Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a
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Appeals court panel hears arguments to lift halt on closing Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz”
Environmental groups on Tuesday asked a federal appellate court panel to drop its temporary halt of a lower court’s order instructing state officials to close
Tiger Woods is facing an uncertain future off the golf course after his DUI arrest in Florida
Tiger Woods got out of jail and into the passenger seat of a dark SUV, his face as vacant as his mug shot as he
Florida State University kicker faces felony charges after spring break arrest in Fort Lauderdale
Florida State University kicker Conor McAneney remained jailed Thursday afternoon following his spring break arrest on felony charges of battery of a law enforcement officer
Florida set to execute man Tuesday for kidnapping, raping, shooting young mother in 2008
A Florida man convicted of abducting, raping and murdering a young mother is set to be executed Tuesday. Michael Lee King, 54, is scheduled to
Man who killed 10-year-old boy during 2013 Miami-Dade nail salon robbery sentenced to life in prison avoiding death penalty
The man who admitted to shooting and killing a 10-year-old boy during a robbery at a Miami-Dade nail salon in 2013 that also wounded the
Lawyers claim ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is still hard to access despite state claiming barriers were removed
Attorneys for detainees at a state-run immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” said Thursday that they are still facing hurdles
Florida set to carry out its first execution of 2026 in case tied to brutal 1989 killing of traveling salesman
A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the first lethal injection this year
Florida set to carry out its first execution of 2026 in case tied to brutal 1989 killing of traveling salesman
A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the first lethal injection this year
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” to testify about legal access
Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal judge