Family "forever grateful" after 10-year-old rescued from rip current by teen lifeguard
A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
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A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
Miami Beach Ocean Rescue recorded 577 water rescues last year, while Fort Lauderdale's team made 196.
The 14-year-old boy had been practicing water entries when he landed on a shark, officials said.
Municipalities are being forced to reduce operating hours at or near beaches.
Officials are looking to address a nationwide lifeguard shortage.
A shortage of lifeguards is threatening all kinds of summer fun.
As the summer season nears, many municipalities in South Florida are struggling to fill lifeguard positions, and the shortage is causing some cities to modify their pool operating hours.
When the whistle blew on Hollywood Beach this morning, 14 lifeguard applicants had 11 minutes to run 500 meters down the beach.
The family of a Miami Beach city employee who drowned at a public pool on August 16 is demanding answers about how their loved one died while lifeguards were on duty.
Free training, pay starting at $16.05 and probably a lot of sunshine.
Experts blame low pay, training costs, a limited working season and general lack of interest for the shortage.
The American Lifeguard Association reports the shortage could impact many of the nation's over 300,000 pools.
The development group says no public money is involved, but opponents warn the project threatens an already stressed Biscayne Bay.
A city truck blocked a flooded residential street near Tam O'Shanter Boulevard, trapping at least 1 resident outside her home.
About 150 ballots have been returned so far from nearly 200,000 sent to military and overseas voters.
Miami faces Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in its home opener next Sunday.
Owners announced the closure on social media; the restaurant has been a Las Olas fixture for 25 years.
The development group says no public money is involved, but opponents warn the project threatens an already stressed Biscayne Bay.
A city truck blocked a flooded residential street near Tam O'Shanter Boulevard, trapping at least 1 resident outside her home.
About 150 ballots have been returned so far from nearly 200,000 sent to military and overseas voters.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
Miami faces Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in its home opener next Sunday.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.