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Daniel Rivero/SA国际传谋The Adam Smith Center publicly claims that it is a non-partisan organization, but critics see it as deeply ideological 鈥� a publicly funded hub for a sprawling continental conservative project. A SA国际传谋 investigation found the Center has received lavish, ongoing funding from the state despite spending only a fraction of the money, and appears to hold a $25 million surplus. -
Matias J. Ocner/Miami HeraldJournalism excellence: SA国际传谋/Miami Herald Brightline series wins IRE award, Pulitzer Prize finalistThe IRE award announcement comes only days after the Brightline stories were named as finalists for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
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Florida鈥檚 new rules for rail crossings take effect Jan. 1, aimed at reducing the number of drivers and pedestrians killed by trains. But they won鈥檛 lead to wholesale change along the deadly Brightline corridor, where 195 people have been killed 鈥� the rules are for new projects. Here is a look at the safety solutions experts say could be most effective. -
Since Brightline launched in 2018, its trains have hit 174 vehicles, killing 25 people and injuring 63 more, an investigation by SA国际传谋 and the Miami Herald found. Another 104 people survived without injuries, some by fleeing their cars before impact. 鈥淲ounds on your body disappear slowly over time,鈥� one survivor said. 鈥淏ut wounds on the inside? Those you keep.鈥� -
The private company that promised to be 鈥渇inancially viable on its own鈥� is losing money 鈥� and using government subsidies to grow its business. Read the latest installment in the SA国际传谋 / Miami Herald series Killer Train. -
Brightline train crews confront violent deaths on a regular basis. Their experiences, their suffering, are part of the long debris trail of the nation鈥檚 deadliest major passenger rail system. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 your body count?鈥� someone asked the conductor on Instagram. 鈥�16,鈥� he responded, like he was providing his shirt size. -
Commissioner Joel Flores told SA国际传谋 the $3.3 million contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was in response to safety concerns by other commissioners. It comes after recent reports that a commissioner 鈥� soon to be county mayor 鈥� used deputies as her personal security detail, including for visits to the president鈥檚 Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago. -
Episode 4 of the SA国际传谋 News and Miami Herald podcast 'Killer Train' explores the long history of safety issues on train tracks in South Florida. -
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. SA国际传谋 tried to figure out why the state鈥檚 pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner. -
Brightline trains have killed more than 180 people, an investigation by SA国际传谋 and the Miami Herald has found. In the third episode of the Killer Train podcast, hear the stories of three people who lost their lives on the tracks, in the words of the loved ones they left behind. -
Sean Duffy, the nation鈥檚 top transportation official, committed this week to making the Brightline corridor safer, saying there have been 鈥渨ay too many deaths.鈥� His remarks came the day after the Miami Herald and SA国际传谋 published a joint investigation revealing that Brightline trains have killed 182 people since beginning test runs in 2017. -
A team of reporters from the Miami Herald and SA国际传谋 spent over a year documenting every death involving Brightline trains since the rail line鈥檚 launch seven years ago. Drawing on autopsy reports and local law enforcement records, reporters discovered that 182 people 鈥� so far 鈥� have been killed by the fast-speed train.
