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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A big win is emerging when it comes to treating the most dangerous form of skin cancer. For years, doctors struggled to treat melanoma, especially when the cancer spread to other organs in the body. Chemotherapy often did not work, but newer immunotherapy treatments are now helping save lives.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County public school teacher was arrested Thursday and booked into the Broward County Main Jail, records show. Online jail records show Basil Billings, 63, faces charges of offense against student by authority figure and lewd and lascivious touching of certain minors. Billings is...

Miami, Florida — Millions of Floridians are being urged to prepare for days of heavy rainfall and potential flash flooding as a moisture-rich weather system settles over the state, bringing repeated rounds of thunderstorms through the weekend and into early June. Forecasters say the prolonged weather event could dump..

What was supposed to be a joyful graduation day became an emotional tribute for the family of a South Florida teenager whose life was tragically cut short. On Thursday, the family of 17-year-old Yahkeim Lollar gathered at the Ziff Opera House as Miami Northwestern Senior High School honored him with a posthumous diplom

MIAMI (WSVN) - A search is underway for a missing teen from Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. Detectives with City of Miami Police said 17-year-old Ciela Mendez was last seen in the area of Little Haiti on May 22. She stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.

The city of Miami has delayed a scheduled vote approving a $770,000 settlement payout to former Commissioner Joe Carollo after plaintiffs in a separate lawsuit filed an emergency motion this week, arguing they’re entitled to those funds. The Miami City Commission agreed on Thursday to push a vote approving a six-figure

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office sergeant has been cleared nearly a year after he shot and killed a suspect following a pursuit that ended in the county’s unincorporated West Little River area. MDSO Sgt. Kelvin Cox shot and killed Kristofer Laboy, 24, outside of a building...

With evictions looming for approximately 200 families living at a Miami trailer park, dozens gathered Wednesday to stage a protest outside City Commissioner Ralph Rosado’s office in the hopes that the city might intervene — or at least help buy them more time. With a September deadline to vacate their homes quickly app

A Wisconsin woman is facing multiple felony charges after Florida authorities accused her of spending several days drugging men she met at local establishments to steal tens of thousands of dollars in high-end jewelry and designer clothing. Deziree Nicole Hood, 20, was arrested on Saturday and charged with two counts..

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A 23-year-old Lauderdale Lakes man is accused of leaving a 5-year-old girl unattended in a locked vehicle for about 50 minutes Wednesday outside a restaurant in Coconut Creek, according to police. Investigators identified the suspect as Jean Richard Adoux. The incident occurred near the 4100...