Central Florida authorities seek public’s help finding serial rape suspect...
Central Florida law enforcement asked for the public’s help to find Leslie Lagrotta, 61, who is linked to seven rape cases in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
View ArticleFeud ends over Florida school mask mandates
A standoff between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and federal education officials about student mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic has ended after school districts nixed mask mandates.
View ArticleEx-Jeffrey Epstein worker says she ‘never’ saw misconduct by Ghislaine Maxwell
A former office worker for financier Jeffrey Epstein testified at the sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday that she worked on a daily basis with Maxwell for six years and had only...
View ArticleJudge questions validity of Broward school lawyer’s felony case
A judge will rule on whether prosecutors can use a key witness in a criminal case against Barbara Myrick, the former Broward schools general counsel.
View ArticleBroward men plead guilty in $35 million COVID relief fraud
James Stote, 55, of Hollywood, and Phillip Augustin, 52, of Coral Springs, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Akron, Ohio, federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to court records. They each...
View ArticleFlorida election officials hunt for snowbirds, others who voted twice in 2020...
So far three residents of the sprawling Villages retirement community have been charged with voting more than once in last year’s presidential election. Lake County has turned over another six possible...
View Article2022′s first South Florida election will pit a progressive Democrat vs. a...
Progressive Democrat. Trump-supporting Republican. Plus a Libertarian and two no party candidates, one of whom touts unproven COVID-19 treatments and says a government vaccine mandate is like rape....
View ArticleNaked Florida man leads police on chase in stolen truck: report
Florida man has doffed his clothing and led police on a chase in a stolen truck.
View ArticleThose traffic jams on Florida’s Turnpike? Here’s the plan to widen the...
The thousands of South Floridians who each day commute on Florida’s Turnpike will finally see some relief in the coming years — with the state advancing plans to widen stretches of the highway from six...
View ArticleOperative pitched secretive political spending plan to FPL exec’s email...
Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy had a pseudonym email address to communicate with political consultants behind dark-money nonprofits.
View ArticleRock icon Rod Stewart, son plead guilty in New Year’s Eve fight with security...
Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year’s Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at the Breakers in Palm Beach.
View ArticleWill Chicago see a white Christmas this year? Here’s what 150 years of...
The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the ground is 1 inch or more the morning of Dec. 25.
View ArticleAttorneys squabbling over who gets biggest payout from $127.5 million...
Lawyers for the families of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting want a federal judge to decide who is entitled to the biggest payout from a recent $127.5 million settlement...
View ArticleRoger Stone says he invoked Fifth Amendment at Jan. 6 deposition
Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
View ArticleCyberstalking conviction upheld in Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting
A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of a man who posed online as mass murderers and sent harassing messages to family members and friends of students who died in the 2018 massacre at Marjory...
View ArticleOne Broward high school was on lockdown for hours, while a student was...
On a day when police were on alert due to a nationwide but unsubstantiated threat to schools, a Broward County high school went on lockdown for hours. No threat was found.
View ArticleNew weekly COVID case count doubles in Florida; testing positivity tops 5%...
The number of new COVID cases in Florida is climbing again with two coronavirus variants circulating at the same time and outbreaks occurring in pockets of the state.
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who was charged with sex trafficking after the financier’s death, declined to take the stand in her own defense.
View ArticleOne person dead, two others wounded in shooting on I-95 in Broward County
One person is dead and two others were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning on I-95 North in Broward County.
View ArticleFlorida deputies jailed, suspended after brawl with sailors
Monroe County deputies Connor Curry, 23, and Trevor Pike, 25, remained jailed Saturday morning, charged with disorderly conduct, jail records show. Pike faces an additional charge of battery.
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