Before we turn to 2026, here’s a look back at the 10 most-read stories among Miami Herald subscribers in 2025.

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” ...

Attorneys for detainees at a Florida immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” want a federal judge to visit the facility.

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

How many Florida deputies does it take to get a 600-pound alligator off the road? At least seven, according to a video from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Deputies with the sheriff's office ...

Since Florida opened the controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention site in the middle of the Everglades this past summer, migrants have reported inhumane and unsanitary conditions, ...

The report claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face punitive punishment and unsanitary living conditions. A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office called the report a "politically motivated ...

Claude, the albino alligator who for years was a mainstay of the California Academy of Sciences, has died, the museum announced on Tuesday. Claude had lived at the Academy for 17 years. His 30th ...

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office had an unusual and memorable encounter with a massive alligator on December 2, 2025. Around 5 p.m., deputies responded to reports of a 14-foot alligator that had ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. A necropsy has ...

A South Florida man being held at the immigration detention site known as "Alligator Alcatraz" told CBS News Miami he wants to be deported, as international human rights advocates raise concerns over ...