A Miami-Dade judge sentenced a former Miami-Dade County transit employee to life in prison plus 60 years Friday for the 2009 kidnapping and rape of an 18-year-old pregnant woman.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo state have been rescued, the government said Friday.
HOUSTON (AP) — Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk tried to sow doubt about the case on Friday, while a prosecutor countered that authorities have “overwhelming” evidence including DNA tests and apparent confessions by the defendant.
Fort Lauderdale police are requesting the public’s help in identifying a man who they said is a possible suspect in an aggravated battery case from the Fourth of July.
Five years after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, the first milestone report required under Florida’s post-Surfside building safety laws is drawing scrutiny over how inspection data is being reported.
As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge gets underway, participants are getting up close with one of the Everglades’ most notorious invasive species before heading into the field.
What starts as a bright yellow tennis ball flying across the court often ends in the trash after just a few hours of competitive play. But one South Florida teenager is changing that — one tennis ball at a time.
A 21-year-old man named Jamal Kamari Law found himself on the wrong side of his last name on Thursday after troopers say he fled from a traffic stop and reached speeds above 140 mph on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County.
Ocean Drive turned into an international fan zone Friday as thousands of supporters from Norway and England flooded Miami Beach ahead of Saturday’s FIFA World Cup quarterfinal at Hard Rock Stadium.