Tractor-trailer rollover crash leaves 1 hospitalized, road closed in Brownsville
A crash involving a tractor-trailer in Miami-Dade County’s Brownsville area left at least one adult hospitalized on Friday afternoon, authorities confirmed.
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Florida seizes over 2,180 vapes from 4 counties: Uthmeier
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Friday the seizure of 2,183 vapes to protect minors and one arrest over the illegal sale of nitrous oxide.
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Cold-stunned green sea turtles get a hand in the Florida Keys
Temperatures in the Florida Keys have been at their lowest in 15 years, and without the ability to regulate their body temperature, the green sea turtles are suffering.
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Judge in Miami sentences ex-financial adviser to 20 years after feds identify $94M Ponzi scheme
A 64-year-old man who federal investigators said defrauded more than 150 victims -- including elderly Catholic priests in Venezuela and members of his own family -- was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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‘English only’ policy sets new limits on Florida driver’s license testing
Starting Friday, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will have the driver’s license exams only in English. Translators won’t be allowed.
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Man faces murder charge after Miami detectives accuse him of beating woman to death
Detectives reported video from a surveillance camera in Miami’s Little River neighborhood captured Natasha Brittaney Lampley’s last seven cries for “Help!”
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Florida Lotto player wins $21.5M jackpot at BJ’s Liquor Store
A Florida Lotto player won an estimated $21.5 million jackpot on Wednesday after purchasing a winning ticket at BJ’s Liquor Store in Clermont, lottery officials confirmed.
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Police: Man’s Washington Avenue encounter with ‘Delilah’ ends with 2 injured, 2 arrested
When a 21-year-old Texan woman walking along Washington Avenue in South Beach flirted with a man and offered to go to his apartment, the man said he thought he had gotten lucky, according to police.
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Most of the thousands of cold-stunned green iguanas killed in Florida were dropped off in Sunrise
When temperatures dropped so low in Florida that cold-stunned green iguanas were falling from trees, state animal regulators moved quickly.
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Haitians in fear of losing Temporary Protected Status meet with supporters at North Miami City Hall
Farrah Larrieux, who was born in Haiti, has been living in the U.S. for two decades with Temporary Protected Status that remained in limbo even after a federal judge sided with about 350,000 others like her.
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Kidnapper uses Roblox, Snapchat to groom 2 Florida teenage girls, sheriff warns
A 19-year-old man from Nebraska used popular gaming and messaging apps to groom two teenage sisters he later kidnapped in Florida, according to investigators.
Miami-Dade man in ‘horrific’ video, outraging animal advocates, defends himself
Carlos Casas said he was getting threats over a video showing him shouting and kicking his five dogs during fireworks on New Year’s Eve in Miami-Dade County.
Council on American–Islamic Relations-Florida protests in Tallahassee
Members of the Council on American–Islamic Relations-Florida were in Tallahassee on Monday at the Florida Capitol, holding up signs and chanting, “Faith is a right, not a threat.”
Homestead farmer reports ‘tiresome’ and ‘stressful’ Florida freeze
Farmers in southern Miami-Dade County’s Homestead area reported on Monday that the Florida freeze had damaged some crops.
Several tourists arrested at PortMiami before ‘world’s biggest gay festival at sea’
Instead of having fun during the parties that Atlantis Events marketed as the sold-out “world’s biggest gay festival at sea,” several tourists faced charges on Monday afternoon in Miami-Dade County.
Marijuana referendum will not be on 2026 ballot, Florida AG says; at least not yet, others say
The marijuana referendum, which the majority of Florida voters voted in favor of in 2024, will not be on the ballot in 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier posted on X Monday.
Deputies: Video shows Florida school employee abusing 10-year-old boy
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance videos showing a public school employee hitting a student while another employee was laughing.
2 Team USA Olympian track stars arrested in Orange County
Team USA Olympians Sha-Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman faced charges on Friday in Orange County.