Doug Phillips

Florida adoptable dogs beer cans lead Minnesota woman to pet missing for three years

February 7, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

It looks like a story about Florida "beer dogs" that received news coverage across the country will end up reuniting a Minnesota woman with her dog that went missing in...

Tropical Storm Sebastien churning in the Atlantic Ocean

November 20, 2019 at 1:52 a.m.

Tropical Storm Sebastien has formed in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles northeast of the eastern edge of the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said in an advisory issued at...

Dog found buried alive in the Bahamas more than a month after Hurricane Dorian

October 8, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas on Sept. 1. More than a month later — on Friday— an emaciated dog was found clinging to life, buried under debris in...

Tropical Storm Karen aims for Puerto Rico while rainstorms off Africa could become Lorenzo today

September 22, 2019 at 7:24 p.m.

Tropical Storm Karen is moving into the Caribbean Sea and the early forecast is predicting it will travel north over or very close to Puerto Rico. As a result, a...

Bright light through Florida’s overnight sky wasn’t a UFO or fireball after all

July 3, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

While most people in Florida were sleeping, others were pointing their cellphones toward the sky and recording a bright light that seemed to be a big fireball streaking across the...

Aaron Hernandez’s suicide notes revealed in new book, report says

May 11, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

In a book set for release Tuesday, the attorney for ex-NFL and former Florida Gators football player Aaron Hernandez discloses three suicide notes Hernandez left before hanging himself in his...

At least one hurt in Miami Beach building collapse

August 22, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.

At least one person was critically injured Monday when a building collapsed in Miami Beach. The building that went down is at 5775 Collins Avenue, according to Miami Beach Fire...

Fans cross their arms to form the letter x in Deerfield Beach to mourn the death of rapper XXXTentacion on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Hundreds of people mourned the Florida native's death at the scene where he was shot and killed. John McCall, South Florida Sun Sentinel

One arrested, more suspects sought in killing of rapper XXXTentacion

December 17, 2018 at 10:13 p.m.

After making one arrest, detectives are still looking for other suspects in connection with the shooting death of rapper XXXTentacion in an apparent robbery outside a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield...

Baby giraffe takes her first steps at Zoo Miami

May 12, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

The newest baby at Zoo Miami doesn't have a name yet. But just hours after her birth, the giraffe at stood on spindly legs and wobbled as she took her...

Rescuers bring naked man down from raised railroad bridge in Fort Lauderdale

June 22, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

Firefighters answering a rescue call on an otherwise routine downtown Friday morning encountered a scene that was anything but: A man perched 100 feet atop a railroad drawbridge over the...

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