Zoo Miami Donating $10,000 To Help Ukrainian Zoos
Zoo Miami has announced that they are donating $10,000 to help zoos in Ukraine through the European Association of Zoos and Aquarias.
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Zoo Miami has announced that they are donating $10,000 to help zoos in Ukraine through the European Association of Zoos and Aquarias.
Over 2 million Ukrainians have left their homes looking for safety and medical care since Russian troops began their invasion of the European nation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been shoring support from his counterparts in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, according to recent reports.
Shortwave is old technology, but folks at WRMI will tell you there are plenty of shortwave radios in Russia and Eastern Europe.and most important "shortwave is known as crisis radio and in times of crisis people will look to their shortwave radio and start tuning around," White says. And what will they find? Unfettered news of the invasion, no censorship and they can hear the news in Russian, Ukrainian and even in English being beamed their way from that cow pasture in Okeechobee, Florida.
Over 3 million Ukrainian refugees have left their country with no idea when they will return. It's a humanitarian crisis that has motivated some of Floridians to go overseas to help.
President Biden on Wednesday announced $800 million in new security assistance to Ukraine, hours after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with Congress and the president to approve a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine and to provide more air-defense capabilities.
Cute cats, Orisia and Simba, are about the only thing giving a young Kyiv couple, Oksana and Boris Sabada comfort these days
Viktoriya Kovolova told her young daughter they're "traveling the world" as they escape war torn Ukraine with only clothes and medicine.
The halt of Russian-imported goods has one American-owned liquor company seeing its product banned from shelves.
A Ukrainian artist living in South Florida held a garage sale over the weekend to raise money for the cause.
The situation is rapidly deteriorating in Ukraine, where Russian forces are closing in on the capital Kyiv and bombarding and surrounding the strategically important port city of Mariupol.
A Pompano Beach teacher and her friends have gathered supplies for Ukrainian refugees and will take them to the Polish border.
A Miami couple visiting family, friends, and business interests in Slovakia are now helping Ukrainian women and children who have crossed the border seeking safety.
The tennis court is Diana Khodan's safe haven, and these days it's an escape from what's happening back home in Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine may be on the other side of the world but South Floridians are among those stepping to help those leaving the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has catapulted into hearts and minds with a simple quote, "The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride."
The owners of the Baires Grill have launched a new program to help Ukrainian refugees.
President Biden is set to announce a U.S. ban on Russian oil imports over the country's invasion of Ukraine, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
The US dollar serves as the backbone of the global economy and is considered the safest currency to hold. So in times of uncertainty, investors like to stock up.
Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters gathered in downtown Miami Saturday to demonstrate against the Russian invasion of their country and to ask the US for help.
A cease-fire was planned in the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and in Volnovakha on Saturday morning to allow for humanitarian evacuations. But the life-saving effort stalled amid reports that Russian shelling continued.
Vladyslav Sirenko is a professional boxer from Ukraine stuck in Turkey. He was in the United States and was flying home just before the invasion began.
The Department of Homeland Security will allow Ukrainians who are in the United States to remain in the country under a form of humanitarian relief.
Several events are happening Thursday and through the weekend in South Florida in support of the Ukrainian people.
South Floridians with Ukraine ties are once again rallying to show support for their home country.
Jan Davenport said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. May 5, while she was at home in her pajamas, unaware a robbery was unfolding in her front yard.
Before DeSantis signed the bill at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami, he took time to comment on Cuba, saying Florida needs a "good neighbor" 90 miles from its shores.
The system, which is used nationwide at the university, high school, and elementary school levels for online exams and teacher communication, has been restored, but cybersecurity teams are continuing to investigate the situation.
Some residents report witnessing drivers park near the baywalk, throw trash over the seawall, and then leave without consequence.
The report stated that Brightline "does not currently have the liquid funds necessary to service its debt and meet such other obligations as they become due," according to the document.
Jan Davenport said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. May 5, while she was at home in her pajamas, unaware a robbery was unfolding in her front yard.
Before DeSantis signed the bill at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami, he took time to comment on Cuba, saying Florida needs a "good neighbor" 90 miles from its shores.
The system, which is used nationwide at the university, high school, and elementary school levels for online exams and teacher communication, has been restored, but cybersecurity teams are continuing to investigate the situation.
Some residents report witnessing drivers park near the baywalk, throw trash over the seawall, and then leave without consequence.
The report stated that Brightline "does not currently have the liquid funds necessary to service its debt and meet such other obligations as they become due," according to the document.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Trump administration announced a major expansion of its denaturalization campaign targeting foreign-born American citizens accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
More than 12,000 people gave up their asylum claims or voluntarily departed the U.S. as ICE moved to cut cases short by sending asylum-seekers to third countries, a CBS News analysis found.
Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge to disqualify Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.
The Justice Department argues the patchwork of state laws around guns makes it difficult to take them across state lines for lawful purposes like target shooting, hunting and self-defense.
The tariffs were put in place in February, days after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's previous round of sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.