An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling and spearfishing in Florida.

Eleven people were hurt after a boat explodes in Fort Lauderdale on Memorial Day.

Franky Venegas, a member of the “Island Boys” rap group, is arrested in southwest Florida on gun and drug charges.

The release shows that they may be in the company of Nathan Gingles, 43, and traveling in a 2016 silver BMW.

A sticky, black substance that washed ashore prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale Beach on Saturday morning as crews worked to determine its source.

Police are investigating after a New Year’s tragedy in Fort Lauderdale.

Airport officials announced they received reports about the broken pipe around 9 a.m. on Thursday.

The Florida Python Challenge is now open for registration.

A quiet night was shattered by the rapid staccato of gunfire that police say created a “war zone” in a Miami Gardens neighborhood.

Two children were trapped after falling into a sand hole at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Beach Tuesday afternoon, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

Miami Beach police conduct an investigation after they say a fetus washed ashore.

The village of Pinecrest in Miami-Dade County is planning to use vasectomies to help solve the issue of its overwhelming number of peacocks.

A Broward jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit that alleged hot chicken McNuggets from a local McDonald’s franchise left a young girl severely burned.

Opening statements began in a second trial to determine the damages that will be awarded to the family suing McDonald’s and its franchisee after a 4-year-old was severely burned by a chicken nugget.

A man was hospitalized after a possible lightning strike Thursday afternoon in southwest Miami-Dade, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

Authorities in Hollywood responded to a deadly small plane crash Wednesday afternoon.

A brave 13-year-old girl fought off a shark while being attacked at a Florida beach.

One of the “Island Boys” has been arrested in Pompano Beach after deputies say he slapped his girlfriend and pushed her in a pool.

Two women were arrested at Miami International Airport after they got into an altercation with an employee from Frontier Airlines, authorities say.

A 41-year-old man faces a host of felony charges after a 13-year-old girl’s visit to a South Florida hospital led police to accuse him of impregnating her.

A man accused of stealing multiple packages from Hollywood residents was arrested on Christmas Eve, police say.

A man and woman from southwest Miami-Dade stand accused of kidnapping and robbing a 75-year-old woman in Hialeah as part of what police are calling a “pigeon drop” scam, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

Two people were taken into custody in South Florida after authorities spotted a vehicle possibly connected to a homicide in Orlando, according to sheriff’s officials.

Backlash over the Parkland shooting penalty phase verdict is reaching the highest levels of the state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended four Broward school board members after a grand jury report accused them of “deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence” and recommended their removal from office, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

The Ultra Music Festival will call Bayfront Park “home” every March for the next five years. Ultra signing a new deal to keep the festival where it is until 2027.

Detectives arrested a man Tuesday who is accused of plowing into a group of children in South Florida.

The search continues for a driver who police say struck six children in South Florida Monday, killing two of them and sending the other four to the hospital.

A cruise out of South Florida will skip two ports after 55 people onboard tested positive for COVID-19.

A wild fight is caught on video inside the Miami airport.

A cruise docks at Port Miami after nearly 50 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19.

A family in Homestead is mourning the loss of two beloved family members after a driver crashed into their van earlier in the week.

The mother of a young girl who was abandoned at a Miami hospital has been located and arrested.

Two people survived after their plane crashed in Miramar late Monday night, authorities confirmed.

As you make sure you have all of your hurricane supplies ready, there’s an important generator recall to keep an eye out for.

A South Florida woman who went missing for several weeks before being discovered naked in a storm drain in Delray Beach has been rescued underground for a second time.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Operations at Fort Lauderdale International Airport are “gradually returning to normal” after the facility was briefly evacuated due to a “security incident” outside two terminals. Officials say all roads leading into the airport have reopened after being shut down around 4 a.m. Thursday. [TRENDING: Tax collector accused of stealing $400k | Land, ahoy: Boat falls onto Fla. interstate | Gator takes dip in couple’s swimming pool]AdIn a post on Twitter, officials asked for patience as airport employees were allowed back inside to resume normal operations. An earlier tweet advised passengers that “disruptions to airport operations may be possible,” and asked them to check with their airlines before heading to the airport. The way we found out was being driven in different directions by our driver,” said Coy Combs, who was scheduled on a 6 a.m. flight to Cincinnati, Ohio.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police have confirmed that a man is in custody in connection with the abduction, sexual assault and shooting of a 12-year-old boy, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV. The boy was sexually assaulted and shot over the weekend, officials said. Johnny can be seen on video escorting the boy to the market to get help. UPDATE: 12-year old boy who was abducted, raped & shot- snuck out of his home over the weekend to go over a friend’s house... even using pillows atop his bed to trick his parents. “When they told me it was a little boy, that’s awful,” said Celine Mejia.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida woman is recovering in the hospital after she was found naked and stuck in a storm drain, WPLG-TV reported. “A passerby heard something coming from the storm drain,” said Dani Moschella, of Delray Beach Fire Rescue. “They did in fact, to their surprise, find a woman stuck in that storm drain,” Moschella said. Her knees were all scraped up.”AdMissing woman located naked in Delray Beach storm drainAuthorities aren’t sure how the woman got into the storm drain or how long she was down there. “It appears she may have been in that storm drain for at least a couple of days, perhaps longer,” White said.

