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An 18-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on charges including battery by strangulation and burglary of a vehicle following an alleged altercation with a juvenile ex-girlfriend in a movie theater parking lot, according to police. Nicola Nosek, 18, of Delray Beach, was taken into custody shortly after 1:25 a.m. at the

MIAMI, Florida - Three Florida men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare and launder over $2.2 million in illicit proceeds. Marco Scamarone, 34, of Tamarac, Florida, received a 70-month prison sentence; Jose Mendez, 34, of Coral Springs, Florida, was sentenced to 78 months; and R

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Hollywood residents are fired up over a plan that could turn a stretch of city-owned beachfront property into a major development, while city commissioners move forward with the project. The proposal calls for Portofino Hollywood, a 27-story luxury high-rise. The 3-and-a-half-acre site at 1301 S. Ocea

Tucked into a Lighthouse Point strip mall, Fish Shack doesn’t look like much from the outside, but locals know better. This no-frills seafood spot has earned a cult following for serving some of the freshest catch in South Florida, and Friday nights here buzz with an energy that’s hard to find anywhere else. Whether yo

Some of the best food in Florida never comes from a restaurant. It shows up at farmers markets. In Florida, these spots are where homemade actually means something. No shortcuts. No big production. Just vendors who care about what they put on the table. Walk through one, and you feel...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Residents at Buckley Towers condos in North Miami Beach are dealing with the aftermath of a string of air-bag thefts after multiple vehicles were targeted. Standing in one of the affected areas, the damage stretches across rows of cars. The total reached 19 vehicles. Residents...

Construction has started on a community with affordable housing in Boca Raton. The Nuvo Midtown Boca apartments is set to measure six stories above grade and feature 294 homes. Fifteen percent of those units (about 44) will be designated as workforce housing, reserved for households earning up to 120 percent of the are

The Broward County school board is taking legal action against the county tax collector after the office earlier this year withheld more than $5 million that came from a school referendum. A referendum passed by voters in 2022 was intended to raise funds to benefit employee salaries, safety and security,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida father is facing serious charges after he was found passed out behind the wheel and on drugs with his 4-year-old son in the car, police said. Thirty-eight-year-old Weston Turner woke up behind bars after, police said, officers found him asleep and on...

A prominent law professor, a bitter custody battle, and a wealthy family who prosecutors say would stop at nothing to get what they wanted. In 2014, Florida State University criminal law professor Dan Markel was gunned down in his own garage. What followed was a decade-long investigation that peeled back the layers of