UF's search advisory committee unanimously named Stuart R. Bell, the former University of Alabama president, as the sole finalist; trustees and the state Board of Governors must now confirm the pick.

As hotels and office towers arrive, Jessica Goldman Srebnick is curating murals on new facades to keep Wynwood's artistic identity intact. Her role is now part curator, part mediator.

Residents in Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park report nightly car break-ins and stolen vehicles. Neighbors are sharing surveillance footage while police investigate and urge simple precautions.

Light rain this morning; scattered storms today and a high rip current risk at Miami‑Dade beaches. Swim only at lifeguarded spots.

A Miami woman was arrested after, police say, she struck a roommate with a broomstick and threatened her with a knife; detectives recovered a knife and the broomstick.

A 90-year-old Boca Raton resident, Sandra Friedman, died after stepping from her driveway into the path of an SUV last Thursday, deputies say. The crash has drawn renewed attention to pedestrian safety for older residents.

West Marine filed for Chapter 11, blaming long‑term lease costs that drained liquidity as it pursues a court‑supervised restructuring backed by lenders.

A 29-year-old was arrested after deputies say he fired shots at neighbors in a Homestead-area trailer park, narrowly missing a resident who reported bullets "whizzing by."

The Hyundai Air & Sea Show lands in South Beach this Memorial Day weekend with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, offshore powerboats and a five‑block Patriot Display Village.

Police say Juan Lopez filmed himself sexually assaulting his severely burned girlfriend; investigators found videos, searches and drugs on his phone.

A Miami-Dade jury convicted former county transit worker Gregory Martin in a 2009 abduction and rape. DNA evidence also links him to a 2000 unsolved homicide.

A 26-year-old man was arrested after two 13‑year‑old girls said he tried to lure them in a Boynton Beach Walmart parking lot.

A 66‑year‑old security guard was arrested after deputies say he smothered his wife and later pointed a gun at her, a report shows.