Historic day for Colombians: Trump-backed De la Espriella heads for narrow presidential win
Colombians made history on Sunday as they voted for the country’s 48th president in a runoff election between left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda and right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella.
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Local 10 anchor Calvin Hughes hosts a special report highlighting a tradition honored for nearly 150 years right here in the Sunshine State -- “Emancipation Day,” or “Freedom Day” in Florida.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water rescues along the Gulf Coast.
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Juneteenth, which commemorates the day, has been an official federal holiday since 2021, and North Miami has been celebrating it every year with a free festival.
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Police officers’ body-cam videos released on Thursday show the aftermath of the crash of a Cessna C172P that injured two women in Pembroke Pines.
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Drivers recently reported a 49-year-old shirtless man with his pants down was standing along the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel flew a Florida Forest Service firefighter to the hospital on Thursday after he needed help while fighting a wildfire.
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur was downgraded to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast Wednesday night but forecasters expected its remnants to bring life-threatening flooding and days of heavy rains to parts of the southeastern United States, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
As two wildfires continued to burn on Wednesday in western Miami-Dade County, the Florida Forest Service teamed up with Florida Highway Patrol troopers, firefighters, and deputies.
MIAMI (AP) — All detainees at an immigration detention center in an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing concerns related to the hurricane season.
It’s “achievability,” not “achieveability,” but that was the typo on a sign that was on display when U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds recently unveiled his new “Read to Succeed” education initiative in Jacksonville.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Ray Jadallah warned on Wednesday afternoon that the smoke pollution from two burning wildfires was moving to Broward County.
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As a gray cloud of smoke expanded to pollute the air in South Florida, two active wildfires had burned 13,900 acres by Wednesday afternoon in western Miami-Dade County, according to the Florida Fire Service.
Two women faced charges on Wednesday in Broward County after police officers accused them of attacking a mother and her three kids, records show.
Two active wildfires had burned 8,000 acres on Wednesday in western Miami-Dade County, according to the Florida Forest Service.
A 38-year-old man stands accused on Wednesday of trying to kill his sister’s boyfriend outside of a bar in Miami Beach, records show.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus in early May from a quarantine facility in Nebraska, despite a federal medical review that said there's no need to confine her far from her Florida home.
MIAMI (AP) — A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.
After a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday in downtown Miami, Chief Edwin Lopez said he was ready to meet all of the department’s police officers.
A wildfire was active on Tuesday after burning 600 acres in western Miami-Dade County, according to the Florida Forest Service.
FORT WORTH, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — La visita a la escuela católica terminó y María Contreras sintió un deseo irresistible de matricular allí a su hijo de 7 años. Pero antes una pregunta difícil: “¿Lo podría correr a mi hijo?”, le preguntó en español a la directora.
MIAMI (AP) — One of the main online platforms that Cubans living in the United States use to send money, food, and clothing to their relatives on the island is ceasing operations as the Trump administration increases pressure on the Cuban government.
MIAMI (AP) — A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship surrendered Monday after a federal judge reversed his decision on pretrial release now that the teen is charged as an adult.
A woman was bleeding under her right eye, and she had swelling and bruising on her face, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can use juries made up of only six people in criminal cases, instead of the usual 12. The case puts a Florida chiropractor convicted of practicing with a suspended license in an unlikely leading role in a constitutional clash.
A 34-year-old man stands accused on Monday of setting up a fire during a fight with his boyfriend in Miami-Dade County’s Naranja area, records show.
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Republican Party said U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville will remain the party’s gubernatorial nominee, rejecting a claim on Sunday that he had not lived in the state long enough to run for governor.
The race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis is heating up, and Florida voters now know who will be on the ballot in 2026.
Ron Magill was quick to defend a man he felt was being treated unfairly after he went out of his way to capture and surrender a python, an invasive species.
A hike through Shark Valley took an unexpected turn for Yatir Nitzany when he spotted something he knew didn’t belong in the Everglades.
An 11-year-old girl lived a horrific nightmare for months in 2024 while living in a house near Redondo Elementary School in Homestead, records show.
A 33-year-old man known as “Ghost” was re-arrested this week after being accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2024 at a motel in Hollywood, records showed.
A central Florida woman was arrested Tuesday after deputies said she caused multiple disturbances, removed most of her clothing in a mobile home park and spit on a deputy during her arrest.
Registered voters in Colombia and around the world will soon select one of two candidates with opposing political ideologies to be their next president.
ORLANDO (AP) — The nation’s Catholic bishops gathered Thursday afternoon in Orlando for a liturgy consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, drawing on a centuries-old devotion to mark the country’s 250th anniversary.
