Miami Heat brings food, raises money for local causes for 26th annual Family Festival

WSVN 7News 3/1 5:25A Jayme Berezdivin

The Miami Heat will bring the heat for the 26th annual Miami Heat Family Festival. The event is expected to feature dishes from more than 40 restaurants and will bring attendees to vote in a food competition. Fans of the Heat can receive a rare...

Double stabbing at Opa-Locka nightclub leaves two victims injured but stable; police investigating

WSVN 7News 3/1 5:02A Jayme Berezdivin

A double stabbing at an Opa-Locka nightclub left two victims injured but in stable condition early Sunday morning. Officials from the Opa-Locka Police Department said that officers were dispatched to Klub 24 following a reported stabbing...

State of Florida cuts access to HIV medications; thousands of residents affected

WSVN 7News 3/1 4:48A Jayme Berezdivin

The State of Florida cut access to HIV medications for thousands of residents Sunday. The agency that is primarily responsible to prevent the spread of communicable disease declared an emergency so that it could stop treating people who have one,...

1 dead after fatal shooting in North Lauderdale; detectives investigating

WSVN 7News 3/1 4:48A Jayme Berezdivin

One person was killed after a fatal shooting took place in North Lauderdale Saturday evening. Broward Sheriff s Office deputies responded to the 6500 block of Harbour Road, where they found an adult man who had been shot. The man was pronounced...

Miami boys, 12 and 13, charged as adults in 12-year-old girl’s rape

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 3/1 4:25A David Goodhue

Two boys, ages 12 and 13, were charged by a grand jury as adults in the brutal rape of a 12-year-old girl in the garden area of a Miami apartment complex over the summer. Both boys were booked into Metro West Detention Center Thursday on charges...

Mural fest brings 12 artists together with 12 nonprofits to help support Fort Lauderdale community

WSVN 7News 3/1 3:47A Jayme Berezdivin

Local artists in Fort Lauderdale painted for a cause, with a series of murals to help make local artists known and support the community. Twelve artists teamed up with 12 nonprofit organizations to create banner-size murals through a mural...

Iranian Americans in South Florida and across the country celebrate, hope for change after US-Israel...

WSVN 7News 3/1 2:52A Jayme Berezdivin

Iranian Americans from South Florida spoke to 7News Saturday after a major attack launched by the United States and Israel killed Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Orusha Ashrafi, a local organizer, shared his thoughts on the aftermath...

South Florida Jewish community, local leaders react to joint US-Israel strikes in Iran; police...

WSVN 7News 3/1 2:09A Jayme Berezdivin

After the United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran Saturday, local residents from the Jewish community in South Florida shared their concerns as police increased security in response to the attacks. While mixed emotions filled...

Driver not charged or cited in fatal accident on 79th St. Causeway near Adventure Ave, NBV PD says

WSVN 7News 2/28 2:50A Jayme Berezdivin

Officials from the North Bay Village Police Department said that the driver involved in a fatal accident on the 79th Street Causeway has not been charged or cited in connection to the incident. The accident led to one fatality, an elderly man who...

Tri-Rail starts search for new executive director, approves deputy as interim leader

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 2/28 12:30A David Lyons

The governing board of Tri-Rail, South Florida s publicly subsidized commuter line, bid adieu to Executive Director David Dech on Friday, named his deputy as interim leader and approved a search firm...

National Archives’ ‘The Documents that Forged a Nation’ exhibit coming to HistoryMiami Museum

WSVN 7News 2/26 7:43A Sebastian Cuervo

Miami was one of eight cities selected to host the National Archives’ “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation,” in honor of the U.S. 250th birthday. The tour s first stop will be Kansas City in early March It will be showcased...

Video shows employee at West Palm Beach therapy center spanking special needs boy with sneaker

WSVN 7News 2/26 6:10A Sebastian Cuervo

Disturbing surveillance video captured an employee at a South Florida therapy center using a shoe to spank a special needs child, upsetting parents who take their children there. The employee involved is now out of a job, and that family is...

‘Miracle Matt,’ Orlando man who survived electric shock in 2014, reunites with firefighters who...

WSVN 7News 2/26 5:56A Sebastian Cuervo

A man who suffered electric shock while doing work for a church in Orlando was reunited with the firefighters who saved his life. Matt Manzari was trimming trees at a church back in 2014 when he hit a power line. He said he s lucky to be alive,...

FBI: Search of Southwest Ranches home linked to search of Carvalho’s Los Angeles home amid ‘white...

WSVN 7News 2/26 5:40A Rubén Rosario

Federal agents searched a Southwest Ranches home on the same day they raided the Los Angeles residence of former Miami-Dade County Public-Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, and the FBI said both searches are connected. FBI agents on...

Hungry pelican seen entering Publix near Bradenton taken to rehab center

WSVN 7News 2/26 3:31A Sebastian Cuervo

HOLMES BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) A pelican was spotted moving as a panhandler on Florida s Gulf Coast. Video captured the bird standing outside a Publix supermarket in Holmes Beach, located west of Bradenton, before he strolled through the front...