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Officers arrested a Miami-Dade man early Tuesday morning after he allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and shot a 12-year-old boy this past weekend.

A social media personality who supplies exclusive sneakers to celebrities found himself behind bars after authorities say he stole a man’s cellphone during a violent New Year’s Eve incident at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

Rapper Lil Wayne has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, an offense that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison

A portion of one Miami-Dade County road was renamed Thursday in honor of Trayvon Martin, whose death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in 2012 catalyzed a movement for racial justice. Officials, including County Commissioner Barbara Jordan and Mayor-elect Daniella Levine Cava, took part in the event renaming a section of Northeast 16th Avenue from Ives Dairy Road to 209th Street…

A South Florida man who interrupted Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference says he’s been frustrated with how the coronavirus has been handled in the state and Miami-Dade County.

An 11-year-old boy from Miami-Dade who recently died from complications related to the coronavirus is Florida’s youngest known fatally linked to the virus.

A man has been arrested after authorities say he used racial slurs while pulling a gun on a Black homeowner in Miami-Dade earlier this month.

The mother of a Miami-Dade, Florida boy who was found dead after reportedly being abducted, was arrested early Saturday morning for the murder of her 9-year-old son. According to Miami-Dade Police, 45-year-old Patricia Ripley was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The body of her 9-year-old son, Alejandro Ripley, was discovered in a body of water Friday morning, hours…

A woman from Westchester County died following an incident in Florida. Police say a car plunged off a ferry on Fisher Island. When divers located the vehicle, they found two women inside, authorities say.

A DNA match has led to a Florida man prosecutors suspect is the “pillowcase rapist” responsible for numerous sexual assaults of women in the Miami area during the 1980s. Robert Koehler, 60, was arrested over the weekend in Brevard County and was being held without bond Thursday after his transfer to a Miami jail. He faces charges in one assault…

Officials say the infamous “Pillowcase Rapist” responsible for attacking dozens of women in South Florida in the ’80s has been caught through DNA evidence. He’s back in Miami to face the law.

Police and the family of the 22-year-old woman who was shot while driving on Interstate 95 in Miami are asking for the public’s help in finding a possible suspect in her killing.

Days after the deadly shooting that took their beloved son, family and friends of the UPS driver killed during a robbery that turned into a cross-county chase and shooting with police will say goodbye....
Funeral services for 27-year-old Frank Ordonez took place in Miami Lakes on Tuesday, one day after hundreds of people showed up at a Miami funeral home to...

Like many kids in Florida, Violet Jalil loves the ocean. But for the past two years, her mom hasn’t let her 5-year-old daughter swim in the ocean.

U.S. House candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera has a long list of accomplishments to bolster her campaign in Florida. But she is perhaps best known for claiming that she was abducted by space aliens as a child.

At least three people are dead after two small planes collided in midair and crashed in the Florida Everglades in Miami-Dade Tuesday.

The Miami-Dade Police Department on Monday released body camera footage of last week’s shooting at Trump National Resort in Doral, showing an intense confrontation between officers and a gunman.

As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, an Associated Press analysis shows a steep drop in flood insurance across the state, including the areas most endangered by what could be a devastating storm surge. In just five years, the state’s total number of federal flood insurance policies has fallen by 15 percent, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency data. Florida’s...

The latest on the Hurricane Matthew, at 11 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, from Miami.

Governor Rick Scott announced Monday that the Florida Department of Health has identified 10 additional people in Florida with the Zika virus who likely contracted it through a mosquito bite