November 26, 2014: Ferguson, Missouri Protests Reach South Florida

6:30 After weeks of angry protests in Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto will announce major changes to the country’s police and justice systems on Thursday. ... Broward County is opening a community shelter that will provide animal housing ... Tonight, certain parts of Alton Road will open again after months of being under construction.

5:44 Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy is a convicted murderer -- and now he's speaking to criminal justice students in the University of South Florida.

5:32 The New York Times says Florida's popular turkey recipe is mojo turkey.

5:04 City of Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine gives WLRN's Kelley Mitchell an update on the construction in Alton Road.

4:44 WLRN's Tim Padgett reports on a scholarship fund that helps students in Brazil in the STEM field.

4:32 Preparations are under way for NASA's first unmanned test mission of its new deep-space capsule.

4:04 A primate breeding facility being built in southwest Florida is coming under fire.

1:04 Alton Road finally sees the light at the end of the construction. A primate breeding facility being built in southwest Florida is coming under fire.

11:04 New records show that Florida Governor Rick Scott used private emails to do state business.

10:04 Documents and transcripts from this summer's trial over congressional districts are now opened and made public.

9:35 In 1964, a group of thieves pulled off what's been called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history when they stole precious gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. One of the thieves, Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, recently shared his story of redemption with a class of criminal justice students at the University of South Florida.

9:04 In Miami's Little Haiti community, immigrants are still trying to figure out what President Barack Obama's newly announced immigration plan means for them.

8:43 There's a growing movement here and across the hemisphere to bring Latin America's low-tech economies into the high-tech 21st century.

8:30 The protests that have gripped Ferguson, Missouri and several large cities around the country since a grand jury failed to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown have spread to Miami and Florida International University.

8:20 Homeland Security officers are warning South Floridians about shopping this holiday season. They stress that some bargains are just too good to be true.

8:04 Two men were arrested last night as more than a hundred demonstrators occupied the street in front of Miami's criminal courthouse. It was one of several protests that have erupted across the country in the wake of of a Missouri grand jury refusing to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown in the town of Ferguson this summer.

7:43 In 1964, a group of thieves pulled off what's been called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history when they stole precious gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. One of the thieves, Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, recently shared his story of redemption with a class of criminal justice students at the University of South Florida.

7:30 Will you be having mojo turkey this year? The New York Times says the dish represents Thanksgiving in Florida.

7:20 A Florida lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to regulate "sober homes," the transitional housing for people who have gone through rehab.

7:04 New records show that Florida Governor Rick Scott did use private emails to do state business.

6:43 There's a growing movement here and across the hemisphere to bring Latin America's low-tech economies into the high-tech 21st century.

6:30 The protests that have gripped Ferguson, Missouri and several large cities around the country since a grand jury failed to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown have spread to Miami and Florida International University.

6:20 Homeland Security officers are warning South Floridians about shopping this holiday season. They stress that some bargains are just too good to be true.

6:04 The fatal shooting by police in Ferguson, Missouri, may have a legislative echo in Tallahassee next year. Miami State Senator Dwight Bullard says he's supporting two bills to discourage violence by police against citizens.