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Spring break ‘mayhem’ causes Miami Beach and other US party towns to crack down during the university holiday, but not everyone’s on board

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that 45 state law enforcement officers are also being deployed to the city to bolster the police. Women fight on the street in Miami Beach, Florida, during spring break, 2021. Photo: AFP But business owners in the city’s world-famous South Beach neighbourhood are now concerned that they’ll lose … Read more

$30M lawsuit over plane payments ‘premature at best,’ top Flair Airlines investor says

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A key Flair Airlines investor says a $30-million lawsuit filed against it by plane-leasing firms over claims of missed payments is “premature at best.” Miami-based 777 Partners, which owns one-quarter of Flair, confirmed that three lessors of aircraft that were repossessed from the budget carrier last spring filed their claim in London in December over … Read more