In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., evacuate the school following a shooting there on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (WPLG-TV via AP)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida judge has ruled that a local school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by a former student who would later be accused of a mass shooting that killed 17 people. Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning said Monday that the Broward County school district cannot be held liable for failing to predict actions that were beyond its control, the South Florida SunSentinel reported. AdFamilies of the victims have sued Cruz, who was 19 at the time, as well as the school district, the Broward Sheriff’s Office and on-duty deputies who failed to stop the massacre. “The District had no control over Cruz,” the judge ruled.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. Police are seeking the publics help in finding a girl reported missing in Boynton Beach, WPLG-TV reported. London Gordon, 13, was last seen Monday in the area of the 3600 block of High Ridge Way, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. London is a Black girl, about 4 feet, 9 inches tall, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and gray athletic pants. Anyone with information about Londons whereabouts is urged to call 911 or the Boynton Beach Police Department at 561-742-6100.

At the headquarters in Miramar, the FBI on Thursday showed images from surveillance video of the last few times Cavett was seen, which was three weeks ago. Detectives confirmed that the 21-year-old mother and her 2-year-old son were alone when they drove from Georgia in a white pickup truck south to Florida on July 24 and 25. The gas station is in the same plaza in Hollywood that the white pickup truck was found on Wednesday, July 29. Sightings of her in Hollywood, Miramar and Fort Lauderdale Beach have been confirmed. Her family is still puzzled as to why Cavett was in Florida.

Ron DeSantis has signed a new law Tuesday that requires all public schools in the state of Florida to have a silent panic alarm. Alyssas Law was named in honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, who was killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, News 6 partner WPLG-TV in Miami reported. Students or teachers will be able to push the buttons inside their classrooms, directly alerting law enforcement of what and where the threat may be, cutting down on response times. Panic button technology that is already available can work through a smart phone application, allowing users to notify authorities. We need to provide all these layers and hopefully we will stop the next school shooting, Alhadeff said.

“We love Alejandro and I don’t agree with whatever they’ve said about my wife,” a sobbing Aldo Ripley said Saturday. Patricia Ripley, left, faces murder charges in the death of her 9-year-old son, Alejandro. Police now allege that Ripley had pushed her son into another canal an hour before a second attempt. Her call to policeA call for help placed by Patricia Ripley Thursday night set off an Amber Alert and a desperate search. This morning, @MDPD_Director Ramirez joined @KathyFndzRundle to brief the community on the tragic murder of Alejandro Ripley & the arrest of his mother, Patricia Ripley.

Authorities have not confirmed how Alejandro Ripley died or where his body was found, News 6 partner WPLG-TV reported. The Florida Amber Alert for Alejandro Ripley has been cancelled. — FDLE (@fdlepio) May 22, 2020EARLIER STORY:An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 9-year-old boy who was abducted in South Florida, according to officials. Police said Alejandro Ripley was abducted Thursday night by two men at a Home Depot in The Hammocks area in Miami-Dade County. Contact law enforcement immediately.”The FDLE said Alejandro was last seen wearing a Captain America T-shirt, black shorts and black Crocs.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The man at the center of an Amber Alert issued for an infant Tuesday was found dead a day after three women were found shot to death inside a South Florida home, according to authorities in Pasco County. Police said Andrew was believed to be with his 49-year-old father, who police identified as Ernesto Caballeiro, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV in Miami. Ernesto Caballeiro was later found dead Wednesday afternoon in Pasco County but the infant remains missing, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deputies said they found the van in a rural area near Blanton with a man, matching Ernesto Caballeiro’s description, dead inside the vehicle. Miami-Dade County property records show Ernesto Caballeiro has owned the four-bedroom home, at 21981 SW 187 Ave., since 2005.