Wildfires that have destroyed at least 70 homes in and around Palm Bay were ''probably human caused,'' a state forester said Tuesday.
Audio | Governor Charlie Crist provides a status report on wildfires on Tuesday morning
With the economy down and needs up for the homeless, the hungry and the elderly, donations to South Florida churches and other religious institutions are straining to keep up with soaring needs, leaders say.
A knife-wielding bandit robbed a storage business Tuesday morning, carjacked a getaway vehicle, then led police on a chase through West Miami-Dade -- at one point ramming them NASCAR style -- before being shot in the chest, Miami-Dade police said.
The Miami Immigration Court was evacuated and the MetroMover halted after someone called in a bomb threat to the federal court building Tuesday morning, police said.
In a surprise move, the Colombian government early Tuesday morning extradited 14 notorious paramilitary warlords to the United States, where they are wanted on cocaine-trafficking charges.
A young man was found shot to death early Tuesday at 1775 NW 47th Ter. in Miami. Neighbors told Miami police they they heard one or more shots. They called police, who went to investigate shortly after midnight.
Two people were killed in unrelated shootings in South Miami-Dade County, police said Tuesday. A woman was fatally shot about 11 p.m. Monday in what police described as a home invasion robbery at 27260 SW 167th Ct.
A proposed three-tower Coconut Grove condo project -- decried by some neighbors as an imposing behemoth and tainted by allegations of political payouts -- may never get built.
Haiti's efforts to install a new leader, following last month's firing of the Caribbean nation's prime minister, suffered a serious setback Monday after lawmakers rejected President René Préval's choice for the job.
Miami-Dade public schools officials' first attempt at closing underenrolled schools earlier this year angered hundreds of parents, leading Superintendent Rudy Crew to shelve the proposal.
Uruguay is restricting electricity consumption as high oil prices and drought complicate power generation in the small South American country.
The Related Group's controversial 300 Grove Bay Residences condo project -- decried by some Coconut Grove neighbors as an imposing behemoth and sullied by allegations of back-room political payoffs -- may never get built.
Sweat it out through the rest of Monday, and the National Weather Service promises South Florida a cool reward: ''A beautiful spring day is expected on Tuesday,'' the latest forecast notes, ``with clear skies and temperatures roughly 10 degrees cooler than what has recently been experienced.''
Miami homicide detectives early Friday arrested a man they say was involved in a gun battle that left a 2-year-old Little Haiti toddler paralyzed.
A spectacular multifloral lady slipper orchid, with long, undulating petals and golden pouches, won grand champion as best plant of the show at the 19th World Orchid Conference, open in Miami through Sunday. Exhibited by Krull-Smith of Apopka, the superbly grown Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz is a cross between Paph. philippinense and Paph. sanderianum. The plant is three feet tall and four feet wide, with petals extending 2 ½ feet. Frank Smith, the company owner, said the plant is not...
Rescuers plucked a drunken man from the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles east of Boca Raton early Monday after he jumped several stories from a cruise ship, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
MADRID -- (AP) -- Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero has won a prestigious Spanish journalism award for his work as a journalist reporting on his native country, where he spent two years in jail on charges of trying to undermine President Fidel Castro's government.
Burger King Holdings swung to a profit in the third-quarter, fueled by sales of new sandwiches at the second-largest hamburger chain.
TALLAHASSEE -- (AP) -- The state auditor has rejected claims by Florida A&M officials that the school's ongoing problems with its financial transactions have been overstated.
