DeSantis ordered state offices closed July 2 and July 6, stretching Independence Day into a five‑day holiday for nearly 100,000 state workers as part of America 250.

Deli Lane is throwing a final, all‑day Fourth of July send‑off at its 59th Avenue home before relocating to the historic Dorn Buildings amid a larger redevelopment. Live bands, burgers and a neighborhood goodbye are on the bill.

An 11-year-old's disclosure prompted Miami-Dade detectives to arrest a Homestead man who is now charged in her father's 2024 death.

Delray Beach wants a permanent memorial for the 49 Pulse victims, but FDOT removals and a new Florida law have complicated the plan. Advocates are now pursuing a privately funded, permanent monument.

Sticky morning and highs near 88°F. Scattered late‑afternoon storms may bring heavy rain and local flooding.

A 30-year-old was booked Wednesday in Miami-Dade on charges tied to the 2019 ambush of custom-car designer Alex Vega, records show.

A Palm Beach law firm says $17.3M was siphoned from its escrow account overnight; the firm recovered part of the money and is suing First Horizon Bank.

A 10th-floor Faena House residence on Collins Avenue sold for $20M, producing a roughly $4,200-per-square-foot comp for the oceanfront tower.

Thick sargassum mats have piled up at Ocean Inlet Park and South Inlet Park; county crews will remove the seaweed next week.

A 57‑year‑old man is accused of following a stranger from a Homestead Avenue market to a SW 173rd Street bus stop and beating him to death, deputies say.

A 48-year-old rideshare driver surrendered after a northwest Miami-Dade hit-and-run left a motorcyclist critically injured. He was booked on a felony leaving-the-scene charge.

Three Miami‑area eateries landed on this week’s Dirty 30 after inspections found mold, pest activity and dozens of sanitation and temperature violations. Public inspection notes lay out repeated problems.

A Hollywood man was re-arrested this week after police say he sexually assaulted two teenage girls at a local motel in January 2024, records show.