NWS Miami urged boaters on Lake Okeechobee to seek safe harbor as storms produced high surf and gusts above 40 knots during an afternoon marine warning.

A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested after Miramar police say he fled a traffic stop, barricaded his apartment and was later taken into custody. Jail records list two counts of resisting an officer without violence.

Hialeah pulled a long‑promised Hialeah Heights government center from its capital plan and approved roughly $43.6M to renovate and expand City Hall instead.

NWS Miami warned of damaging winds and quarter‑size hail from Hialeah to Miramar, putting hundreds of thousands of residents and several hospitals and schools in the affected area.

A 27-year-old was arrested after police say a steak-knife fight at a Riverside home left a 21-year-old in critical condition, according to an arrest report.

A seven-vehicle collision at E Ocean Avenue and N Dixie Highway in Lantana tore a Mazda in half, killed one driver and sent two people by helicopter to St. Mary’s, officials say.

State inspectors found flies on cooked meats, mold in an ice machine and 21 violations at Soriano Brothers’ Hialeah restaurant; the shop later passed a re‑inspection.

Hard Rock Cafe’s Bayside outpost will shut on Aug. 19, 2026, cutting 117 jobs and ending roughly three decades on Miami’s waterfront. The closure leaves a prominent downtown space open as Bayside retools its lineup.

FBI Miami says it took custody of Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi after Turkish authorities detained him; he is accused in an alleged $3.7B Medicare fraud scheme.

A SmartAsset analysis finds surprising winners — barbers, opticians and some doctors — and big losers — designers and many science and academic roles — once Florida prices are factored in.

A Key Largo man was arrested after deputies found a teenage girl hidden inside a dryer; investigators say counterfeit bills were recovered and the sheriff’s office is probing.

Chevarus Stewart, convicted in May for a 2022 Taco Bell shooting that wounded two employees, is scheduled to learn his sentence today in Palm Beach County.

Neighbors found a man on a Miami Gardens street Sunday; police are investigating a suspected hit-and-run and are asking witnesses to come forward.