Deputy: Children Found Malnourished & Dirty, Parents Were Not
A deputy patrolling around a Walmart near West Palm Beach found five children living in a car, looking hungry but their parents did not, authorities said.
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A deputy patrolling around a Walmart near West Palm Beach found five children living in a car, looking hungry but their parents did not, authorities said.
A 43-year-old Tamarac mother is charged with beating her 7-year-old son with an aluminum baseball bat because he ate cake frosting without permission.
A Cooper City woman is behind bars following allegations that she gave an infant a bottle containing a narcotics-infused liquid.
A Hialeah couple accused of physically injuring their twins have been taken into custody.
A violent argument came to a peaceful end in Tamarac after Broward Sheriff's deputies were able to stop a woman with a knife from harming an infant.
A central Florida mother is taking legal action after she said her baby was burned at a daycare center and staff failed to call for help.
A mother left her 18-month-old at a Bradenton day care only to return and find her son covered with more than a dozen bite marks.
A Miami Beach teacher accused of abusing young children in her care faced a judge Friday after her arrest a day before.
A teacher at a Miami Beach child care center under arrest after police say she was caught on surveillance physically abusing young children.
A Florida couple was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for allowing their toddler to drink a drain cleaner - commonly used to make methamphetamine.
Authorities have charged a man and his girlfriend in the death of his 2-year-old daughter in November.
The Broward Sheriff's Office announced they have arrested a father and his girlfriend in the death of a 2-year-old girl.
A North Carolina woman has been arrested after authorities said she poured alcohol in a 7-year-old boy's eyes at a hotel pool in Clearwater.
John George is accused of a horrific crime.
A fire inside a Miami home has prompted a number of investigations.
The president of Penn State is decrying new allegations that the school's legendary coach Joe Paterno had been told that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a child as early as 1976 and that two assistant coaches witnessed the abuse of other children.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that included accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling.
A Tallahassee woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for stabbing her grandson to death just two days before his 7th birthday.
After a little girl was severely beaten by a rock, a Ft. Lauderdale man is in police custody facing numerous charges.
Families deserve to live in communities with resources and information that provide safe and healthy experiences for children.
A federal judge in Miami is holding the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) in contempt for breaching a gag order in the case of Miami twins Victor and Nubia Barahona.
A Plantation mother accused of tossing her child into a dumpster remains behind bars.
A mother accused of throwing her toddler in a Plantation dumpster faced a judge Thursday.
A South Florida church day worker was charged Monday with child abuse.
The father of a teenage girl whose virginity was propositioned by another teen aboard a cruise ship has been charged in an attack on the boy, court records show.
The 21 year old turned himself in to deputies two months after the crash where authorities say he was drunk.
Jaylen Brown had 29 points and Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night.
A Lake Worth Beach man was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after prosecutors say he struck and resisted ICE officers.
In Miami-Dade, nearly 34,000 people signed up for appointments in February, and about 67% requested the Spanish-language exam.
DeSantis inaugurated the statue to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary on the day that would have been Reagan's 115th birthday.
The 21 year old turned himself in to deputies two months after the crash where authorities say he was drunk.
Jaylen Brown had 29 points and Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night.
A Lake Worth Beach man was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after prosecutors say he struck and resisted ICE officers.
In Miami-Dade, nearly 34,000 people signed up for appointments in February, and about 67% requested the Spanish-language exam.
DeSantis inaugurated the statue to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary on the day that would have been Reagan's 115th birthday.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A judge ordered the U.S. to return three migrant families who were affected by President Trump's family separation policy in his first term and then deported in his second.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific on Thursday, marking the 38th vessel to be struck over the last five months and the second this year.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
Jim DeFede discusses Governor Ron DeSantis' eighth and final State of the State address with House Speaker Danny Perez.
Here's what to know about TrumpRx, including how it works, who can use it, and how much money it can save.
In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Bad Bunny says he wants to bring his culture to his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.
The sheriff says the note was sent to a local Arizona news station, which agreed not to report on it, following the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Josh D'Amaro, who oversees Disney theme parks and dozens of resort hotels worldwide, will become the next Disney CEO.
Many Super Bowl 60 ads are already online, along with teasers for commercials that will be unveiled during the NFL championship on Feb. 8.