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Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs.

Nikolas Cruz’s attorneys say fetal alcohol syndrome is one factor that led to the attack. The sides had been poised to argue about qEEG exams this week in advance of the defense beginning its case.

Bruce Reinhart, a magistrate for the U.S. District of Court for the Southern District of Florida, has faced death threats and antisemitic slurs since approving the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. Experts warn the uptick in threats to the judiciary is dangerous for the rule of law and democracy.

Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season. The new fixed-wing drone is designed to fly into tropical storm force winds and speed the restoration of electricity after severe weather.

Authorities say a Miami-Dade police officer was critically wounded and an armed robbery suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a car chase

Facing prison time and personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot.

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz were taken to see the still blood-spattered rooms of a three-story building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — an extremely rare visit to a crime scene sealed off four years ago.

A record amount of seaweed is smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados as tons of brown algae kill wildlife, choke the tourism industry and release toxic gases.

A grieving father erupted in anger as he told jurors about his daughter who was murdered four years ago, along with 16 others, by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz.

A spate of recent criminal indictments highlights how U.S. companies, taking advantage of a patchwork of federal and state laws, are supplying a market for shark fins that activists say is reprehensible.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce the grant programs Monday at an event in Miami with the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other officials. The competitive grants will help communities across the nation prepare for and respond to climate-related disasters.

Few Americans outside law enforcement and government ever see the most graphic videos or photos from the nation’s worst mass shootings. But during the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, surveillance videos and crime scene photos are being seen by jurors and journalists.