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A South Florida nonprofit is working around the clock to pour aid into Syria and Turkey after a powerful earthquake killed thousands and caused widespread devastation.

Prosecutors have filed criminal battery charges against a 15-year-old who was seen in a video repeatedly punching a 9-year-old girl on a school bus in Miami-Dade.

Some might say etiquette has become a lost art, but one local woman is making it her mission to restore it, one student at a time. Beyond just learning how to properly use a fork and knife, Mrs. Jackie Vernon-Thompson is teaching children in our community how to boost their self-esteem, combat bullying in school and prepare them to succeed…....

Police are searching for a driver who they said fled on foot after a crash in Margate left a woman dead and another woman and a young child hospitalized.

A Miami Beach man claims he’s the victim of an antisemitic rant at a Dunkin’ that was caught on camera, but the employee says the video doesn’t tell the whole story.

Blake Gilley, 38, said his children told him that they were instructed not to interact with others. Their mother has been accused of kidnapping.

A notary public has been charged in connection with the kidnapping and beating of a homeless man that landed two Hialeah Police officers and a civilian behind bars.

Police have arrested a fourth suspect accused of arranging and participating in street races throughout Miami-Dade County.

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking. Authorities say the car driven by 21-year-old Alex Greene eventually crashed into a business in Winter Haven. Officials suspect Greene in the Jan. 30 shooting that injured 11 men. Police hoped to bring him in on......

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a man diagnosed with autism who went missing Monday.

A Florida teenager faces a possible life sentence after he pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate 114 times and leaving her body in a wooded area near their homes in 2021. Sixteen-year-old Aiden Fucci entered the plea Monday morning just before jury selection was scheduled to begin in his first-degree murder trial. Fucci was 14 ...

Police in Palm Beach County arrested a student Monday after a loaded gun was found at a high school.

Gov. Ron DeSantis would take control over the board of a special governing district Walt Disney World operates in Florida under a bill introduced Monday, as the Republican governor punishes the company over its opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.