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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday announced changes to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, tightening restrictions and increasing the benefit slightly. 

A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reconsider a decision that allowed Florida to restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria while a legal battle about the restrictions plays out.

New videos shows a suspect not trying very hard to evade authorities in what a Florida sheriff’s office called “one of the slowest chases in history.”

A whale that washed ashore on a beach in Cuba could not be returned to the open ocean and died, NBC News reported, despite efforts from local rescuers. 

A carjacking suspect who allegedly led police on a pursuit that ended in a rollover crash in Miami Beach and who spent weeks on the run after tampering with his ankle monitor is back in custody, officials said.

One person was rushed to the hospital after a rollover crash on Friday morning.

Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger remained in “very critical condition” at a Miami hospital Friday, a day after he was found shot inside an SUV, the city’s police chief said.

Police are investigating a possible hit-and-run in Davie after a woman’s body was found in the middle of a road on Friday morning.

Abortion rights groups have outraised opponents by a nearly 8-to-1 margin in campaigns for ballot measures across the U.S. this year. But the advantage doesn’t show in ad buys in Florida, which has the most expensive campaign of the nine states where voters are being asked whether they want to enshrine abortion rights into state constitutions...

Messages of support have poured out from musicians and industry executives as Cuban Reggeaton singer El Taiger fights for his life after being found with a gunshot wound to his forehead in Miami, in circumstances police are still trying to parse.  It was around 6:45 a.m. Thursday when Miami police said they found the 37-year-old artist, born J...

There’s not a moment that goes by that Maggy Belizaire Lopez isn’t thinking about her daughter, 20-year-old Junisha Niclasse, not being by her side.

No one can hide from the truth. Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme.

Thousands of dockworkers are heading back to work Friday after reaching a tentative agreement on pay. Longshoremen across the county and in South Florida went on strike earlier this week with several demands.