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Items in the collection of the Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library in Fort Lauderdale. The museum, one of the country’s oldest LGBTQ institutions, is facing deep cuts and may need a new home. (Melody Timothee/The New York Times)

Stonewall National Museum, facing deep cuts, may need a new home

October 6, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Stonewall National Museum has been hampered by budget shortfalls that its president attributed to Trump’s ongoing crackdown on diversity programs and anti-LGBTQ+ policies led by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

An alligator is seen on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in Florida in 2024. Danie Wright was walking her Shih Tzu near a creek behind her home in Land O’Lakes when an alligator attacked them. (Scott McIntyreThe New York Times file)

Florida woman fights off alligator to save her puppy

September 15, 2025 at 10:40 a.m.

What began as a routine stroll for a woman with a 4-month-old puppy turned into a tug-of-war with an alligator that suddenly emerged from a moss-covered creek and yanked on...

Trooper was rescued by Orlando Morales, a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol, during Hurricane Milton. The dog stood outside his new home in Parkland, Fla. (Florida Highway Patrol)

No pets left Behind: How a dog’s hurricane rescue changed Florida law

August 4, 2025 at 11:04 a.m.

Trooper’s story has inspired a new Florida law that makes restraining and abandoning pets during a natural disaster a felony. The terrier has also been recognized by city officials in...

An alligator suns on the side of a levee in The Everglades. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel file)

Face to face with an alligator? Here’s what you should do

May 13, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

In early May, an alligator thrashed and tipped over a couple’s canoe where it attacked a woman and killed her. Florida had an average of eight unprovoked alligator bites a...

People wait outside a driver’s license office in Miami on Thursday. The tax collector’s office in Miami-Dade County said it uncovered scalpers using the free online-appointment system to book slots and resell them for $25 to $250. (Johnny Diaz/The New York Times)

In Miami, scalpers had the hot tickets — to driver’s license appointments

March 21, 2025 at 1:23 p.m.

The Miami-Dade County tax collector’s office said it uncovered scalpers using the free online-appointment system to book appointments to get a driver's license and resell them for $25 to $250.

A sign seen at a rally in New York City against antisemitism. (Christopher Penler/Shutterstock)

Antisemitic incidents reach new high in the U.S., report finds

October 7, 2024 at 9:35 a.m.

The number of antisemitic episodes in the United States surged to the highest recorded in a one-year period in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel last year, the...

An American alligator shows its teeth while it basks in the sun in Florida.

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Las drogas en inodoros crearían cocodrilos dopados’

December 23, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

Aún no nos encontrarnos con "lagartos dopados" en Florida, pero nunca se sabe. Sin embargo, parece que los cocodrilos drogados podrían representar un problema en Tennessee. Lo que descubrieron los...

Architect Asghar Fathi, in the living room of his three-story home, three bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining area, a studio, a two-car carport and an open-air terrace that he built from eight cargo containers. It's taken him over a year to complete.

Take a tour of sleek home built from 8 used shipping containers | Video/Photos

October 21, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

From afar, it looks like a sleek South Florida house splashed in white and gray hues. Impact windows outline the exterior. There's a two-vehicle carport and an open-air terrace. A...

NBC6 reporter Darryl Forges lands new job at CNN

October 18, 2019 at 5:47 p.m.

WTVJ-Ch. 6 reporter Darryl Forges has left the Sunshine State for the Peach State. Forges, who signed off from the Miramar station last month, will be a national correspondent for...

Buying vowels, solving puzzles: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ auditions coming to South Florida

October 18, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Fans of buying vowels, solving puzzles and watching Pat Sajak and Vanna White can look forward to the arrival of "The Wheelmobile" in South Florida. The 36-foot yellow Winnebago, which...

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