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A woman reported a masked robber ran away with her watch on Thursday at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The woman said she was standing outside at about 1:40 a.m., near Terminal 1, when the robber targeted her, according to Claudinne Caro, a spokeswoman for the Broward...

After cancellations and scaling down due to COVID-19, this year many public Fourth of July festivities are back in full swing. Here’s where to see fireworks. Miami-Dade County Coconut Grove’s 4th of July Celebration with the Miami Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 4, Peacock Park...

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden's climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious climate goals in...

A Florida judge has ruled to temporarily block the 15-week abortion ban signed into law last April by Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis. House Bill 5 restricts abortions after 15 weeks, reducing the existing 24-week ban. The law does not include exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking and...

U.S. new vehicle sales likely tumbled more than 20% in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the global semiconductor shortage continues to vex the industry. Yet demand still outstripped supply from April through June, even with $5 per gallon gasoline, high inflation and rising...

A Palm Beach County man is about $2 million richer, after claiming a top prize from the $2,000,000 Bonus Cashword scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. Richard Awe, 34, of  Boca Raton, purchased his winning ticket from Discount Food Stop, located at 10801 Northeast 13 Avenue in Miami...

A water main break caused the temporary closure of Andrews Avenue at Las Olas Boulevard on Friday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale. Officers asked drivers to use Southeast Seventh Street to access Third Avenue as an alternate route. Continue reading...

Thousands of people in several Spanish cities Friday protested the deaths of at least 23 migrants last week at the frontier between the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Africa and Morocco, amid growing calls for an independent, cross-border investigation. The demonstrations are being held under...

Broward County deputies are searching for a 13-year-old girl who went missing Wednesday night, officials said. Detectives say Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia was last seen at around 11:30 p.m. near the 1700 block of Southwest 44th Avenue in unincorporated central Broward County. They describe...

Saint, an American bulldog, has two bullets lodged in his head. Paula Ferreira, a veterinarian with a clinic in west Miami-Dade County, treated Saint. “There’s the more forward one in the nasal cavity, the sinus, and there’s the one that’s further back,” Ferreira said adding, “He has one...

The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia's heavily reliance on long-range strikes in the war. The Pentagon said it would also provide the...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say. The Wednesday ruling is a marked...

Travelers are being encouraged to arrive early and find an alternative to parking at South Florida airports ahead of what’s expected to be a busy holiday weekend. Officials at Miami International Airport said its parking garages are essentially full. They’re encouraging passengers to use...

July 1 marks 50 years since Shorty’s Bar-B-Q on U.S. 1 burned down in a devastating fire. The South Miami landmark was uninsured at the time, according to Wolfson Archives, but the restaurant was rebuilt on the same location two years later. The restaurant next to Datran Center Skyscrapers...

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday unveiled a new draft constitution that would bestow broad powers on the president and curtail the authority of the prime minister and parliament. A referendum on the constitution is scheduled for July 25, exactly a year after Saied suspended parliament...

Germany and Nigeria on Friday signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago — an accord that Nigerian officials hope will prompt other countries to follow suit. Governments and museums in...

Abortion providers and patients are struggling to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week. In Florida, a law banning abortions after 15 weeks went into effect Friday, the day after a...

A woman was taken to a Miami hospital after being bitten in the leg by a shark in the lower Florida Keys, according to Monroe County’s fire rescue division. Emergency crews were called to Summerland Key on Wednesday after a woman jumped off a boat and then came back to the boat with a large...

The European Union’s executive arm on Friday pledged to draft an emergency plan this month aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the initiative would build on EU moves to...

Some may say blondes have more fun. The latest bar, Bottled Blonde, is opening its doors in Wynwood and is setting out to prove it. Bottled Blonde is a pizzeria and beer garden by day and a nightclub offering bottle service at night. “I think it’s going to be the future of Miami,” said Chris...