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A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country.
Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison forRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, United Airlines and the Miami Dolphins treated a dozen young patients and their families to a special “flight to the North Pole,” where they were welcomed into a winter wonderland with Santa and team mascots.
Families, patients at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital board flight to see Santa in North Pole - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - Several kids and their families were treated with a flight to the North Pole to meet some surpriseRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, United Airlines and the Miami Dolphins treated a dozen young patients and their families to a special “flight to the North Pole,” where they were welcomed into a winter wonderland with Santa and team mascots.
A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry gets 2 1/2 years in prison - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced toRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.
A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in a shooting last week that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said.
Pompano Beach man arrested in connection with fatal shooting that killed 1, injured another - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in a shooting last week that left one man dead and another wounded,Read More
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December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in a shooting last week that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said.
One of the last things air traffic controllers heard as a small plane carrying a Christian missionary father and his daughter descended rapidly over South Florida last month was heavy breathing and grunting before the plane crashed.
NTSB describes final moments of flight that killed missionary father and daughter in Florida crash - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
One of the last things air traffic controllers heard as a small plane carrying a Christian missionary father and his daughter descended rapidly over FloridaRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
One of the last things air traffic controllers heard as a small plane carrying a Christian missionary father and his daughter descended rapidly over South Florida last month was heavy breathing and grunting before the plane crashed.
The Family Action Network Movement held a press conference to denounce the Trump administration’s latest move against Haitians.
FANM holds press conference to address Trump administration decision to end temporary protected status for Haitians - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI (WSVN) - The Family Action Network Movement held a press conference to denounce the Trump administration’s latest move against Haitians. Officials held their presserRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Family Action Network Movement held a press conference to denounce the Trump administration’s latest move against Haitians.
House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned.
Photos and video from Epstein’s private island released by House Democrats - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(CNN) — House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned,Read More
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December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned.
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking the public for help locating a missing 15-year-old from Parkland.
BSO searching for missing 15-year-old boy from Parkland - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
PARKLAND, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking the public for help locating a missing 15-year-old from Parkland.According to deputies, Maksim Osko wasRead More
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking the public for help locating a missing 15-year-old from Parkland.
The aviation company Archer revealed its plan to change transportation across some of the nation’s fastest growing regions with air taxis — and they include South Florida cities.
Aviation company Archer reveals plans to upgrade South Florida travel by taking taxis to the skies - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
COCONUT GROVE, FLA. (WSVN) - The aviation company Archer revealed its plan to change transportation across some of the nation’s fastest growing regions with airRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The aviation company Archer revealed its plan to change transportation across some of the nation’s fastest growing regions with air taxis — and they include South Florida cities.
BREAKING: A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said.
Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
TRONA, Calif. (AP) — A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, but theRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BREAKING: A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said.
Bodycam footage captured the moments officers in Port St. Lucie came under a hail of gunfire after they responded to a home disturbance.
Bodycam video shows moment Port St. Lucie Police officers were met with gunfire after responding to home; officer injured - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (WSVN) — Bodycam footage captured the moments officers in Port St. Lucie came under a hail of gunfire after they responded toRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Bodycam footage captured the moments officers in Port St. Lucie came under a hail of gunfire after they responded to a home disturbance.
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips is pushing for No. 12 Miami to earn a bid to the College Football Playoff along with the winner of the league championship game between No. 16 Virginia and Duke.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is emphatically pushing for No. 12 Miami, league champ to get CFP bids - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips is pushing for No. 12 Miami to earn a bid to the College Football Playoff along with the winnerRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips is pushing for No. 12 Miami to earn a bid to the College Football Playoff along with the winner of the league championship game between No. 16 Virginia and Duke.
The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to conveyRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants.
A 25-year-old man who was taken into custody following a deputy-involved shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade that left his younger brother dead is facing a slew of child pornography charges, authorities said.
25-year-old man faces 25 child porn charges after deputy-involved shooting in SW Miami-Dade that killed brother - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A 25-year-old man who was taken into custody following a deputy-involved shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade that left his younger brotherRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A 25-year-old man who was taken into custody following a deputy-involved shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade that left his younger brother dead is facing a slew of child pornography charges, authorities said.
The second day in the sentencing of a man who killed a Hollywood Police officer and now faces the death penalty got underway in a Broward County courtroom.
