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1 hospitalized after being slashed by machete in Little Havana: Police
A person was transported to the hospital Wednesday morning after they were reportedly slashed by a machete in Little Havana, police said.
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Bill requiring hospitals to test overdose patients for fentanyl signed by DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would require hospitals to test patients for fentanyl in cases of suspect overdoses or poisoning.
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Florida ‘Candyman' who tried to hide drugs in body busted in ‘Operation Tooth Fairy'
A Florida woman known as the “Candyman” tried to hide drugs in her body as she was busted in a major narcotics operation, authorities said.
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Panthers' Ekblad suspended 2 games for elbowing Lightning's Hagel in the head
Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for two games for elbowing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in the head midway through Game 4 of the Panthers’ first-round series against Tampa Bay. T...
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‘It's been bad': Neighbors uneasy after man killed in Fort Lauderdale
A man was shot and killed early Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale and now police are searching for a suspect. The shooting happened shortly after 3 a.m., when police and fire rescue responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of the 1300 block of Northwest 8th Avenue. Once there, they found one man who had been shot. He was taken…
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WATCH: Sarasota officer leaps aboard runaway boat after man fell overboard
A Sarasota officer jumped onto an abandoned boat to stop it as it sped out of control, and the incredible save was caught on video. The Sarasota Police Department shared the wild video taken on Monday, after a boater fell off his 26-foot Everglades vessel north of the Ringling Museum, authorities said. The boater told officers he was returning the&... -
Miami federal judge says police must stop enforcement of Florida immigration law
A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely did apply to all of the state’s local law enforcement agencies, despite a recent letter to the contrary from the state’s attorney general. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said during a hearing in ... -
Lanes reopen after crashes on I-95 southbound and northbound in Broward County
Two crashes on Interstate 95 in Broward County backed up traffic on the southbound and northbound lanes early Wednesday. The lanes have since reopened. The first crash happened in the northbound direction and blocked several lanes, including the express lanes, between Hollywood Boulevard and Stirling Road. Video showed a mangled black vehicle on th... -
Man killed in Brickell shooting after witnesses report ‘so many shots': Police
Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed during an argument early Wednesday in Brickell, officials said. Miami Police said officers were called to investigate the shooting at around 12:45 a.m. at Southwest 1st Avenue and 8th Street. Once there, officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene, Miami police sp... -
Surveillance shows robbery at Feeding South Florida food bank
A South Florida food bank is urging the public for help after they say two thieves stole two mobile teaching kitchens from their warehouse over the weekend.
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Health officials confirm tuberculosis case at Dillard High School
A case of tuberculosis was confirmed Tuesday at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
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Haitian woman dies in ICE custody at facility in Pompano Beach
A Haitian woman died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a facility in Pompano Beach, officials said. Marie Ange Blaise, 44, died at the Broward Transitional Center on April 25, ICE officials said in a statement Tuesday. Her cause of death remains under investigation. Blaise, a Haitian national, had entered the Unite... -
2 Venezuelan men with TPS charged in $438K COVID-19 relief fraud in South Florida
Two Venezuelan men living in South Florida with Temporary Protected Status have been charged in a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government’s COVID-19 relief program out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said.
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1 stabbed, 1 detained after fight breaks out near school in Hollywood: Police
A juvenile was stabbed Tuesday afternoon after a fight broke out outside a school in Hollywood, police said.
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Authorities seize half-ton of drugs, arrest 2 after intercepting boat in Miami-Dade
Authorities seized over half a ton of narcotics and arrested two suspects after intercepting a vessel suspected of smuggling in Miami-Dade.
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Wild videos show fiery crash and shooting outside Miami Gardens gas station
New surveillance videos captured a fiery crash, gunfire and a confrontation outside a Miami Gardens gas station early Tuesday.
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Florida school's battle over pre-game prayer goes to U.S. Supreme Court
A Tampa Christian school has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about whether the Florida High School Athletic Association violated First Amendment rights when it blocked the school from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 high-school football championship game.