Florida Keys

Authorities took 113 Haitian migrants into custody after they jumped off a vessel making landfall near Key Largo Saturday. 200 stayed on board.

Two people have been found dead, eight others were rescued and a search for survivors was underway in waters off the Florida Keys Friday, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. Coast Guard officials said crews had responded to reports of people in the water off the coasts of the Lower Florida Keys. At least two people were dead and eight...

A Florida Keys man is facing grand theft and animal cruelty charges after authorities said he stole his roommate’s $1,800 pet parrot.

Monday’s video posted on social media showed Pastrana jumping his Subaru GL Wagon, dubbed the “family huckster,” over the gap in the bridge at Boot Key Harbor in Marathon.

Parts of Florida were facing heavy rain and wind as a storm system that battered Mexico moves across the state. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm once known as Agatha in the Pacific Ocean will be known as Alex in the Atlantic Ocean basin if it reaches tropical storm status. Several Miami streets were flooded and authorities...

New details have been released after a woman was killed and two young children were injured when a sudden storm prompted a boat captain to cut loose their parasail, which then dragged them across the ocean and slammed them into a bridge in the Florida Keys, authorities said. A nearby boater saw them hit the water and rushed to rescue…

The accident took place before 5:30 p.m. when the three victims slammed into the old Seven Mile Bridge west of Marathon.

A group of sea “egg-splorers” found Easter eggs doled out by a scuba-diving Easter Bunny.

Multiple agencies responded to a call of a wooden vessel carrying more than 300 Haitian migrants in the shallow waters off Ocean Reef Club in north Key Largo Sunday, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard, Border Patrol, Monroe County and Miami Dade Fire Rescue were all on the scene responding to the latest...

Divers in Key West installed an American flag below the ocean’s surface to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Elsa was downgraded to tropical storm status ahead of an expected landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast by Wednesday morning.

A 25-year-old woman has died while snorkeling in the Florida Keys, authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard was continuing their search Friday for a group of Cuban boaters whose vessel overturned near the Florida Keys, leaving two people dead and 10 others missing. Officials said they searched by air and water throughout the night and would continue to search throughout the day Friday with the assistance of the U.S. Navy, the Florida...

The annual underwater Easter egg hunt in the Florida Keys is also a fundraiser to help local children in need.

A man who appeared to be intoxicated while onboard a stolen, floating tiki hut was arrested in the Florida Keys on Wednesday, authorities said. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the vessel was found near Hawk’s Channel off Key West. The man on board, who appeared to be intoxicated, was taken into custody by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

Almost 75 pounds of cocaine were found this week floating off the Florida Keys

A diver who said he spent 10 hours in the water after drifting away from his boat in the Florida Keys was rescued by the Coast Guard early Friday. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the man’s wife called authorities around 10 p.m. Thursday when he didn’t come home after leaving from Cudjoe Key to American Shoal Light to dive....

Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus

Two residents of the Florida Keys have been jailed for failing to quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus

Officials say they’ve solved the 1991 murder case of a teenager who was raped and strangled with her bikini top on Valentine’s Day in the Florida Keys.