People whose homes disappeared in the Surfside condominium collapse are a giant step closer to being compensated for their lost property.

A DNA match has led to a Florida man prosecutors suspect is the “pillowcase rapist” responsible for numerous sexual assaults of women in the Miami area during the 1980s. Robert Koehler, 60, was arrested over the weekend in Brevard County and was being held without bond Thursday after his transfer to a Miami jail. He faces charges in one assault…

A lawyer says the trauma of witnessing the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is too great for a young student to give a statement and possibly testify at trial. Her lawyer said Wednesday that the 17-year-old girl is still in mental health counseling and cannot yet talk about what she saw to prosecutors or attorneys for Nikolas Cruz.

Top Carnival Corp. executives have told a skeptical federal judge that progress is being made to curb chronic ocean pollution by the world’s largest cruise line. Carnival Chairman Micky Arison said at a hearing Wednesday that senior management is totally committed to fixing its environmental problems. The judge says she wants to see more concrete ways to measure exactly what...

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into federal prosecutors’ handling of a plea deal in which a billionaire financier avoided potentially severe penalties for sexually abusing teenage girls in favor of a relatively light state conviction.