At least four people were pulled from the water after a boat slammed into a Fort Lauderdale seawall Friday evening, according to local media. Emergency responders were called out to the Intracoastal Waterway near the Commercial Boulevard bridge in Fort Lauderdale around 7:30 p.m. The vessel’s operator allegedly lost control…
Two children have died and two more are in the hospital after a barge hit a sailboat carrying several minors and a camp counselor, 19, from the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation, according to reporting from local media. The incident happened around 11:15 a.m. between Monument Island and Hibiscus Island in…
A man riding an electric scooter on July 19 died after falling into the road and getting hit by a tractor-trailer, according to a press release this week from the Spokane Police Department. Sean Nolan, 21, was riding an electric scooter on a sidewalk in Spokane County, Washington, police said.…
Uber announced Wednesday the launch of its new “Women Preferences” feature, allowing women drivers and riders to choose to be matched with other women for their drive. “At Uber, we believe that when we make our platform better for women, we make it better for everyone,” officials with the ride-sharing…
A therapist at a Miami women’s mental health and substance abuse treatment facility faces several charges after multiple women reported that he assaulted them during private sessions, according to local media. Manuel Enrique Garcia, 33, was charged with at least three counts of felony charges related to sexual battery on…
Police have accused a mother of locking her toddler, 2, in a car outside a Florida movie theater when the girl became too “disruptive,” according to reporting from local media Monday, July 21. The 18-year-old woman, of Lake City, has since been charged with neglect of a child without great…
A pilot and at least three passengers were injured when a small plane crashed in a Broward neighborhood, local media says. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 13, as the plane prepared to land at North Perry Airport. Instead, it came down in Pembroke Pines near Southwest 14th…
At least four people have died as the result of injuries related to flesh-eating bacteria in 2025, according to reporting from local media. The data, which comes from the Florida Department of Health, was updated on Friday, July 11, and shows that at least one person died in each of…
The wife of a former Army captain at the center of a hit-and-run boating incident spoke out to media this week saying her husband is “lucky that he’s alive” after he was hit while snorkeling in the Bahamas. The incident happened on June 30 while the family vacationed in Exuma.…
A woman was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday with non-life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a dog. The woman, according to reporting from WSVN Miami, was a caretaker at the home where the attack took place around 11 a.m. in Hialeah. She was bitten on both of her arms.…