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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Following the arrest of two men with long rap sheets and recent accusations of a chilling crime, Miami Beach lawmakers are calling for tougher action on repeat offenders. Police arrested Christopher Martinez and Misael Vargas last Friday after they were accused of randomly attacking and...

In Tuesday's Miami Proud, we are shining the spotlight on a local jewelry brand protecting the ocean and beaches in South Florida.

Gas prices are climbing fast across Miami, with a 32.6-cent jump in just the past week. The average price for a gallon of regular now stands at $4.07 to start the week, up 33.2 cents from a month ago and $1.06 higher than this time last year. Prices vary widely...

Authorities say the shooting was personal and not tied to a festival as investigators review surveillance and seek public tips.

A Pembroke Pines woman has been arrested after she was accused in the theft of SNAP benefits from around 200 people, authorities said. Tamica Brown, 43, was arrested on April 7 on charges of criminal use of personal identification information involving over 30 victims and trafficking in counterfeit credit cards involving 50 or more cards, Broward jail records showed.

What was supposed to be one of South Florida’s quiet, behind-the-scenes lifesavers is now at the center of a federal takeover. Investigators say years of staffing shortages, training gaps and basic verification errors pushed regulators to decertify the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency and hand off South Florida’s organ procurement work to a new provider. The Miami-based group, which covered six...

Sending hospitals the wrong organ. Severe understaffing. Failing to properly identify at least one organ that tested positive for an infectious disease known to cause complications in transplant patients. Those are some of the reasons why the Miami-based nonprofit tasked with recovering organs for transplantation across South Florida and the Bahamas was ordered shut down last year by the federal government, records show...

MIAMI — A 32-year-old man was arrested after he was captured on CCTV abusing his dog after it peed in the elevator of the condominium building where he lives in Miami, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the incident happened shortly before 4:30...

HIALEAH, Fla. — Hialeah police said they’re investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead on Monday morning. It happened at the intersection of West 68th Street and 17th Court. Video from Sky 10, taken just before 10:45 a.m., shows the motorcycle and debris in the roadway next...

HIALEAH, Fla. — A felon with convictions for armed robbery and drug trafficking waited out his victim for more than an hour before murdering him in a Hialeah neighborhood in late March, according to police. Johnny George Mays, 48, of Cutler Bay, is now facing a first-degree murder charge...