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An endangered Florida panther has died. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it’s the 17th panther death recorded this year. The cause of death wasn’t immediately known. Wildlife officials say the remains of the 5-month-old female panther were found Monday on private...

A 38-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday after threatening to shoot patrons and employees at the Brass Monkey bar in the Florida Keys, authorities said. According to witnesses and employees at the bar, Lyle Wesley Cameron, of Marathon, started to push patrons and break bottles before he was...

Broward County renters in need of help with unpaid rent and utilities can now apply for help. The county has received an additional $22 million for its emergency rental assistance program. The program will provide eligible households with up to 18 months of rent and utility assistance, if...

The Florida Senate has approved a sweeping legislative package meant to combat rising property insurance rates and other problems in the state’s turbulent insurance market, creating a $2 billion reinsurance fund and writing new rules around coverage denials and attorney fees. The...

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and members of the Broward Sheriff’s Office command staff are holding a news conference Wednesday to address the school massacre in Texas and announce additional security measures that they will take to protect children, teachers and schools throughout the county...

Aventura police are investigating after they said a man broke into a bank Wednesday morning using a sledgehammer. The incident happened at the Bank of America at 19645 Biscayne Blvd. Police said the suspect, identified only as a Black male, is in custody. A motive remains unknown at this...

CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. The network said Tuesday that it will not air the show’s season four finale titled “Prodigal Son.” The decision was made by CBS after a gunman killed at least 19 students at Robb Elementary School in...

Supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Johnny Depp, denied Wednesday that she had ever been pushed or assaulted by Depp during the course of their relationship. Moss testified as a rebuttal witness in Depp’s libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. Heard, in her testimony, made a...

Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. The drugmaker announced the program at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos...

Walmart is now apologizing for selling ice cream to commemorate Juneteenth. The retail giant sold the “Celebration Edition: Juneteenth Ice Cream” under its label, great value. The release of the red velvet flavored ice cream created heated conversations on social media. Along with the ice...

The Russian rocket strikes came early in the morning in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk on Wednesday, shaking buildings, jolting people out of bed and sending chunks of concrete and jagged pieces of metal flying through the air. One of the two rockets left a crater at least three meters...

UVALDE, Texas — The gunman who killed 19 children and two adults inside an elementary school in Texas an elementary school carried a long rifle with multiple rounds of ammunition and wore a “tactical vest” as body armor, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said. It...

A car crashed into the front of a home Wednesday morning in the city of Miami, killing three people and injuring two others, officials confirmed. The rollover crash was reported in the area of Northeast Second Avenue and 82nd Street. The car also appeared to have caught fire after the crash...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a freight train Wednesday morning in Pompano Beach. The incident occurred just before 3 a.m. near the 100 block of South Dixie Highway. According to BSO spokeswoman Miranda Grossman, deputies and Pompano Beach Fire...

Soaring inflation. Russia’s war in Ukraine. Squeezed supply chains. The threat of food insecurity around the world. The lingering COVID-19 pandemic. The risks to the global economy are many, and it’s led to an increasingly gloomy view of the months ahead as corporate leaders, government...

The British government says a long-awaited report into lockdown-breaching parties in government offices has been handed to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It is due to be published later Wednesday, and Johnson will address Parliament on its findings. Johnson's future may hinge on the conclusions...

An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. The attacker was killed by a Border Patrol agent who rushed into...

LONDON — British military authorities say Ukraine’s overland export routes are “highly unlikely” to offset the problems caused by Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea port of Odessa. And that will put further pressure on global grain prices. The U.K. Ministry of Defense, in an update posted...

Commodities firm Glencore says it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption allegations in return for penalties totaling up to $1.5 billion. The Anglo-Swiss company said late Tuesday that it will pay $700 million to resolve a U.S. bribery...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping defended China's record to the top U.N. human rights official Wednesday, saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path based on its particular circumstances and criticizing those countries that lecture others on human rights and politicize the issue...