Jury reconvenes for Day 2 in death penalty trial of man who shot and killed Hollywood Police officer - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - The second day in the sentencing of a man who killed a Hollywood Police officer and now faces the death penaltyRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The second day in the sentencing of a man who killed a Hollywood Police officer and now faces the death penalty got underway in a Broward County courtroom.
The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year.
Trump administration halts immigration applications for migrants from 19 travel-ban nations - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier thisRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year.
Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas neighborhood transformed into a one-night winter wonderland with ice skating, sledding, Santa visits and festive food and drinks, drawing families to a decades-long holiday tradition.
Families flock to Christmas on Las Olas, annual tradition that brings holiday fun to iconic boulevard - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - For one night only, part of the Las Olas neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale was transformed into a winter wonderland forRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas neighborhood transformed into a one-night winter wonderland with ice skating, sledding, Santa visits and festive food and drinks, drawing families to a decades-long holiday tradition.
After years of delays in Florida’s Rebuild Florida program, a woman whose Hurricane Irma–damaged home was never repaired finally received a brand-new house after 7Investigates aired her story.
‘It took a long time’: Woman moves into new home rebuilt by state agency after years of delays - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(WSVN) - Tonight, some good news for a woman who contacted 7 Investigates about a state program that was supposed to help her rebuild afterRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
After years of delays in Florida’s Rebuild Florida program, a woman whose Hurricane Irma–damaged home was never repaired finally received a brand-new house after 7Investigates aired her story.
DEVELOPING: Four students from Stranahan High School were taken to the hospital after they consumed edibles, school district officials said.
BCPS: 4 Stranahan High students who took edibles transported to hospital as precaution - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Four students from Stranahan High School were taken to the hospital after they consumed edibles, school district officials said. FortRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
DEVELOPING: Four students from Stranahan High School were taken to the hospital after they consumed edibles, school district officials said.
Police have arrested a second Miami man, 21-year-old Richaun Erick McKnight, in the October shooting outside Rickey’s Sports Bar in Pembroke Pines that left one man dead and another injured.
2nd arrest made in connection with deadly shooting outside Pembroke Pines sports bar - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - A second Miami man has been arrested in connection with a deadly October shooting outside a Pembroke Pines sports bar,Read More
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December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Police have arrested a second Miami man, 21-year-old Richaun Erick McKnight, in the October shooting outside Rickey’s Sports Bar in Pembroke Pines that left one man dead and another injured.
SLAMMED BY SNOW: In the wake of the latest winter storm to sweep across the U.S., more than 200 million people will wake up to freezing temperatures as the coldest air of the season spills across the Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
Think it’s cold now? Just wait for this week’s Arctic blast that’s poised to break records - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(CNN) — It’s cold now, but the next punch of Arctic air will take it to another level. In the wake of the latest winter storm to sweepRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
SLAMMED BY SNOW: In the wake of the latest winter storm to sweep across the U.S., more than 200 million people will wake up to freezing temperatures as the coldest air of the season spills across the Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
Israel said it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing, complying with a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal even though it also said that partial remains returned by militants did not match the hostages still in Gaza.
Israel says it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through reopened border crossing - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday said it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing, complying with a U.S.-backed ceasefire dealRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Israel said it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing, complying with a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal even though it also said that partial remains returned by militants did not match the hostages still in Gaza.
Federal investigators say a July plane crash near North Perry Airport that injured four people in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood was likely caused by inadequate preflight fuel planning.
NTSB investigators provide new details in Pembroke Pines plane crash - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - New details have come to light on a tragic plane crash.The incident happened back in July near North Perry AirportRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Federal investigators say a July plane crash near North Perry Airport that injured four people in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood was likely caused by inadequate preflight fuel planning.
The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada’s “ugly chic” aesthetic and Miu Miu’s youth-driven appeal.
Prada finalizes purchase of fashion rival Versace for $1.4 billion, launching new era - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
MILAN (AP) — The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known forRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada’s “ugly chic” aesthetic and Miu Miu’s youth-driven appeal.
South Florida officials held safety demonstrations, including a live Christmas tree burn, to warn residents about common holiday hazards and how to avoid them.
Hollywood Fire Rescue, Memorial Healthcare System bring awareness to holiday hazards - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - South Florida officials are working to ensure residents become more aware of potential holiday hazards.Hollywood Fire Rescue joined forces with MemorialRead More
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
South Florida officials held safety demonstrations, including a live Christmas tree burn, to warn residents about common holiday hazards and how to avoid them.