The Miami Hurricanes athletic appeals committee upholds its ban of the University of Florida, LSU and Tennessee for quarterback Robert Marve, but it opened up the option of the University of Central Florida or the University of South Florida.
The Florida Senate is considering halting the state's premier land-buying program, Florida Forever, to stave off more pressing budget cuts.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development handed back control of Miami-Dade County's housing agency Thursday, 15 months after scandal prompted the takeover.
Drivers will encounter several nighttime lane closures this weekend on Interstate 95 near the State Road 112/I-195 interchange in Miami as demolition work continues for the next phase of the 95 Express project.
Hours before the kickoff of college football's Bowl Championship Series national title game, the parking lot at Dolphin Stadium was filled with eager fans awaiting the start.
Ninety-year-old Huber Matos is the only man living in exile in Miami who had a front-seat role in the Cuban Revolution.
A Broward County judge ruled Thursday that a teen accused of fatally shooting her classmate at Dillard High last year will remain in jail and undergo a psychiatric evaluation despite warnings by a psychologist that the teen will attempt suicide if she doesn't get moved.
A few Marines with their traditional dark navy jackets trimmed in vermilion-red stood at the entrance to the Coral Gables church. Inside, friends and family wore black and sat in the front pews to mourn the fallen Marine pilot.
Nilo Juri, a frequent Hialeah political candidate and former state lawmaker convicted of using straw donors to boost the campaign funds of friends, was sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday followed by two years of house arrest, then 15 years of probation.
Gas prices in South Florida have soared by double digits in the New Year, fueled by the rising conflict in Gaza. Since New Year's Day, prices have gone up 12 to 13 cents in South Florida, to $1.7981 in Fort Lauderdale and $1.8363 in Miami, AAA figures for Thursday show.
Hialeah police arrested Stanley Jaboin, 21, and Steven Travis Moise, 27, two of the the three people they believe robbed two people in Hialeah on Dec. 30.
A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of prominent Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne on drug-related money-laundering charges until April 27 because of a major appeal in the controversial case.
One year to the day Miami Detective James Walker Jr. was shot and killed in North Miami Beach, police and elected officials named the street where he was slain in his honor.
A former Miami detective was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for his role in protecting what he believed were shipments of cocaine and stolen goods.
Florida's legislators will vote Thursday on two plans to close the state's $2.3 billion deficit by slashing programs that, some hospital officials say, could set off a statewide healthcare system crisis.
Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a ''Dream Dinner in Miami'' on Thursday night to benefit the building of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Two elderly women were in serious condition Wednesday night after a car struck them on a West Miami-Dade road, officials said. The women were taken by helicopter to Ryder Trauma Center after the accident at the intersection of Southwest 152nd Avenue and Meadowlake Drive.
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