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A Miami physician’s six-year, $38 million health care fraud scheme paid for luxury cars and beachfront condominiums, prosecutors say. But 63-year-old Armando Valdes won’t be doing any driving where he’ll be living next—and the accommodations are sure to be a step down. That’s because on...

The driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail, in keeping with a promise the judge made when the man pleaded guilty in May. Charles Polevich, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and tampering with evidence...

Taco Bell’s Mexican pizza is back for good, beginning Sept. 15. The chain announced its return after being removed from menus in November 2020 as the pandemic forced the company to scale back its menu items. The popular item was back on menus nationwide in May, but the chain ran out of...

The U.S. Justice Department has charged five people for making threats of violence against election workers amid a rising wave of harassment and intimidation tied to the 2020 presidential election, a top official told U.S. senators Wednesday. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite said one...

Officers who stopped a Dayton mass shooter three years ago said in first-ever public remarks Wednesday that their training kicked in almost immediately as they headed toward the sound of gunfire. Most of the six officers on duty that night were relative newcomers to the department, but all said...

The United Nations chief sharply criticized the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies on Wednesday for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people, “while destroying our only home.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was “immoral” that the...

Martin County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man accused of videotaping and taking pictures of young children in Jensen Beach. Deputies arrested Pedro Yovannie Valdez, 27, after receiving multiple reports of a suspicious male photographing young children at the mall and other shopping areas...

A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk, according to an arrest report. The 58-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night on the shoulder of Interstate 95. She is now facing misdemeanor...

A federal oversight board ordered the United Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an Alabama coal company where members have been on strike for more than a year, a ruling the union said Wednesday it would challenge. The National Labor Relations Board said...

U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Pelosi received a rapturous welcome in Taipei and was applauded with strong bipartisan support in Washington, despite the Biden administration’s misgivings. But her trip has enraged Beijing and...

Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Phoenix metro sheriff who was ousted in 2016 by voters frustrated with his headline-grabbing tactics and legal troubles, has narrowed his opponent’s lead in the race for mayor of the affluent suburb where he has lived for more than two decades. But the former...

A 42-year-old man died Monday, six years after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in West Park, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. According to BSO spokeswoman Miranda Grossman, Sherman Hall Copeland was riding a 2014 Honda CBR motorcycle in the 4200 block of...

The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a bank in Pembroke Pines on Tuesday. The robbery was reported at 10:46 a.m. at the Truist Bank branch at 11200 Pines Blvd. According to FBI spokesman Jim Marshall, the robber, who was wearing a ball cap and face mask, entered the bank and demanded...

Residents at The Palace Gardens in Homestead, an assisted living and memory support community, are making art to make a difference. They attended weekly arts and crafts classes to create pieces they could sell to help underprivileged kids in their area have the supplies they need for the new...

A survivor of a crash that killed seven fellow members of a Marine motorcycle club acknowledged Wednesday that the lead rider had an unsafe blood alcohol level but denied that the club president swerved into the path of the oncoming truck. Josh Morin was the final witness for the prosecution...

As part of its “Give a Hoot” campaign, South Florida Hooters raised $57,000 for Self-Help International, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living in rural communities. Seven female Hooters employees engaged in online fundraising efforts to help women in Ghana...

New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable, according to the latest weekly assessment of the pandemic released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency said there were 6.5 million cases reported last week with more than 14,000 deaths...

Country singer Brooke Eden shines with that glow that engaged people have as she counts down the days to her upcoming beachfront wedding, chatting about travel preparations and mother-in-laws bonding over text messages. For the Florida-born singer, falling in love came hand-in-hand with...

Nine months after India announced its target of “net zero” emissions by 2070 at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the country’s federal cabinet finally approved a new climate plan on Wednesday. The new goals will be submitted to the U.N.'s climate agency as part of an...

Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned Wednesday with his pick in battleground Wisconsin’s Republican gubernatorial primary, calling Rebecca Kleefisch “a proven conservative” as she faces an opponent endorsed by Donald Trump. Trump plans to hold a rally Friday for Tim Michels just miles...