Miami-Dade County

South Florida agencies and federal officials are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with increased security measures, drone restrictions and coordination efforts ahead of the tournament's launch. Officials did not clarify confusion over whether ICE agents will be present at matches and looking for undocumented immigrants.

The American Black Film Festival is underway this weekend in Miami Beach for its 30th year, featuring roughly 90 world premieres, series and microdramas.

Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced Friday she won’t seek reelection in November, ending nearly three decades as one of Miami's most prominent Black elected officials in a career included serving on the Miami-Dade School Board, the Florida Legislature and Congress.

After criticism of the city's salary budget, a Miami commissioner pushed for a platform where the public can view city salaries.

As investors target Miami’s higher ground, community advocates urge Black homeowners to hold onto property and generational wealth

For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother.

Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia offered her own home equity, valued at $400,000, as collateral for keeping David Rivera out of prison for his crimes connected to the Maduro regime. Two ex-FIU presidents made similar offers.

Mobile home owners from Silver Court Park demonstrated outside Commissioner Ralph Rosado's office asking for his help in negotiating for more time to pick up and leave.

Following a state-approved visit Tuesday to Alligator Alcatraz, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat from Orlando, said he wants state and federal officials to disclose where remaining immigrant detainees are being transferred amid reported plans to permanently close the detention facility.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a looming El Niño weather pattern could help produce a below average season, but warned uncertainty about the forecast put the odds for a slow season at just 55%.

Parks are a good investment for cities, according to nonprofit Trust for Public Land, and Miami has done a good job of providing park access, if not park size.

Eric Alan Hirt, 47, was struck and killed at 12:26 a.m. while walking on the tracks in Biscayne Park, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Detective Joseph Peguero Rivera said in an email. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the train was a Brightline.