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Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shooting on Thursday in the Glenvar Heights neighborhood.

A little more than three months after Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man who they say drugged and raped a 16-year-old girl, a previously-unidentified woman has now been cuffed on a child rape charge.

A Wilton Manors senior died after a fire tore through his home Wednesday afternoon, his son ― a fire captain ― confirmed. His wife remained hospitalized in Miami.

The state legislative investigation involving funding for First Lady Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida program had an abrupt, surprise end Thursday when the witnesses called to testify about a $10 million money trail declined to show up.

Key West Building Department Director Rajindhar Ramsingh is facing seven more felony charges and his brother, the city attorney, is facing an additional felony one week after they, along with the city’s chief code enforcement official, were arrested on evidence tampering charges.

A fire erupted early Thursday morning in a fifth-story apartment unit in Fort Lauderdale.

Buses of tourists are getting more than they bargained for as firefighters work to contain a fast-moving brush fire that broke out Wednesday in west Broward and continued to burn into Thursday.

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night, closing for just one hour from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. Thursday.

Relief is on the way for Miami-Dade residents fed up with long lines at the DMV.

A federal judge is barring the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions.

A 31-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal fentanyl overdose that police say occurred outside a business in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood last year.

Miami police officers reported that a 9-year-old boy’s Post-It note prompted an investigation that resulted in the arrest of his abusive 25-year-old stepmother.

After months of recovery from surgery, a great white heron that witnesses reported suffered a broken wing during a dispute with a fisherman was free on Thursday in Key Biscayne.

A 40-year-old man was arrested Wednesday by Doral police after he was accused of taking money from two victims to install sprinklers at their homes, but then never completed the jobs.

A motorcyclist has died following a crash between a motorcycle and sedan on the MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach police confirmed.

Thunderous applause broke out at Miami City Hall Thursday when Commissioner Miguel Gabela withdrew his measure that would change the city’s tree ordinance.