David Ovalle

Carpets of sargassum now regularly invade South Florida’s coastline in June. The timing is unfortunate for visiting soccer fans hoping to sunbathe and swim.

Opened just under a year ago, the facility has cost the state of Florida hundreds of millions of dollars, only a fraction of it repaid by the federal government.

The earthquakes were a magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, according to a U.S. monitoring agency. People in the stricken area said that buildings collapsed and electricity was knocked out, including in the capital, Caracas.

The large Venezuelan community in the Miami area is “desperate” to reach family members.

By DORAL, Fla. — Jorge Erazo made a perilous trek through the jungle, crossed the U.S. border to seek asylum and eventually found work remodeling homes in Florida.

A Central Florida nonprofit group identified the man as Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán and said he had planned to return home to his family.

The “manosphere” influencers, who were arrested in Florida, are accused of dozens of new crimes in the United Kingdom, including rape, trafficking and charges related to indecent images of a child.

While living in Miami, Colombia’s president-elect represented accused drug traffickers and money launderers. He himself was investigated by U.S. authorities, though never charged.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- In Miami, Abelardo de la Espriella moved in the murky world of "white powder" lawyers -- high-priced defense lawyers who help accused Latin American drug traffickers and others avoid harsh sentences by turning them into U.S. government informants or witnesses.

A college fraternity member was paddled so severely during hazing rituals that he suffered kidney damage and nearly died.