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In just two-and-a-half years Florida Gov. Rick Scott has traveled overseas eight times - a record that eclipses his predecessor, Charlie Crist.

The mission of Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County is to foster a safe school environment through student awareness and involvement.

Miami-Dade County School Board member Carlos Curbelo has not officially entered the race to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep.

The UF/IFAS St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension will be hosting a meeting of Treasure Coast members of the Python Patrol to formalize its 2013 plan of work on Wednesday, Jan.

Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them.

Two years ago, county mayoral candidate Robaina had twice as much money in his campaign account as rival Carlos Gimenez.

A Burmese python found in Miami set records as the largest such snake ever captured in the Florida , according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In commemoration of the 111th anniversary of Cuba's independence from Spain, Florida International University's Honors College has donated the more than life-size statue of Cuban writer José Martí, sculpted by the late artist Tony Lopez.

The 93,991 square foot Dolphin Plaza in Northwest Miami-Dade County has sold for $8.2 million.

An attorney for the South Florida mother who was charged in the death of her infant son after he was left for hours in a hot car, said his client is sick and needs help.

TALLAHASSEE Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet-projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities.

The Heiken Children's Vision Program provides free comprehensive eye examination and glasses when prescribed to low-income school children who fail their vision screening and have no insurance or other resources for eye care.

Indian women and men whose family members were killed in the country's civil war celebrate the judge's guilty verdict for Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt after his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013.

Declaring it was necessary to "protect the safety of the community" and the "integrity of the [court] system," a judge ordered a western Miami-Dade woman to remain in jail, at least for now, while she awaits trial on charges she killed her infant son by leaving him to bake in a hot car.

The mother of a 11-month-old boy who was found unresponsive in West Miami-Dade County Thursday was charged in connection with his death .

The Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department is asking for the public's help in finding the couple responsible for the theft of Django, a 1-year-old intact male Belgian Malinois.

Last year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums.

Bruce Rich didn't fare so well in the Florida justice system in 1999, when a Miami-Dade County jury found him guilty of murdering his parents and a judge sentenced him to life in prison.

Florida's crime rate hit a 42-year low in 2012, according to an annual report released Thursday by Florida Department of Law Enforcement.