An 8-year-old died in Boynton Beach in an apparent accidental drowning. Detectives say no foul play is suspected as they investigate.

Hazy skies and a Heat Advisory hit Miami Tuesday. Heat index could reach 105°F; cooling sites are available.

Tallahassee police and DEA agents shut down a Panhandle "drug house" on June 22, seizing firearms and supplies of fentanyl, cocaine and meth tied to a suspected distributor.

Florida bars phones for K‑8 but allows high schoolers device use outside class. The state will pilot full‑day high‑school bans in six districts and requires a report by Dec. 1, 2026.

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 private-equity executive closed on a $15.5M Intracoastal mansion near Jupiter. We break down the listing, price history and what the sale says about the Palm Beach luxury market.

A Boca Raton man was arrested after deputies say he held a woman captive for hours, tied her to a chair and fired a gun inside her home.

A Palm Beach County home invasion left two people wounded and one woman in critical condition; two suspects now face first‑degree murder and related charges.

An Uber driver in Doral was arrested and charged after a woman said she was drugged and later woke up in a hospital, investigators say. Surveillance footage and hospital treatment helped prompt the arrest.

Developers at Shell Bay want to drop the project’s hotel towers and let luxury condos become full‑time homes, arguing the swap would trim traffic around the private club.

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.

A Miami motorcyclist who said he was an FHP trooper was arrested June 18 after a speeding stop revealed a suspended license and an allegedly false badge.