The jurors: Six women deciding George Zimmerman’s fate

SANFORD — A six-member, all-female jury is now deciding the fate of former neighborhood watch captai...

Opa-locka

Stalled deal may force Opa-locka city hall to move

If an agreement can’t be reached between Opa-locka and the owners of the building housing its city h...

PolitiFact Florida

Miami-Dade claims ‘nation’s highest-rated tap water’

PolitiFact Florida checks out Miami-Dade’s claim as having "the nation’s highest-rated tap wa...

Blackout social media campaign grows as Zimmerman jury deliberates

Industrial overhaul

Explosives will raze old FPL plant in Fort Lauderdale

FPL, contractors detail plans to raze the old power plant at Port Everglades, a demolition job scheduled fo...

Homestead man badly burned inside truck after it was set on fire in Keys

Investigators arrested a North Carolina man after witnesses said he lit a truck on fire with a Homestead ma...

Mini-golf

Mini-golf comes alive at new museum exhibit & at 18-hole Palmetto course

Mini-golf nearly vanished from the Miami-Dade landscape after its 1970s heyday, but Palmetto Mini Golf and ...

Miami-Dade

Innovative media program for teens faces uncertain fate

YOUmedia Miami was started last year at the North-Dade regional library with a Knight Foundation grant.

FLORIDA

Crowning glory: Beauty queens prepare for Miss Florida USA pageant

Hurricane relief: Broward Salvation Army searches for relief volunteers

The Salvation Army’s Disaster Relief Program hopes to find volunteers to assist during the hurrican...

BROWARD

Hallandale Beach, Hollywood handing out sandbags to prevent flooding

To help ward of flooding that may be caused by the impending tropical depression, both Hallandale Beach and...

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood aims to keep tax rate the same

Homeowners were helped by a $4.6 million windfall the city received from FEMA.

BROWARD

Suit filed against Coconut Creek pre-school alleging sexual abuse

BROWARD

FBI seeks Sunrise man who faces child porn charges

A miracle recovery: Boy run over by Broward bus ready to leave hospital

Jerry Cunningham thought his son might die. A Broward County bus had crushed the boy under tons of steel. D...

Flights canceled due to Tropical Storm Chantal

Miami travelers heading to Haiti and the Dominican Republic will likely have to wait another day due to Tro...

Truck set on fire in Florida Keys as man slept inside

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a truck fire that may have been intentionally set a...

Gallery owner seeks Cuba-Key West art swap

Key West gallery owner Nance Frank has launched a Web-based fundraising effort to pay for an artistic excha...

Hurricane season

Chantal churns toward Hispaniola; South Florida remains at risk

Tropical storm

Chantal threatens Caribbean; South Florida in cone

Fast-moving Tropical Storm Chantal is expected to sweep across a string of islands over the next few days a...

Space junk

European rocket part washes up in the Florida Keys

In isolated Dry Tortugas National Park, shark researchers discover a big chunk of a European rocket that h...

Man charged with disrupting flight to Key West

A Tampa man is under arrest after authorities say his disruptive behavior scared passengers on a flight to ...

KEY LARGO

Getting to the bottom of the Pickles Reef mystery

On shallow Pickles Reef, 3 ½ miles off the shore of Key Largo, the sun lit up a mishmash of meta...

Rescuers call off search for 7, including Florida Keys family, on missing US boat

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Rescue teams have abandoned a search for a U.S. schooner carrying sev...

POLITICS

Medical marijuana forces revamp popular plan, but face hurdles

By proposing new language, medical marijuana supporters must start again to obtain more than 683,000 signat...

PolitiFact Florida

Miami-Dade claims ‘nation’s highest-rated tap water’

PolitiFact Florida checks out Miami-Dade’s claim as having "the nation’s highest-rated tap wa...

TRAYVON MARTIN CASE

Jury retires for night with no decision in George Zimmerman trial

After watching a final dramatic day of closing arguments, and after less than four hours of deliberations,...

Florida Teacher of the Year announced

A central Florida language arts teacher was named Florida's 2014 Teacher of the Year on Thursday night.

COURTS

Lawsuit over old Jeb Bush business venture resurfaces

When the federal trial starts Oct. 21, the allegations of bribery, corruption in Nigeria, and even Jeb Bush...

DCF

Judge lashes DCF after infant suffers life-threatening abuse

DCF is under fire again — this time from a Miami-Dade judge — after failing to protect a chil...

POLITICS

Sen. Marco Rubio’s red lines: defund Obamacare to pass temporary budget, no debt-limit hike without balanced budget

Speaking to conservatives, Sen. Marco Rubio roasted President Barack Obama over his healthcare law and the ...

REDISTRICTING

Fla. Supreme Court won't stop redistricting challenge

The Florida Supreme Court, in a sharp rebuke to the Republican-controlled Legislature, refused to throw out...