South Florida

In late August and early September, the largest of collection of Florida's most endangered coral spawned in a Key Largo nursery. Thousands of babies are now being raised in labs around the state, which scientists hope could help revive elkhorn coral on North America's only barrier reef.

An administrative law judge has recommended the Florida Department of Health reprimand and fine a nurse who posted a TikTok disparaging the former White House press secretary.

Prosecutors told the court that Andrew and Tristan Tate boasted about having multiple passports and flying on private jets. But the Tates' lawyers argued they were only playing a role for their fans.

The University of Miami hosted the Embassy of Denmark for a panel on waterfront development. Both coastal areas are under threat from rising sea levels.

A hasty summons for national park superintendents to attend regional meetings later this month has triggered alarms that more downsizing could be in store.

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks.

With a decided name-recognition advantage over his opponent, former Miami TV news anchorman Eliott Rodriguez won the Democratic nomination in Florida's 27th congressional district — and could present the Republican incumbent, three-term Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar, with her first serious challenge in November.

In a court filing this week, the Army Corps project manager said the work had damaged nearby endangered staghorn coral, meeting or exceeding what was allowed under the permit.

"Trump's new executive order changing the childhood vaccine schedule against the advice of pediatric experts is dangerous and makes no sense," said Frankel in a statement. She represents Florida's 22nd Congressional District.

The federal lawsuit filed this week in Fort Lauderdale asks a judge to halt work until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers new information about coral and queen conchs in assessing potential damage from the project and ongoing dredging to maintain it.

An appeals court denied the Broward Sheriff's Office's motion to avoid a trial over its response to the to the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

A surge in immigration arrests in South Florida has alarmed immigrant rights advocates and detainee families, who are pleading for local law enforcement authorities to end their cooperation with federal immigration agencies in detaining suspected undocumented immigrants.