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A key Senate committee on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would build on laws requiring safety inspections of older condominium buildings and adequate financial reserves for repairs. The bill (SB 1742) is aimed at “providing condo owners a smoother, more flexible financial path forward without compromising safety,” Senate Regulated ...

A year after lawmakers relaxed the state’s child labor laws, a divided Florida Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would further roll back work restrictions for kids as young as 14. The proposal, which builds on the 2024 law, sparked heated debate, with critics of the plan saying it would lead to exploitation of children...

Bam Adebayo scored 27 points, Tyler Herro scored 20 and the Miami Heat spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return game with a one-sided 112-86 win over the Golden State Warriors.

More than a year has passed since a mother says her son was shot to death in Florida City. She says police have not arrested anyone for his murder. 

Pickpockets are a rising problem in Wilton Manors and all over South Florida, wherever there are crowded bars and nightclubs full of potential targets. 

Surveillance cameras a man being detained outside of his North Miami home. He’s now in ICE detention, and his wife is pleading for his return.

The city of Hialeah on Tuesday approved a resolution that supports Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ establishment of the Executive Office of the Governor Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team.

A family from Haiti came to Miami under the CHNV immigration program, which the Trump Administration is now terminating.

A man reunited with first responders who saved his life after he was struck by a hit-and-run boater in Fort Lauderdale while he was diving.

An investigation is underway in Palmetto Bay Tuesday after a man was found dead, deputies said.

After the deadly 2018 Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, there have been a series of gun reform laws that were passed but efforts have been made to weaken those restrictions.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials spoke at the dedication of the Florida Holocaust Memorial in Tallahassee. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Executive Director Dave Kerner, who is Jewish, was among those who spoke about the memorial. “‘Never again’ is ultimately a way of life for the Jewish peopl...

After weeks of dry weather, South Florida will prepare for the other extreme: periods of heavy rain.

After weeks of dry weather, South Florida is expecting another extreme: periods of heavy rain. And that much-needed rainfall was moving in Tuesday afternoon. A few showers started to pop up out west in the Everglades and briefly in Palmetto Bay shortly after 1 p.m. Off-and-on heavy rain is expected particularly after 2 p.m. and into the evening. Ev...