Male Pedestrian Killed on I-95: FHP
A pedestrian was struck and killed on the northbound lanes of I-95 near U.S. 441 Thursday night, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said. Authorities were dispatched to the scene on the Golden Glades...
View ArticleJoel Lebron Gets Death in Miami Rape, Murder Case
The man convicted in the brutal rape and murder of a Miami teen and the attempted murder of her boyfriend was sentenced to death at a hearing Thursday morning. Joel Lebron, 33, was convicted in...
View Article10 Taken To Hospital After Extinguisher Sprayed at School
Ten students were taken to a hospital for precaution Thursday after a student at Norland Middle School in Miami Gardens grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed it around, according to school district...
View ArticleFirefighters Fight Blaze at Fort Lauderdale Auto Body Shop
Several firefighters responded to a Fort Lauderdale auto body shop Friday morning after a fire broke out. The fire was reported around 5 a.m. at M & M Auto Body at 805 Northwest 12th Street, Fort...
View ArticleCool Start Followed Mild High Temps Friday in South Florida
It’s a cool, if not chilly, start to our Friday with low temperatures leveling out in the lower to middle 50s under clear skies in South Florida. Under sunny skies today it will take some time to...
View ArticlePablo Escobar's Smuggler Talks About Cocaine Cowboy Era
In the late 1970s and early 80s in South Florida, it was a time of drugs, ruthless shootouts and bloodshed. A time viewed as the Cocaine Cowboy era because of the drugs and brazen murders that...
View ArticleTwo Men Shot and Killed Inside Car in Miami
Police are investigating after two men were shot to death inside a car in Miami early Friday, police said. The shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. as the men sat in the parked car in the area of...
View ArticleIn Memoriam 2013
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died Feb. 1 at the age of 88. The combative and colorful three-term mayor and self-described "liberal with sanity" had become a symbol of the city he loved worldwide,...
View ArticleFormer Mayor Koch "A Quintessential New Yorker"
Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the...
View ArticleNYers, Pols Recall Their Beloved Mayor
Ed Koch, the larger-than-life politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run, died of congestive heart failure Friday, Feb. 1, at the age of 88. Here, New...
View ArticleGreat White Shark Spotted Near Hamptons
A well-known great white shark is back on New York's Long Island: "Mary Lee" was tagged in Cape Cod last fall, then spotted off Florida last month. But Thursday, it was found hanging around the...
View ArticleJ.D. Patterson Named New Miami-Dade Police Director
Miami-Dade's new police director is a familiar face who's been with the department for nearly 30 years. J.D. Patterson, an officer who first joined the department's ranks in 1983 and has worked at the...
View ArticleGenital-Kick Suspect Arrested on Charge of Punching Deputy
A woman accused of kicking people's genitals in Manatee County was charged with battery on an officer when she allegedly punched a sheriff’s deputy in the face, authorities say. A sheriff’s report says...
View Article41 Days Later, Missing Beagle Reunited With Family
Forty-one days after Clyde the beagle went missing on New York's Long Island, the beloved pet has been reunited with his owners, who were displaced by superstorm Sandy. Christina Yevoli and her son...
View ArticleJudge Denies Bond for South Florida Murder Suspect
A South Florida murder suspect who eluded authorities for months and landed on the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted List before his capture was denied bond by a judge Friday. Felipe Torrealba, 26, will...
View ArticleNewtown Calls for Armed School Officers
The Newtown Board of Education wants more armed police officers in the Connecticut town's four elementary schools after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Last night, they decided to ask the town...
View ArticleBody Found in Water Near Julia Tuttle Causeway, Officials Say
A body was found in the water near the Julia Tuttle Causeway on Friday morning, according to Miami Fire-Rescue. Responders said they were placing the body on a boat and taking it to the Medical...
View ArticleEd Koch: The Mayor of Media
In early October 1978, less than a year into the first of his three terms as mayor of New York, Ed Koch appeared before millions on national TV, delivering the opening monologue during the...
View ArticleGate From Hemingway's Key West Home for Sale on eBay
An original wrought-iron gate from the Key West home of literary legend Ernest Hemingway is being auctioned on eBay. The gate, which hung at the side entrance to the Whitehead Street property where...
View ArticleSnake Bites Teenage Boy in Miramar, Authorities Say
A water moccasin bit a 16-year-old when he tried to pick up a sweatshirt he dropped in Miramar, authorities said. The snake bit the teenager on the 5000 block of Southwest 172nd Avenue while he was...
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