Men accused of breaking into more than 100 storage units face over 100...
Three Orlando men are being charged with more than 100 counts of burglary apiece for robbing at least 109 units at a Hollywood, Florida, storage facility, police said.
View ArticleDems gave $700K to dark-money group that helped Republicans win races in...
Groups controlled by Democratic fundraisers gave more than $700,000 to Grow United, the nonprofit central to the "ghost" candidate scandal.
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court to hear case over local gun regulations enacted after...
The Florida Supreme Court will take up a closely watched case about a 2011 state law that threatens tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun-related regulations. Cities, counties and...
View ArticleCharter schools to collect at least $45 million in tax dollars after court win
The state Supreme Court let stand a ruling that says Palm Beach County schools must share 2018 referendum dollars with charter schools.
View ArticleHotshot lobbyist Ron Book, who crashed his Lamborghini in a DUI case, walks...
Ron Book, of Plantation, pleaded no contest Thursday to reckless driving. But he’s still the target of a lawsuit over the crash in Davie. The other vehicle involved rolled over, and the driver is suing...
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 12,288 new cases reported, and 1,296 more deaths
Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and hospital capacity. On Wednesday, the state reported 12,288 new cases, and...
View ArticleFederal judge temporarily strikes down anti-riot law touted by DeSantis
A federal judge prevents Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature “anti-riot” law from being enforced while the lawsuit against it is being heard. Critics say the law violates the First Amendment.
View ArticleDeath-bed confession leads police to a long-buried body, a sister’s arrest...
In death, Donald Shoff seemingly continued to run a real-estate business. That's because his brother-in-law assumed the dead man's identity. His sister Darlene Shoff-Brock, of Tamarac, is now accused...
View ArticleTimeline: A brother shot, his body buried, and an arrest years later
It took seven years for Donald Marks Shoff's remains to be uncovered in the backyard of a Dania Beach home. Darlene Shoff-Brock, his sister, has been arrested for his murder, the Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleThe Chicago flag design: History of every star — including one for the Great...
Dissecting the city's iconic red, white and blue configuration to explore how it came to be and why it's considered one of the best flags in the U.S.
View ArticleMindy moves away from U.S. as more tropical activity brews
Mindy, the 13th named storm of the season, weakened to a post-tropical cyclone late Thursday as it moved away from the southeastern U.S.
View ArticleDeSantis slammed for picking glitch-plagued unemployment agency to distribute...
Democratic lawmakers in South Florida say they’re troubled by Gov. DeSantis’ choice of the Department of Economic Opportunity — which oversees the state’s troubled unemployment agency — to distribute...
View ArticlePhil Collins says he can ‘barely hold’ drum sticks while opening up about...
In an interview with BBC Breakfast, Collins, 70, admitted that he can no longer play the drums.
View ArticleSheriff: Navy officer accused of fatally shooting husband in Florida
A 34-year-old chief petty officer at Naval Air Station Pensacola is accused of locking her husband in their garage and fatally shooting him as he spoke to a 911 dispatcher, officials said.
View ArticleFlorida nursing home group fears staffing challenges after Biden issues COVID...
After President Biden announced the plan for COVID vaccinations for healthcare workers, the Florida Health Care Association, the state’s largest nursing-home group, quickly raised concerns that the...
View ArticleUnvaccinated couple who both got COVID-19 die within hours of each other,...
An unvaccinated couple who both became infected with COVID-19 died within hours of each other, leaving seven children behind.
View Article‘Don’t DeSantis my California’: Newsom recall opponents find a foil in...
California Democrats and opponents of the effort to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have found a useful boogeyman to scare voters away from choosing a GOP governor: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and...
View ArticleJudge clears way for jury to walk through Stoneman Douglas crime scene
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rejected a defense motion asking her to put a stop to the prosecution’s plans to have the jury follow in the footsteps of the shooter charged with murdering 17...
View ArticleAppeals court sides with DeSantis, allows ban of school mask mandates to...
Pointing to “serious doubts” about the lawsuit, an appeals court Friday put on hold a circuit judge’s ruling that said Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his constitutional authority in a July 30 executive...
View ArticleDemocrat removed as chair of Florida Senate panel that could hear Texas-style...
Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson on Thursday removed Sen. Lauren Book, a Plantation Democrat, as chair of a key committee that would likely review any Texas-style bill banning abortions after...
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