Florida

A record 1,120 people accused of being in the U.S. illegally were arrested in less than a week during sweep orchestrated by federal, state and local authorities in Florida. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports

The state legislature has passed a bill that makes it illegal to sell service appointments with the DMV or tax collector offices, the office of the Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez announced. Fernandez’s office issued a statement on Thursday that commended the state for its “unanimous passage of HB 0961.” Miami-Dade has led the way in trying to stop people…

That cooperation was on display Thursday when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to tout Operation Tidal Wave, which he says led to 1,100 immigration arrests. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports.

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Florida for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on May 1, 2025, to tout Operation Tidal Wave, which he says led to 1,100 immigration arrests.

Helicopter video shows the pair riding away from the scene before they were stopped by police.

A record 1,120 people accused of being in the U.S. illegally were arrested in less than a week during sweep orchestrated by federal, state and local authorities in Florida, an operation officials credited on Thursday to the burgeoning number of local police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations. That cooperation was on...

Florida lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill aimed at reforming a condominium safety law passed in 2022 in the wake of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South, which killed 98 people in Surfside in June 2021. Condo owners have been facing higher costs because of the 2022 law, which requires condo associations to have sufficient reserves to cover major repairs and...

A Florida man with ties to a teen girl behind a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin school last year has been arrested for allegedly making mass shooting threats.

A bill to regulate certain dogs was passed by the Florida Senate this week and is now awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature.

Helicopter video shows the pair riding away from the scene before they were stopped by police.

A Florida man who bought a yacht, a private jet and a fleet of luxury cars including more than two dozens Ferrari’s thanks to a $22 million tax fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would require hospitals to test patients for fentanyl in cases of suspect overdoses or poisoning.

A Florida woman known as the “Candyman” tried to hide drugs in her body as she was busted in a major narcotics operation, authorities said.

A Sarasota officer jumped onto an abandoned boat to stop it as it sped out of control, and the incredible save was caught on video. The Sarasota Police Department shared the wild video taken on Monday, after a boater fell off his 26-foot Everglades vessel north of the Ringling Museum, authorities said. The boater told officers he was returning the…

Footage from the Sarasota Police Department shows an officer leaping onto a runaway vessel going 40 mph to cut its engine.

A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely did apply to all of the state’s local law enforcement agencies, despite a recent letter to the contrary from the state’s attorney general. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said during a hearing in Miami...

The Republican-controlled House voted 88-27 to pass the bill (SB 700), which also includes a series of other issues related to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Senate passed the bill April 16, which means it is now ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis

A Tampa Christian school has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about whether the Florida High School Athletic Association violated First Amendment rights when it blocked the school from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 high-school football championship game.