South Florida

A South Florida bookstore, Books & Books, is launching a literary foundation with hopes of expanding its community programming and love of literature to more people.

A Florida International University’s Martina Potlach, whose studies marry landscape design and ecology, gave ideas on how to reconceptualize how shorelines work if humans are to live in coastal South Florida as storms intensify and the sea moves in.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that the “stunningly unserious” bill has no chances in the Senate.

South Florida’s four Republicans in Congress, who each voted against removing McCarthy from his top post, reacted with anger at a handful of conservatives led by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who orchestrated the vote to oust McCarthy, and praised the now former speaker. Democrats distrusted McCarthy and hold Republicans responsible for the chaos.

A government shutdown could disrupt federal programs and federal employees like TSA agents in South Florida who are forced to work without pay.

Two tropical waves in central and eastern Atlantic have become more organized today. The National Hurricane Center has given these two areas a moderate chance to develop in the next several days.

South Florida's public school districts are laying out their budget priorities. Residents can weigh in on the spending plans ahead of the final votes in September.

The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, which meteorologists say could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured.

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities.

Nine people were injured when gunfire erupted along a beachside promenade in Hollywood, sending people frantically running for cover at the crowded beach on Memorial Day.

Immigration advocates and employers say Florida's new Anti-Illegal Immigration Law is already spurring migrant workers to leave the state — even those with legal status.

A judge sided with the Everglades Foundation after it sued its former chief scientist saying Thomas Van Lent took or destroyed proprietary information.