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Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by 2019.

Marriott hotels to stop using plastic straws by 2019

August 23, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Add Marriott International to the growing list of companies vowing to ditch plastic straws and drink stirrers. The Bethseda, Maryland-based hotel chain announced Wednesday that it plans to remove about...

Boater gets video of huge whale shark in Palm Beach ‘feeding on the surface like a giant vacuum cleaner’

August 13, 2018 at 10:45 p.m.

Boaters never know what whale-size encounters they might find off South Florida shores. On Sunday morning, Lisa Bacon Interlandi was boating off Palm Beach when she spotted a whale shark...

The Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys is the longest bridge in the state. It measures 35,716 feet and runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait.

An ode to ‘the biggest’ things in South Florida life

May 12, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

South Floridians like BIG things and we cannot lie. Just look around (or up) at the behemoth buildings, gargantuan cruise ships and the larger-than-life sculptures (the colossal Pegasus statue outside...

Shark drags woman underwater after she fed it | Video

August 23, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

A shark pulled a woman into the water after she hand-fed it off the coast of Australia. The incident, which was captured on a smartphone video that has been going...

Vacationers walked along the beach in Naples which ranked as the second best beach town to live in, according to WalletHub. File photo

Is your city among South Florida’s top beach towns?

August 23, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

We all know that South Florida has some great beach towns to call home. Now, personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the best ones nationally and South Florida naturally made...

The jetties along Government Cut behind South Pointe Park provide great views and selfie opportunities with the passing cruise ships.

The best places to take selfies in South Florida

August 23, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

With our rolling waves, white sea walls and lush palm trees, South Florida was made for selfies. National Selfie Day is June 21, and in that spirit, we gathered several...

Miami airport now has vending machines that sell WiFi

August 23, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Vending machines sell drinks, chips and phones. Why not WiFi? Miami International Airport now has vending machines that sell palm-sized portable hot spots. The boxy vending machines, which also include...

"Vacation Creation" hosts Andrea Feczko, left, and Tommy Davidson, right, take a selfie with the Geoghegan family on a Mediterranean cruise to Greece.

A new wave of cruise TV

May 12, 2019 at 12:47 p.m.

When "The Love Boat" set sail on ABC in 1977, it invited viewers to board each week for "something exciting and new" with the fictional crew of a Princess Cruises...

Jencarlos Canela was born in Miami to Cuban parents and is a graduate of the New World School of the Arts in downtown Miami.

Miami actor to star in Tyler Perry’s live ‘The Passion’

January 16, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

Holy Jencarlos Canela! The Miami native, who has played hunky heartthrobs on Spanish-language telenovelas, is preparing for what might be his biggest role yet — that of Jesus Christ. Canela,...

‘Star Wars’ devotees feel The Force in lightsaber class

January 16, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

They've seen all the "Star Wars" movies, studied the mythology, bought the cool merchandise. What's next? Now they want to move like Jedis. Lightsabers in hand, fans are meeting every...

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