South Florida Local News

Homeowners and renters in Palm Beach County who were impacted by Hurricane Ian will have until Jan. 12 to apply for FEMA assistance after the agency extended its deadline this week.

After Ian and Nicole, the 2022 hurricane season was "anything but average” to many in Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis revived his feud with the Walt Disney Co. after Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up the long-simmering battle.

State wildlife officials approved a seasonal no-entry zone in Central Florida waters where manatees gather, while preparing for a second winter of feeding the sea cows to try to prevent deaths.

Three adult male manatees rescued from waters in the Florida Keys earlier this year have been returned to a Keys canal after being treated and rehabilitated at SeaWorld Orlando.

Florida's U.S. Sugar Corp. has completed a $315 million purchase of another large player in the sugar industry as the federal government continues to fight the merger on antitrust grounds.

A Broward County clinic is fighting a $56,000 state fine stemming from allegations that it did not properly comply with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed.

The execution of a search warrant at a Hallandale Beach storage unit Monday night led to the discovery of hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition that were stolen from businesses in South Florida, according to Pembroke Park Police.

Broward students will stay in school a bit longer for more classroom time to make up for closures during two recent hurricanes.

The family of a Boynton Beach woman who overdosed and died last year is suing a company, accusing it of selling her a product with the herb kratom, without proper warnings and instructions.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers found the wild eagle, who gained fame via a webcam at her nest, with a broken bone protruding from her right wing. She was weak and the wound was infected. Zoo ambassador Ron Magill is holding out hope that she can reunite in the wild with her lifelong mate, an eagle named Ron.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday praised Chinese citizens who have taken to the streets to protest their government. Moments later, he said the U.S. government should punish technology giant Apple if it removes Twitter from its App Store.

Detectives are searching for the driver of a newer white BMW i8 who they say shot at two cars on Interstate 95 on Sunday night, injuring two adults and a minor girl.

In what could be a first-of-its-kind case in Florida, a former state correctional officer is asking an appeals court to overturn his dismissal for using medical marijuana.

The body of a man was found in a canal near Florida's Turnpike, and authorities believe it had been in the water for at least 48 hours.

Two members of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration are among new defendants named in a class action lawsuit filed against the governor over the plan to fly 49 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard earlier this year.

Silvio Jose Ortega Martinez had been in the U.S. only a year when a car drove straight into him without stopping on a Miramar road. His family is asking the public to find the hit-run driver who left him for dead last weekend.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang.

A retail building devoted to selling fireworks is up in flames in Melbourne.

White sharks, just like snowbirds, have started heading south for the weather. They’re turning toward Florida’s waters after spending the summer off Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, hunting seals and tuna.