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Most robbers go after cash, jewelry and other valuables, but City of Miami police say they recently arrested an alleged pizza thief. Markevius Xzavier Jackson, 29, faces charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer without violence. The robbery was...

The cause of death has been confirmed for a dog that was found dead earlier this month on the bank of a Hollywood canal. The shocking discovery was made on July 4 off Johnson Street and Stanly Golman Park. Nearby residents found the dog with a pillowcase over its head and legs. “I was sitting...

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday the Facebook groups were set up to recruit...

On Tuesday, Nikolas Cruz stared down at the table. He didn’t look up to acknowledge the witnesses who walked in and out of the Broward County courtroom in Fort Lauderdale. Cruz ignored Christopher McKenna, a student he chose not to kill when he walked into the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...

Nearly three dozen migrants were sentenced in Morocco on Tuesday for attempting to scale a border wall last month separating the north African country from the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The court in Nador sentenced 33 people to 11 months in prison, in a decision that was criticized by rights...

A superstar student was honored at the Miami-Dade commission meeting on Tuesday morning. Ashley Adirika, 17, graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School this year and was accepted to all eight Ivy League institutions. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commission Vice-Chair Oliver...

The Mexican government has invoked national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the Caribbean coast that threatens extensive caves where some of the oldest human remains in North America have been discovered. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is racing to finish his...

Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. The video was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. The...

A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used by individuals, government agencies and companies in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to life and limb, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers have found. A report by the...

A top administrative court in Turkey ruled Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to pull the country out of a key European treaty protecting women from violence was lawful, rejecting petitions seeking its cancellation, the state-run news agency reported. Erdogan withdrew Turkey...

Ukraine became an association country of the International Energy Agency on Tuesday, with both stressing that closer cooperation will help Europe face what is expected to be a hard winter amid an energy crisis tied to Russia's war in Ukraine. “I believe this winter may become a historic test of...

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday, according to a spokesman for the panel. Thompson, D-Miss., announced Tuesday that he tested positive for the virus on Monday and is...

Make-A-Wish Southern Florida makes a mermaid dream come true, by granting a four-year-old cancer patient’s wish to see the ocean and meet mermaids in Boca Raton. Last week, Emmy Haucke and her big sister Hadley were able to meet mermaids, gather shells and put on some fins of their own. The...

The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware, ultimately recovering half a million dollars in ransom payments, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said...

Doral police have identified a man its officers shot and wounded Monday while on a business rooftop; he now faces a host of charges. Officers shot Michael Prouty, 38, of Boca Raton in the leg, police said. His injury wasn’t life-threatening. The shooting happened following a stolen vehicle...

There’s an old adage in the prediction business (that can be repurposed for many other professions): you’re only as good as your next forecast. As weather forecasters, we’re routinely humbled by Mother Nature, despite the immense progress made by meteorologists, especially in forecasting...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on the White House to classify the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. Moody sent a letter to President Biden on Monday in which she outlined the reasons that fentanyl has become an extreme danger to Florida and the...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at increasing the flow of information to families of Americans detained abroad and at imposing sanctions on the criminals, terrorists or government officials who hold them captive. It is unclear if the new order will result in bringing...

The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month. Methanol was found in all of their bodies and investigations are continuing to determine whether the levels of the toxic chemical were...

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan this week to examine summer learning programs that are helping children who fell behind during the pandemic catch up on reading, writing and arithmetic before the new school year begins. The two-day...