Taxi companies are striving in Miami to accomplish what their peers failed to accomplish in a sister court: convince a federal appellate panel that local governments’ disparate treatment of cabs and ride-sharing services like Uber is unconstitutional.
Read moreA U.S. jury on Tuesday found a former president of Bolivia and his defense minister responsible for killings by security forces during 2003 unrest in the South American nation, awarding $10 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by Bolivians whose relatives were among the slain.
Read moreMultiple people have been killed and eight people have been taken to the hospital after a new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing at least eight vehicles.
Read moreGeneral Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mercedes all knew of problems with dangerous exploding Takata air bag inflators years before issuing recalls, according to three class actions filed Wednesday with the federal court in Miami.
Read moreMiami-Dade County is suing former Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter seeking money from the $1.2 billion sale of the team.
Read moreAn Irish national pleaded guilty in Miami on Friday to participating in a plot to smuggle a libation cup fashioned from the horn of an endangered rhinoceros.
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Curfews were lifted and Miami International Airport reopened Tuesday as 34,000 workers — 19,000 from Florida Power and Light and 15,000 members of U.S. military services — began the enormous task of repairing and rebuilding Florida from destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions blasted Chicago for its “sanctuary” policies during a speech in Florida on Wednesday, while praising Miami-Dade County for its commitment to the rule of law and helping the federal government enforce immigration laws.
Read moreA South Florida man has been indicted on hate crime charges after a grand jury concluded he’d called a Miami Islamic Center and threatened to shoot its congregants.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed the claims of a Dominican woman who was mistaken for being a man at a Miami-Dade County jail, ruling the correctional officers involved are entitled to qualified immunity.
Read moreThe mother of an autistic man involved in a highly publicized encounter with North Miami police claims in court the officers assaulted and falsely arrested her son despite his mental disability.
Read moreThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that Miami has standing to bring Fair Housing Act claims accusing banks of predatory mortgage loans, finding its allegations are covered by the anti-discrimination law.
Read moreMiami Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria told a federal jury Friday he lied to investigators about knowing a key figure in an alleged Cuban ballplayer smuggling network linked to a Florida sports agent and a trainer.
Read moreA South Florida model claims in court that she was beaten on two separate occasions and falsely arrested by an undercover Miami Beach police officer.
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