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• Heavy police presence expected as Miami prepares for its 23rd annual Ultra Music Festival Final preparations were underway at Bayfront Park as Miami’s 23rd annual Ultra Music Festival kicks off Friday night. The annual electronic music fest is expected to attract more than 165,000 partiers. Miami will have one of its busiest weeks of the year as the city prepares to host Ultra, the Miami Open and the ongoing surge in spring breakers taking over South Beach. Sky 10 flew above the crowd earlier in the day, capturing images of festival-goers pouring in, on Day 1 of this three-day event. With large crowds comes a heavy police presence. “We’ll have plenty of officers on…
• Miami firefighters work to extinguish blaze at abandoned building City of Miami firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that erupted at around 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon at an abandoned three-story building. The building is located in the area of Southwest Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood. According to police, no injuries were reported. Because the building was abandoned, firefighters chose to use what they call a “defensive attack” — continuing to douse the building with water, but not going inside. “We determined that it was unsafe for the firefighters to be inside and we established that there was no life safety hazards because it…
• Permitless gun carry bill passes Florida House Lawmakers in the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would allow gun owners to carry a concealed firearm without a state permit. After the House’s 76–32 vote, HB-543 will next go to a final floor vote in the Senate before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs off on it. Although Florida does not require a permit to purchase a firearm, gun carriers still need to apply for a license to carry a concealed firearm, a process that currently involves specific background checks and training. Though gun purchase laws remain in place, the elimination of concealed carry permits means…
• San Diego State beats Creighton, makes first NCAA Final Four By GARY B. GRAVES, AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Darrion Trammell converted a go-ahead free throw after he was fouled on a floater with 1.2 seconds left, and San Diego State muscled its way into its first Final Four, grinding out a 57-56 victory over Creighton on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament’s South Region final. Lamont Butler scored 18 points and Trammell had 12 for the fifth-seeded Aztecs (31-6), who slowed down the high-scoring, sixth-seeded Bluejays (24-13) and became the first Mountain West Conference team to reach the national semifinals. The experienced Aztecs, in their sixth season under coach…
• Protests continue in France; British king's visit postponed Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday, as the unrest across the country led officials to postpone a planned state visit by Britain's King Charles III. Although no major protests were planned on Friday, train traffic was slowed, rows of trucks blocked access to Marseille's commercial port and debris still littered the Paris streets following the previous day's mass demonstrations. Over 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond on Thursday as some 300 demonstrations drew more than a million people nationwide to protest against unpopular pension reforms. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin…