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A Cutler Bay man was arrested on animal cruelty and other charges after police said he bit the head off a pet python during a domestic dispute.

A newly proposed bill could eliminate concealed carry permits in Florida. Here’s what you need to know about the bill supporters are calling “constitutional carry”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory. The Republican governor debuted the proposal on Tuesday as part of a larger, higher education legislative package that is expected to be taken up by the GOP-controlled statehouse when its regular s...

A Miami Gardens apartment building was issued more than 20 citations before a weekend fire left the building destroyed and up to 200 residents displaced.

The billionaire CEO of Citadel has donated $25 million to Miami’s Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, one of the largest single donations in its 72-year history.

Cuban and Haitian migrants who arrive in the United States under the new humanitarian parole program are eligible for financial aid.

In the wake of proposed legislation by the Florida House Speaker to eliminate concealed weapons permits, politicians and activists from across South Florida are voicing their concerns.

Police say 11 people were shot and wounded during a drive-by shooting in a central Florida neighborhood. Lakeland police say two of the victims were critically injured.

A Miami man was arrested last Friday for dumping contaminated waste near a southwest Miami-Dade body of water – the second time in the last seven months he has been charged with such crimes.

Residents in one southwest Florida neighborhood are at odds over one animal that showed up not long after Hurricane Ian made landfall – a stray hog seen roaming the area.

Some families in Florida are considering leaving the state over recent legislation passed in the legislature dubbed by critics as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.

At least 10 men were injured in an apparently targeted shooting Monday in Lakeland, Florida, officials said.

On Sunday, the conservative group Moms For Liberty sent Broward County Public Schools an email demanding the removal of several books from school media centers