Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country’s use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, days after the United States allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles. The Kremlin announced that Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine  a document that governs how Russia uses its nuclear arsenal ...

A group of 18 migrants from China and Ecuador arrived by boat in Pompano Beach Tuesday morning, authorities said. The migrant landing happened near the 2600 block of Northeast 24th Street. U.S. Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement responded and encountered five people from China and 13 from Ecuador, Border Patrol Chief Agent Jeffrey Dinise ...

Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death outside an apartment complex in Miami Gardens Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the complex at Northwest 167th Street and 27th Avenue around 7 a.m. after receiving reports of a person shot, Miami Gardens Police said. Officers found the woman, who’d been shot multiple times and was ...

A man who was shot by a mechanic at a Miami-Dade tire shop has been arrested along with his brother after police said the two attacked the worker. Pedro Luis Rodriguez, 40, is facing a aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge while his brother, 32-year-old Luis Angel Rodriguez-Candano, is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, records ...

Multiple South Florida Winn-Dixie locations are being converted to Aldi discount grocery stores in the coming months. One Winn-Dixie on Boynton Beach Boulevard in Boynton Beach has already closed for the renovations, while others will be closed for renovations beginning in January. The stores being converted are: 20417 Biscayne Boulevard, Aventura ...

Video shows a Florida International University shuttle bus engulfed in flames on a roadway. The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Monday near the 107th Avenue exit of the Dolphin Expressway. The video posted by Only in Dade shows the back of the bus on fire as black smoke rises into the air. Officials from FIU said the 20 students and driver who were ...

Family and friends held onto each other as they gathered Monday night to mourn the loss of a mother who was found murdered last week in Hallandale Beach. Police say 41-year-old Delfina Perez Chilel, who was five months pregnant, was killed Tuesday by her childrens father, 38-year-old Victor Chavez Sr. Investigators say Chavez confessed to killing her. ...

It was a reunion more than two decades in the making. Gloria Lewis, 21, recently reunited with the firefighters who took her in as a newborn after her birth mother gave her up in 2003 by bringing her to a firehouse just days after she was born. Lewis and the firefighters met again in October in Miami at a gala for A Safe Haven for Newborns, a ...

Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. My father opened up the world to so many people,” she said. “He believed deeply ...

Its transgender awareness month. The month was created to help increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face. This week, were focusing on the trans community in Florida in a series were callingBeyond Gender. Were looking at issues from healthcare to housing and jobs. But also, the joy and resiliency of the ...

Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trumps pick to lead the Justice Department, paid a woman for sex at a small, invitation-only party in Florida, where prostitution is illegal, in 2017 while he was a member of the House, the womans attorney said to NBC News on Monday.  In an interview, Joel Leppard said the woman also said she saw Gaetz having sex with ...

Some last-minute holiday travelers are leaning into so-called “Travel Tuesday” or the Tuesday after Cyber Monday and Black Friday. Travel Tuesday falls on Dec. 3 this year. Yet there may be some limitations. Here’s what to know. If you still haven’t booked your holiday travel plans, take note: Prices tend to rise the closer you get to the days ...

His back bleeding from a gunshot fired by a man whose jewelry store he had just robbed, the fleeing felon and his getaway driver were desperate to dump the conspicuous rental van with the rear window also shot out, when they stumbled upon a UPS truck delivering to homes about a mile and half from the Dec. 5, 2019 robbery. When driver Frank Ordonez ...

A man was arrested and facing multiple charges in connection with the murder of a missing man whose burnt body was discovered in a rural area of southwest Miami-Dade. Roiniel Perez, 31, faces second-degree murder with a weapon alongside grand theft and other charges after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop and leading police on a brief pursuit that ended ...

Shortly after 4 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2019, a man wearing US Postal Service gear and carrying boxes rang the door at Regent Jewelers in Coral Gables.  Look closely and youll see something was off about the man: he wore a latex mask, and among those boxes, he carried a gun with a suppressor and he fired it, sending a ricochet that wounded an employee in the ...

A suspect is in custody accused of fatally stabbing two people and injuring a third across three different locations in unprovoked attacks in Manhattan on Monday morning, the New York Police Department said. The alleged attacker was caught at 46th Street and 1st Avenue and is currently in custody at a police precinct, police officials announced at a ...

When youre on board a cruise ship, your job is to relax and have fun. And its the cruise companys job to make sure youre doing just that. Princess Cruise Line is using technology to take that personalized service and guest experience to a whole new level. Theyre debuting it on their Sun Princess ship which sails out of Port Everglades. Its called ...

About 1 in 5 Americans say they regularly get their news from “news influencers” on social media, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. While previous research found more women consume news on sites including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok than men, the new survey suggests close to two-thirds of news influencers are men. Political ...

The man arrested in the disappearance of his 8-year-old daughter and her mother in South Florida more than eight years ago was back in court Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty. Gustavo Castao Restrepo entered the plea during a hearing in federal court. “We entered a plea of not guilty, we asked for discovery, we asked that the case be set for ...

Multiple weather fronts will push rain and snow into the Midwest, the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast ahead of Thanksgiving week and some of the year’s busiest travel days. Late Sunday, more than 25 million people were covered by National Weather Service watches and warnings related to winter storm activity, including those covering ...

Police have identified two women who were killed in a three-vehicle crash in northwest Miami-Dade over the weekend that also killed a man and boy. The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday in the area of Northwest 72nd Avenue and Northwest 74th Street. The three adults and juvenile were in a sedan that was involved in the crash, Miami-Dade ...

The son of a couple hospitalized after a fire swept through their Hialeah apartment over the weekend is speaking out as his parents and pet dog continue their recovery. The fire broke out Saturday at the building at 460 East 23rd Street. Fire crews responded and were able to extinguish the fire and rescue four people and a dog. Gustavo Azoy said ...

A former Republican state senator found guilty of multiple charges related to a “ghost candidate” scheme in South Florida is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. Frank Artiles was found guilty in September of excessive campaign contributions, conspiring to make campaign contributions and procuring the falsification of a candidate oath form. He was found ...

Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments ...

Spirit has struggled since its failed acquisition by JetBlue Airways, a Pratt & Whitney engine recall and weaker-than-expected sales. The company has faced mounting losses and has been against a deadline to renegotiate $1.1 billion in debt payments due next year. Spirit Airlines, an icon of budget air travel that reshaped the industry, has filed for ...