Transgender teen from Davie crowned prom queen

Transgender teen Andrew Viveros, 17, was crowned prom queen on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale.

Hurricane season to kick off with a few afternoon showers

The official start of hurricane season is just a day away, and all is quiet in the tropics. This week should bring nothing more than a little local rain, meteorologists said...

Boy, 17, in critical condition after rescue from car in canal

A 17-year-old boy was in "extremely critical" condition Monday night after divers rescued him from a car that went into a canal on U.S. Highway 27 near Weston, authorities...

Two shootings mar Urban Beach Weekend

A police chase and firefight on the streets of South Beach Monday morning ended with officers shooting into an occupied car on Collins Avenue and killing the driver,...

Fort Lauderdale police weigh high-tech program that targets career criminals

The city's Police Department is putting a new emphasis on the small group of career criminals who commit most of the crime.

Surviving with AIDS 30 years on

Thirty years after America started battling HIV/AIDS, deaths linked to the virus have plummeted. New HIV cases are down by three-quarters. Life expectancy has more than...

Bird watcher wrongly arrested for possession of pot had sage in backpack

She prayed for peace that day.

Driver injured after Monroe deputy slams into back of electric-powered vehicle

Holiday traffic was snarled on the busy Overseas Highway for several hours early Sunday after a Monroe County Sheriff's Office patrol car slammed into the back of a small...

Wilton Manors man lives with AIDS and loss

Richard "Dab" Garner has lived with HIV since the beginning of the epidemic 30 years ago. He has outlived his best friend, two life partners and a 4-year-old foster daughter....

West Boca teen dies of head injuries from fall off hood of car

A West Boca teenager who was critically injured 11 days ago when he fell off the hood of...

Slain def jam poet, owner of North Miami café, leaves a void

Miami's budding world of spoken-word performance lost a defining voice early Sunday, when gunmen shot and killed poet Will "Da Real One'' Bell Jr. outside his North Miami caf&...

Delta jet's landing gear catches fire; 4 hurt

ATLANTA (AP) — The landing gear of a Delta Air Lines jet apparently caught fire during a rough landing Saturday afternoon at Atlanta's main airport, but the flight's...

Police seize 40 marijuana plants at Boynton grow house

Police seized 40 marijuana plants during a late-night search of a Boynton Beach...

Broward tutoring program raises teens' grades and spirits

As the kids stream in for after-school tutoring, some of the problems they bring with them are right there in black and white: What's the square root of nine? Does the word...

Supreme Court tosses Hialeah man's child kidnapping conviction

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a life sentence and kidnapping conviction for a Hialeah man who stole a truck with a 2-year-old sleeping in the back...