R. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rapid rise to stardom and years of...
Here is a brief history of the singer’s success and troubles.
View ArticleGulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a COVID-19 hotspot
Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the “Redneck Riviera,” a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are...
View ArticleFlorida educator fired over racist tirade at woman, sons
"Your kids are half-breeds!" a woman screamed from her car in a profanity-laced rant in a Florida neighborhood. Officials at the school district where she worked saw the video and fired her.
View ArticleWhat’s causing the worst die-off of manatees? Starvation from Florida...
Florida manatees suffered their worst known die-off during a period from late last year through this spring caused by largely starvation in the Indian River Lagoon where seagrass eaten by the animals...
View ArticleGrace intensifies before expected second landfall in Mexico
Former Hurricane Grace started regaining strength after it emerged over the ocean and appears likely to strike Mexico’s central coast late Friday or early Saturday as a hurricane.
View ArticleFlorida woman finds ballots inside 115-year-old ballot box
A Florida woman found 12 ballots from a 1906 local election in a ballot box her father had grabbed from the trash behind the county courthouse in the 1950s. She hadn't opened the box until this year.
View ArticlePhoto of person on floor in Florida waiting for COVID antibody treatment goes...
Some patients coming for monoclonal antibody treatment in Florida have been seriously ill with COVID-19. A photo posted on the website Reddit showed a woman sprawled on the floor.
View Article‘Bracing for the worst’ in Florida’s COVID hot zone
As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state’s latest surge.
View ArticleEvent and film honor ‘The Motorcycle Queen of Miami’
An event and documentary honor the legacy of Bessie Stringfield, the first Black female to ride a motorcycle across the U.S.
View ArticleScott calls on Cabinet to remove Biden; Democrats say he’s playing to GOP base
Questioning Biden’s mental capacity has been an ongoing conspiracy theory in right-wing media, with speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas this summer calling the president...
View ArticleFour taken to hospital after bus and car collide in Pompano
Early morning rush-hour got off to a bad start Friday when a Broward County Transit bus and a car collided in Pompano Beach. Four people were taken to the hospital.
View ArticleFamilies, advocates worry as COVID-19 spreads in Florida prisons without...
Advocates of those in prison say there's been limited testing, unreliable access to vaccines and no way to know the extent of COVID-19 in Florida's prison as the virus spreads rapidly across the state.
View ArticleState follows through on threat over school masks
Broward schools could lose about $31,182 a month for requiring students to wear masks. The state Board of Educations plans to dock the pay of School Board members who approved the mandate.
View ArticleFlorida reports 150,118 new COVID cases for the week, and teenagers account...
Friday marked the 13th day in a row in Florida set a record for COVID hospitalizations. With 15,840 patients hospitalized with COVID, the state has surpassed its previous peak in July 2020 by 152%.
View ArticleHurricane Grace intensifies with 120 mph winds ahead of second landfall in...
Hurricane Grace strengthened into a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 120 mph just hours before it’s expected to slam into the central Mexico coast.
View ArticleHenri nears hurricane strength with 70 mph winds
Tropical Storm Henri's forecast track shows possible points of landfall in Long Island or southern New England late Saturday night or on Sunday.
View ArticleRon DeSantis’ colossal COVID-19 gamble: schools, vaccinations, masks — and...
With delta-variant-fueled COVID infections continuing to surge across Florida, school board members representing more than a third of the state's population have imposed mask mandates in their schools...
View ArticleTwitter suspends DeSantis press secretary for ‘abusive behavior’
Twitter on Friday suspended the account of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary for violating rules on “abusive behavior” after The Associated Press said her conduct led to a reporter receiving...
View ArticleAs Florida’s COVID toll mounts, the young are dying, and the sick are...
Doctors at Florida’s hospitals expect the death toll of the newest COVID wave to continue for weeks, maybe even months. But they already can see that people dying now of the coronavirus are not the...
View ArticleMan shot and killed in Delray Beach, no one in custody, police say
A man was shot multiple times Friday night in Delray Beach and later died at a hospital, according to police. No one is in custody.
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