prepare. Secretary

Dealing with the loss of a loved someone is a hard thing. Some people try to control everything, others turn to alcohol and drugs and others decide to do taxidermy porn. In Kristen Arnett's debut novel, 'Mostly Dead Things,' the Sundial Book Club's August pick, the main character Jessa-Lynn Maron is a queer taxidermist, who early on in the book finds her father has committed suicide inside the family-owned taxidermy shop. Jessa is quickly tasked with taking over her father's legacy shop and

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, was in Gainesville on Monday for a special conference examining the impact of climate change on farming practices. She, along with agriculture industry leaders, lawmakers and professors, discussed how climate change is impacting agriculture. Wendy Lin-Bartels, professor at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and Jim Strickland, owner of Strickland Ranch and managing partner of Big Red Cattle Company and Blackbeard’s

Songbirds are known for their beautiful bright-colored feathered coats and for their melodious and upbeat songs, which South Floridians can hear on most summertime mornings. But there is another important detail to know about these small creatures: they're often trapped, smuggled and traded throughout the region.

Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sex trafficking underage girls, died in a New York jail cell by apparent suicide on Saturday. His autopsy report has yet to be released. Sarah Blaskey, reporter for the Miami Herald joined Sundial to talk about what will happen with the investigation and if his state will be subject to pay compensation to victims now that Epstein is dead. Late August marks the peak of hurricane season in Florida. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration