Johnny Diaz | The New York Times

Hurricane Milton was barreling toward Florida last October when the emergency call came in about a dog that was stuck in rising waters. Nearly a year later, the dog, a bull terrier who was named Trooper after his savior, has been thriving in his new home in suburban Parkland, Florida.

Lightning has killed about 20 people and injured many others across the country each year over the past decade, according to the National Weather Service. Florida, Oklahoma and Texas are among the states where the lightning strikes have been most concentrated, according to weather data firm Vaisala Xweather.

A new historical marker in Miami Beach pays tribute to his younger years, before Hollywood, when as a Cuban émigré he performed at a nightclub.

Kenneth Pinkney, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pleaded guilty to a hate crime in assaulting the carrier, who was wearing a hijab as she delivered the mail in October.