Florida law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials is causing concerns among family members and immigrants' rights advocates that people will disappear into county jail systems.

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities.

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Two little piggies will not become Christmas Eve roast pork thanks to a holiday pardon they received from a Florida mayor.

A privately owned high-speed passenger train service has been launched between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs.

Police officers responding to a report of someone with a gun threatening to “end it all” outside a downtown Florida hotel discovered the person in question was the director of the Miami-Dade police force.

Florida law enforcement officials say the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department is recovering in a Tampa hospital after shooting himself.

Saturday marks two years since Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, killing 98 people.

Family members of some of the 98 people killed in a Florida condominium collapse last June say they are too deep in mourning to contemplate the nearly $1 billion settlement their attorneys negotiated on their behalf.

The mayor of Miami-Dade County has declared a crisis in South Florida when it comes to housing affordability.

Commissioners in Florida's Miami-Dade County have given a nonprofit the green light to issue IDs for immigrants who are in the country illegally and others who don't have identification.

Genomic surveillance data shows omicron has overtaken the delta variant in Miami-Dade County as the dominant strain of the coronavirus in just a matter of weeks.

With the omicron variant looming, the mayor of Miami-Dade County has reinstated an emergency order requiring hospitals to report the numbers of COVID-19 cases treated each day and the availability of hospital beds.

Following the newest CDC guidance, Miami-Dade County is requiring masks to be worn by employees and visitors inside all county facilities — vaccinated or not.

A judge says victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.

The death toll in the Miami-area condominium building collapse has climbed to 95 as crews worked for a 20th day to find victims in the rubble.

Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida say they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site.

The death toll in the Miami-area condominium collapse has climbed to 94.

The death toll in the Miami-area condominium collapse has climbed to 94.

Officials say a cat that had lived on the ninth floor of a South Florida condo building before it collapsed last month has been found and returned to its family.

Officials say the Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately because of safety concerns found during a review prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building.

The death toll in the Florida condominium collapse has risen to 79 after 14 additional victims were pulled out of the rubble.

A somber moment of silence marked the end of the two-week search for survivors of a Florida condominium collapse, as rescue workers stood at solemn attention and clergy members hugged a line of local officials while many of them sobbed.

Emergency workers are giving up on any hope of finding survivors in a collapsed Florida condo building.

Emergency workers are giving up on any hope of finding survivors in a collapsed Florida condo building.

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse sounded increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seem increasingly somber about the prospects for finding anyone alive.

Legal action is already underway in the deadly Florida building collapse, even before rescuers have finished searching for victims.

Rescue teams combed through closets, looked under beds and even used drones as they looked for any pets that might have been left in the ruins of Champlain Towers South before the building was demolished.

Stormy weather is hampering search efforts at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building.

The Fourth of July holiday is being marked with somber tones in South Florida, where a collapsed building has left at least 24 dead and more than 120 missing under rubble.

Demolition crews have set off explosives to bring down the remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo.

Crews are trying to rescue a cat seen on a lower floor of the remaining wing of a collapsed 12-story condominium complex near Miami.

The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell following a new review.

Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium building have resumed after a 15-hour pause for safety concerns, and officials say they are planning for the likely demolition of the remaining structure.

One of the most beloved figures in Miami sports history has visited the site of a Florida condo building collapse.

As more human remains emerge from the rubble of the collapsed Florida condo tower, the dead now include the first children.

Elected officials are vowing to conduct multiple investigations into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo building.

Officials say prosecutors in Florida will pursue a grand jury investigation into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront condominium building.

About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building.

In the wake of the Florida condo collapse, many nearby cities are calling for inspections of their condo buildings.

Authorities say the death toll from the building collapse near Miami has risen to five.

Officials don't know what caused a Florida beachside condominium tower to suddenly collapse.

Authorities say search crews have found another body at the site of a 12-story building collapse near Miami, raising the death toll to five.

Search and rescue teams are trying to detect any sounds coming from survivors of the collapse of a beachside condominium complex near Miami.

Authorities say nearly 100 people are still unaccounted for after part of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami.

Gavin Newsom's vision of a uniform COVID-19 vaccine network despite widespread pushback from local health offices. The state has already identified a site in Mesa that will replace the vaccination clinic at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Kate Brown announced she’ll accelerate Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine eligibility timeline to allow vulnerable populations to receive shots ahead of May 1. Ron DeSantis says he’s opening COVID-19 vaccines to people age 50 and older on Monday. The governor’s announcement came a day after Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said he’s opening vaccination sites to anyone 40 and older.

State health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey urged residents to continue wearing masks, practicing social distancing and washing their hands frequently. Health care officials are currently vaccinating health care workers, first responders and those living in long-term care facilities —all people in the highest-priority groups for getting doses. In the first phase, priority was given to health care workers and residents and staff at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Cuomo says hospitals need to do a better job of vaccinating the health care workers who are eligible now. Only health care workers and nursing home residents and staff members are currently being vaccinated in New York.

MIAMI – Two people arrived at a Miami-Dade County park’s basketball court late Sunday, drew weapons and started shooting at a crowd, wounding eight people, officials said. The two others who were wounded are in stable condition. Rodriguez said the two suspects ran away, and that police are asking the public for information regarding their identity and whereabouts. “This is a senseless, heinous crime,” Rodriguez said. “There were adults, children, families, trying to share and trying to have a good time at a park, on a Sunday, before returning to school on Monday.”

WASHINGTON – Billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is donating $500,000 to juice Democratic turnout in Miami-Dade County, a place where the party must bank a massive number of votes if it hopes to win the pivotal swing state of Florida. The money will be used to register Miami-Dade voters and knock on doors. In a statement, Bloomberg highlighted the importance of Miami-Dade County. “As one of the most diverse counties in Florida, Miami-Dade County is a particularly important county for a Democratic victory in Florida,” he said. “I’m glad to support the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee’s work to directly reach voters and urge them to cast their ballots."