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MIAMI (WSVN) - Devastated families and a heartbroken community are in mourning after a boat crash in Biscayne Bay claimed the life of three girls, and as investigators attempt to piece together what led to the crash, the attorney for one of the victims said this tragedy “could have and should have” been avoided.

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a South Florida landlord employed violence as a means to financially exploit a 78-year-old tenant with dementia, “punching him” if he did not sign checks. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies captured a seemingly smirking Anne-Marie Lake in a jail mugshot as they...

Hollywood Police said Donald Taylor was armed and refused verbal commands before "an officer-involved shooting occurred."

DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was hurt after he encountered some trouble during a traffic stop in Davie. The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on SR-84 westbound, just before SW 136th Avenue when the trooper conducted a traffic stop on a driver who failed to stay in their lane.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A woman wanted for bail jumping in Kentucky is facing a felony charge in South Florida after authorities said she was caught disturbing a marked sea turtle nest in Pompano Beach. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened just before noon on Sunday...

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Broward County are investigating after a 2-year-old girl nearly drowned. It happened around 6:45 p.m. Saturday at the Sheraton Suites hotel, located on Cypress Creek Boulevard near I-95 in Fort Lauderdale. According to police, someone called 911 after finding the girl in the...

The last Sears store in South Florida, one of only two left in the state, is trying a familiar name to bring customers inside. The Kenmore appliances brand, associated with Sears for more than a century, opened a new 3,000-square-foot showroom inside the “Coral Gables Sears” on the Miami side of the city border at...

ABC programming will air on Channel 7 in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market.

MIAMI — A Houston woman is facing an attempted murder charge in South Florida after authorities accused her of stabbing another woman at a Miami gas station and then bragging about it and taunting the victim in social media posts and livestreams. Police said they arrested Shakia Travon Jenkins,...