A teenager is Miami is lucky to be alive after a spear went through his skull in a spearfishing accident. The spear was being loaded by Yasser Lopez’s 15-year-old friend when it accidentally discharged a spear into Lopez’s head on June 7th. It entered his head one inch above his right eye, and the tip ... read more »

A neighbor is credited with saving a 10-year-old girl and her 6-month-old brother from years of child abuse. William and Suzanne Frederick are being charged with child abuse and neglect after they forced their 10-year-old daughter to run about 30 laps a day without water and stand on one leg while holding a 5 pound ... read more »

Gigantic African snails have invaded Miami, Florida. The African snails (Achatina fulica), which can reportedly  grow up to 10 inches long, are slimming their way into homes, destroying people’s property. ABC News reports that the snails can eat through stucco and plaster, and quoted one resident saying the snails, “multiple ‘faster than rabbits.’” According to ... read more »

A charter school in Miami-Dade, Florida, is under criticism by the school district after indications that rowdy after-hours adult parties were taking place there at night. District officials were alerted to the possible cavorting via party fliers which were distributed in the area and on the Internet which advertised late night parties at the same ... read more »

Miami-Dade police are investigating the death of a 4 month old infant whom they claim was living in squalor-like conditions. The parents claim they found their baby, Jerry Correa, unresponsive over the weekend, lying in his crib. The infant was pronounced dead only minutes upon arriving at the Homestead Hospital in Miami, Florida. Because of ... read more »

A 2-year-old in Miami got a little more up close and personal with nature than she bargained for when visiting the Jungle Island zoo in Miami, FL, when she found herself face-to-face with an escaped tiger. Mahesh, a 230kg Bengal tiger, managed to jump over the 12-foot fence and roamed freely around the zoo for ... read more »

No, there aren’t cougars wandering wild on South Beach. A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman says the girl sustained some significant wounds Saturday and she was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Miami-Dade police say 21-year-old Anthony Zitnick, a friend of the girl, illegally entered the wildlife collector’s home with the girl and was ... read more »

Note to babysitters: if you leave the kids alone while you go to the store, that kind of goes against the meaning of the term “babysitting”. On Saturday, Trevaris Brown, 18, was watching a group of children at a home on Northwest 1st Court in Miami. Police said Brown left the children alone to go ... read more »

Michael Hernandez was 14-years-old in 2004 when he lured a friend into a school bathroom and stabbed him to death. Now 18, Hernandez has been convicted of first degree murder. Some mental health experts are calling Hernandez a “wannabe serial killer”. The defense argued Hernandez was insane and not criminally responsible for luring Jaime Gough ... read more »

An Oklahoma man has been accused of spraying hot water on his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, giving him 2nd and 3rd degree burns. Hmmm, we think we know of an appropriate punishment… Ottawa County Sheriff Terry Durborow says 24-year-old John Cellner of Wyandotte was arrested on a child abuse complaint. Durborow says the child suffered second- ... read more »