When his family finally found him at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Holmer Avellan was sitting alone in his wheelchair and weeping. Spirit Airlines was supposed to have an employee escort him to his connection. Instead, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week, Avellan — who as result of a stroke is confined to a wheelchair, cannot use his arms, and struggles to communicate — was left alone in the airport for hours.

For months, Miami police have been arresting customers at Bradley’s Market, accusing them of loitering at the longtime Overtown grocery — never mind the fact the owner says they were just shopping. The city also ordered the store to install surveillance cameras that would allow police 24/7 live-feed access to…

Harry and Corine Bradley opened their namesake store in Overtown almost 50 years ago, selling groceries alongside Corine’s famous country fried chicken. For decades, Corine’s homemade meals drew customers from across the city and sold out each day.

Inside a one-room apartment at a rehabbed North Beach motel once called the Paradise Inn, the namesake son of the Greatest leans back in an overstuffed recliner. The blinds are closed, the walls are off-white and water-stained, and the wood floor is worn. The air is heavy with cigarette smoke…

As long as the Coconut Grove Playhouse is still standing, Max Pearl will continue fighting the city’s plan to partially demolish it. Pearl and other activists were dealt a blow earlier this month when the Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board signed off on the controversial plan, which would preserve only the wing-shaped front portion of the storied building.

Last week, a ludicrously fake story about the Supreme Court abolishing the teaching of Islam in public schools began spreading across conservative so-called news sites. The article circulated with clickbait-y headlines celebrating Donald Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch for supposedly pissing off Muslims and Obama.

Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez says the state is too stingy when it comes to paying jurors.

If working women in Florida were paid the same as comparable men, the number of women living in poverty would drop by 50 percent.

Miami Beach has collected only about 2 percent of the short-term-rental fines it has handed out.

A South Florida woman is locked in a fierce legal battle with DJ Deadmau5 over the name of her cat-themed website.

Standing at beach entrance points, “goodwill ambassadors” turn away coolers and floats. Police cruisers and SUVs, their lights flashing, congregate on the sand. And along the causeways, license-plate scanners monitor who’s coming into the city. Welcome to spring break 2017.