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A drug-resistant and possibly deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly across U.S. health care facilities, and Florida is among the top states with the most alarming number of cases, a new government study finds. The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. The numbe...

Residents had cameras rolling when a giant alligator was seen crossing the road in a Naples neighborhood.

The family of a teenager who was one of 14 people ejected after a boat crash last September near Boca Chita Key that killed another teenager has filed a lawsuit as a result.

One of the men who was injured during a January mass shooting outside of a Miami Gardens restaurant during a video shoot for rapper French Montana has filed a lawsuit.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines. Feld Entertainment, which owns the “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show’s 2...

Authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of two boaters, nearly two days after they went missing in an accident on a Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero were located Monday in Lake Eloise. Officials say the two men jumped into the Winter Hav...

One man was in custody early Tuesday morning after leading police on a chase following a shooting in southwest Miami-Dade.

The No. 9-seeded Hurricanes upset the No. 1-seeded Hoosiers on their home floor of the 2023 women’s NCAA Tournament on Monday behind Destiny Harden’s game-winner.

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Broward County hasn’t had a human remains detection K-9 until now.

Commissioners voted Monday to not extend the curfew that had been enforced Sunday night in response to two deadly shootings that occurred over the weekend.

A Miami-Dade teacher who was found guilty of having sex with one of his students inside a classroom seven years ago was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday.

A street in West Kendall was renamed in a somber and emotional ceremony Monday to honor fallen Miami-Dade Police officer Cesar ‘Echy’ Echaverry Jr. who was shot and killed in August while trying to arrest a robbery suspect.