Linda Robertson

He billed Hammocks’ homeowners $172,000 for work that was never performed, prosecutors say

In what was perhaps the most compassionate moment in an Olympics full of them, spectators watching Algerian boxer Imane Khelif win the women’s welterweight gold medal by unanimous decision rose out of their seats, many waving Algerian flags, and chanted her name.

When Twanisha Terry took her victory lap, wearing an American flag as a cape, she made a beeline toward the Stade de France stands along the homestretch of the purple track. She flashed the sign of the bull toward the two people most responsible for propelling her from the streets of Liberty City to the finish line at the Paris Olympics.

“We lost, and the wrong people won,” said Kevin Ware, a Chicago transplant who expected to move into his Coconut Avenue house with his family in 2021.

“Now we’ve got a second chance to make a plan that is smart.”

A 65-unit condo tower is going up on Grove Isle, a waterfront Coconut Grove community. Some residents are suing the city of Miami, hoping to halt construction or downsize the building, which blocks their views.

Only 25 percent of the people working in science and technology jobs and only 11 percent in engineering jobs are female, according to the National Science Foundation.

Testy arguments over the fate of Coconut Grove townhouses built by a developer accused of fraud were presented to a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge, with one side asking to sell them now at top-of-the-market prices despite defects and the other pleading for consideration of home buyers who signed purchase contracts starting in 2018 but never moved in.

Court-appointed receiver wants to sell the homes as is, but building code problems remain

Juan Carlos Martinez was on his Saturday morning ride near Black Point Park when a Miami-Dade cop crashed into him, killing the triathlete.