The family of a woman whose body was found inside a walk-in freezer in a Miami Dollar Tree store last month is suing the chain and the store’s manager for over $50 million dollars. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Miami-Dade on Wednesday on behalf of the family of 32-year-old Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez. Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez ...

All Florida driver license exams will soon be only available in English, the state announced Friday. Beginning Feb. 6, all driver license knowledge and skills examinations will be administered exclusively in English, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said. The change applies to all driver license classifications and oral ...

Speed, thrills, and electric power hit South Florida this weekend as the Formula E World Championship returns for the Miami E-Prix, round three of the 202526 season. Fans can see the worlds top all-electric race cars in action, plus enjoy fan festival activities, simulators, live music, food, and more. Here’s what to know. What is Formula E ...

A man was arrested for allegedly stalking his ex-girlfriend in Broward County after authorities said he sent her a letter containing a bullet and placed a tracker on her vehicle. Jakir Hasan, 23, of West Palm Beach, was arrested Wednesday in Parkland by the Broward Sheriff’s Office on charges of aggravated stalking and installing a tracking device ...

The Justice Department has released millions of pages of records related to its investigation into Jefferey Epstein. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday that the department’s disclosure included more than 2,000 videos, 180,000 images and some 3 million pages of documents. Blanche said that the records will include “significant ...

Still don’t have a Real ID? Starting on Sunday, Air travelers without a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or passport will be required to pay a fee to get through airport security. The Transportation Security Administration announced last month that beginning Feb. 1, 2026, travelers who do not present an acceptable form of identification may opt ...

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities Thursday night, according to his attorney. Lemon, 59, was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement. It was not immediately clear why Lemon was arrested. However, the Justice Department ...

A Miami Beach legend known for running in the city’s streets every night is now in a fight to keep his home. Robert “Raven” Kraft has run every single night, rain or shine, since Jan. 1, 1975. He has been honored and celebrated by the city, and even has a street named after him but Kraft is now facing foreclosure after soaring condo fees. ...

Sha’Carri Richardson, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the world’s fastest women on the track, has been arrested in Florida and accused of driving over 100 mph, according to jail booking records. The 25-year-old sprinter was arrested and booked into Orange County Jail on Thursday on a charge of dangerous excessive speeding at 100 mph or more, ...

Florida wont be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and a few flurries can feel like Antarctica to people with permanent sandal tans. The Midwest and South have been getting major winter storms for several days, and a giant cyclone forecast in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to pull that ...

When American speedskater Erin Jackson won the 500 meters at the Beijing Games four years ago, she knew, of course, that it was her first Olympic medal. She also was aware that it had been a while 28 years, to be exact since a woman from the U.S. finished first in that event. What she had no idea about until days later: Jackson was the first Black ...

Singer and actor Ray J took to social media this week to reveal a poor prognosis for his health, sharing that his heart is only beating like 25% following his hospitalization for a severe case of pneumonia. In videos now circulating online from previous online comments, Ray J, 45, said doctors told him he doesn’t have much longer to live. 2027 is ...

A major construction project in a busy corridor of Miami Beach is designed to protect the city from flooding and improve long-term infrastructure. But for some people who live and work along Lincoln Road and West Avenue, the work is creating short-term challenges they say are hurting daily life and business. The construction is part of Phase II of the ...

A persons genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science. Using data from human twin studies, an international team of researchers arrived at the conclusion that the genetic contribution to how long were likely to live is as high as 55%. This new ...

Family members have identified a young woman who was killed in a murder-suicide shooting outside the Davie beauty school she attended. Aileen Martinez, 20, was killed in Tuesday’s shooting outside Aveda Institute South Florida, family members said in a news release Thursday. Martinez, of North Miami, was a student at Aveda Institute studying ...

The Justice Department filed charges Thursday against a man who allegedly tried to spray Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with a substance from a syringe during a town hall in Minneapolis this week. Anthony Kazmierczak faces a count alleging that he forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and interfered” with the congresswoman while she was ...

Here’s a look at the Olympic curling rules and regulations for Milan Cortina 2026: Events There are three curling events: the mens tournament and the womens tournament, which are identical in format, and mixed doubles. A mens tournament was contested at the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in 1924, but the IOC did not officially recognize the results ...

A freeze watch was set to go into effect in South Florida this weekend as temperatures were expected to dip into the low to middle 30s, forecasters said. The freeze watch will go into effect from Saturday evening through Sunday morning, National Weather Service officials said Thursday. It impacts inland Miami-Dade, Broward and Collier counties. ...

Following pushback, Broward County Public Schools decided to rescind its plan to hold most high school graduation ceremonies in school gymnasiums this year. “Following feedback fromSchool Board members and the community, the revised graduation schedule for the Class of 2026 has been updated. All schools will host their 2026 commencement ceremonies in ...

It wasnt easy for Laila Edwards parents, missing much of their daughters formative years developing into womens hockey Olympian away from her roots in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Thanks to an outpouring of donations, including a major push from the hometown NFL brother tandem of Travis and Jason Kelce, they will be making the trip to joinEdwards making her ...

An Illinois man accused of phony luxury watch frauds across the United States is facing charges in connection with the sale of a fake Rolex in Surfside, authorities said. Michael Milke, 28, who an arrest report said is from the Chicago area, is charged with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, Miami-Dade jail records showed. Michael Milke ...

A convicted felon avoided going to trial and pleaded guilty to killing a 10-year-old in a 2013 shooting inside the boy’s father’s nail salon in northwest Miami-Dade. Anthawn Ragan, 31, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 15 criminal counts including robbery, assault, and first-degree murder for killing Aaron Vu and attempted murder charges for shooting ...

A man has been arrested in Mexico in connection with the murder of a man who went missing from Hialeah last year and whose body was later found in a recycling bin, authorities said. Alfredo Carballo Gonzalez was taken into custody on Tuesday by Mexican authorities and extradited back to South Florida, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office officials said ...

A man facing charges in the sexual battery of a student at Florida Memorial University is now facing an additional charge for attempting to do the same to a female officer, according to an arrest report. Steven Rivers, 30, was taken into custody on Tuesday. The next day, police confirmed that DNA evidence tied him to the crime on campus, where he was ...

Olympic host cities go big when the Games are in town. From stadiums to villages and everything else, the cost of hosting adds up. But after just a few weeks of competition, the entire city is emptied. Stadiums aren’t filled, villages aren’t lively and tourists have hit the road. In some cases, world-class facilities can be unused for years after ...