Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

State official: Miami-Dade's police chief in critical but stable condition after shooting himself

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez was in stable condition after surgery on Monday. He is a 27-year veteran of the Miami-Dade police agency and had announced intentions to seek the office of Miami-Dade sheriff in 2024.

This image taken from video provided by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office shows Susan Lorincz, center, after her arrest in Ocala, Fla., Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Law & Justice

A feud in Central Florida ends with a Black mom dead and her white neighbor arrested

Curt Anderson | Associated Press

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a white Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her Black neighbor last week has been arrested.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson looks at a street sign named in her honor, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Cutler Bay, Fla. To the left is Miami-Dade Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins who sponsored the event. The street is located in south Dade County where Justice Brown Jackson grew up. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Miami-Dade street named in honor of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up.

Suzanne Devine Clark, an art teacher at Deerfield Beach Elementary School, adds to a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The gunman goes on trial on Monday.

Public memorial planned for Parkland school victims

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

A nonprofit organization is planning a public memorial dedicated to the 17 people who died during the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Arielle Cathers jots down information in a notebook at the site of an exposed wooden structure in the sand Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Severe beach erosion caused by two late-season hurricanes helped partially uncover what appears to be part of an 80-foot-long (24-meters) ship in the sand on Daytona Beach Shores, officials said. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Environment

Beach erosion in Daytona uncovers wooden ship from 1800s

Mike Schneider

Severe beach erosion from two late-season hurricanes has helped uncover what appears to be a wooden ship dating from the 1800s on Florida's East Coast.

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2016, photo, provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, shows Austin Harrouff. Harrouff, a former college student who killed a Florida couple in their garage six years earlier and then chewed on one victim’s face, is finally set to go on trial, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Judge accepts insanity plea deal for Jupiter man in face-biting case

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

The man accused of killing a Martin County couple in their garage six years ago and then chewing on the face of one of the victims receives insanity plea deal from judge.

People brave rain and heavy winds to visit the waterfront along the Jensen Beach Causeway, as conditions deteriorate with the approach of Hurricane Nicole, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Jensen Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Weather

Sprawling Tropical Storm Nicole drenching Florida, Georgia

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

Shortly after Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along Florida's east coast, it downgraded to a tropical storm, but the storm-weary state is still being battered strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain.

A red flag, signaling high surf and strong currents, flies in strong wind on the beach in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, as Tropical Storm Nicole continues to increase in strength and is expected to make landfall along Florida's east coast early Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Weather

Tropical Storm Nicole forces evacuations in Bahamas, Florida

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

Crews evacuated dozens of people from vulnerable locations in the northwestern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Nicole approached Wednesday and residents of Florida braced for the storm.

The first death involving a Brightline train happened in July 2017 during test runs. An Associated Press analysis of Federal Railroad Administration data shows that since then, 40 more have been killed. FLICKR

Brightline gets $25 million federal grant to improve safety measures after spate of deaths

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

Tracks used by the nation’s deadliest railroad will see added fencing to keep pedestrians away and safety improvements at crossings under a $25 million federal grant.

In this image provided by Zoo Miami, a female loggerhead turtle receives fluids as part of a treatment on May 28, 2022, after she was brought to Miami Zoo's new Sea Turtle Hospital in Miami. The turtle was rescued from the Port St. Lucie Power Plant after a shark attack left its left fin with exposed bone.

Sea turtle delivers eggs, endures surgery after shark attack

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

A loggerhead turtle is rehabbing at Zoo Miami's new Sea Turtle Hospital. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent the turtle to the zoo after a shark bit off most of her left fin.

DNA identifies 1974 remains that may link to serial killer

Freida Frisaro | Associated Press

The remains of a teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology, and detectives believe she may have been slain by a police officer who was also a serial killer.