Hollywood FL

There is a thrift store in Hialeah, Florida, that has earned a reputation so big that people line up at the door before it even opens. Shoppers push through racks of clothing, dig through shelves of housewares, and walk out with armloads of finds for just a few dollars. The...

In 2020, the first Motek restaurant opened in downtown Miami’s Seybold Building during a pandemic, an inauspicious start that turned out successful enough to lay groundwork for a Mediterranean culinary empire. Now, after the restaurant has spread across South Florida — to Aventura, Brickell, Coral Gables, Miami...

House District 106 is the most Jewish legislative district in Florida. From Miami Beach to Aventura, it is home to Jewish families representing the full spectrum of Jewish life, from the most secular to the most devout, including multi-generational Floridians and newcomers from across the diaspora. As the mother of a...

Miami police say a money dispute between roommates in Little Havana turned terrifying Monday night when a 60-year-old man allegedly pointed a gun at his roommate and squeezed off two rounds at the man’s feet inside their home. The roommate told officers he was not hurt, and investigators later recovered a handgun...

Early Sunday, March 15, a 58-year-old man was shot near his West Park home and later died at the hospital, and detectives are now urging neighbors and anyone with information to speak up. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials identified the victim as Timothy Motes, saying he was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital and...

Rescuing an animal can completely change the direction of a dog’s life, and sometimes it leaves a deep mark on the people who step in to help as well. Even one small act of compassion can open the door to an outcome nobody saw coming. For one fire department in Florida, a call that looked fairly routine at first...

Police in Pembroke Park, Florida are searching for a suspect after a man was shot multiple times outside a bar late Monday night. According to the Pembroke Park Police Department, officers responded to reports of gunfire at Thirsty’s Liquor Bar on West Hallandale Boulevard. Victim hospitalized in stable condition.

A 4-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl is facing a long recovery after a dog clamped onto her leg and foot outside an apartment complex off Northwest 19th Street on Friday. Her family says she has already undergone surgery and will need follow-up plastic surgery on her foot. The child's mother, Brittany McKinney, says the...

MIAMI, Florida - A 25-year-old Fort Lauderdale man has been stripped of his U.S. citizenship after defrauding COVID-19 relief programs and concealing his criminal conduct during the naturalization process. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith revoked the citizenship of Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint after determining he...

MIAMI — In Miami’s Little Havana, Amy Amargos, Joe Aguiar, and Leonel Nora were among the Cuban Americans who are convinced that the only way the island’s problems will be fixed is with new leadership. Amargos stood along Calle Ocho. She faced a 12-foot-tall dark gray hexagonal...