Sea turtle volunteers defeat Florida in lawsuit, winning right to protect nests
Sea Turtle Oversight Protection, which deploys a squad of unpaid guardians to protect sea turtle nests in Broward County, had been told the state planned to phase out their permits. The group took the...
View ArticleTrail camera captures first photos ever of mating Florida panthers
The two Florida panthers may have thought their moment of physical intimacy went unnoticed -- but a trail camera placed by biologists captured their activities, in the first photos ever taken of the...
View ArticleFlorida trails Texas in population growth for 2021 as U.S. rate hits record low
Florida trailed only Texas in population increases from 2020 to 2021, while the nation had the slowest growth rate in its history, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: State reports 12,915 new cases as positivity rate soars...
Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and vaccinations.
View ArticleStormy weather passing South Florida; sunny skies expected through holiday
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for Palm Beach County that will run until 7 p.m. Tuesday. It warns of gusts of up to 35 mph that can knock down tree limbs and cause power outages.
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell trial jury asks to review testimony in first full day of...
The jury deliberating at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial finished its first full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
View ArticleAs omicron spreads in South Florida, hundreds more patients fill emergency rooms
With omicron now the dominant variant in the state, South Florida emergency rooms are swamped with COVID patients. Hospital directors say they are concerned by how fast the virus is spreading.
View ArticleChunky, leaky federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale undergoing $865,000...
The building, built in the early 1980s and plagued by flooding and lack of space, is undergoing upkeep before it's replaced in a few years.
View ArticleSouth Florida could get another new area code
Two of three options to add a new area code in Miami-Dade County and the Keys would affect phone numbers in Broward County.
View ArticleAppeal dismissed in dispute over COVID masks for disabled students
A federal appeals court has dismissed a dispute about whether an order by Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent school mask mandates violated laws designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
View ArticleHe wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK in Florida
Joseph Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and...
View Article70 years after Brevard bombing, legacy of civil rights movement’s 1st martyrs...
Harry Moore and his wife Harriette Moore became the first martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement when they were killed in a 1951 bombing.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: State reports 20,194 new cases, largest one-day increase...
Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and vaccinations.
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court may allow death row inmates to represent themselves
The Florida Supreme Court is considering a proposal that would allow Death Row inmates to represent themselves in certain court proceedings, an idea that has drawn opposition from defense attorneys,...
View ArticleA South Florida seagrass may lose its endangered species status since it’s...
Johnson’s seagrass, found in the Intracoastal Waterway of Boca Raton, Lake Worth, Biscayne Bay and a few other spots, is the only marine plant protected as an endangered species. But according to a new...
View ArticleSouth Florida police widely use facial recognition, yet resist policies to...
Facial recognition in South Florida gone ‘wild’
View ArticleRapper sues Davie bowling alley after being shot
Armed men attempted to take Diamond "Baby Blue" Smith's gold chain and Jesus charm. In a scuffle, Smith was shot.
View ArticleWith omicron ‘spreading like wildfire,’ South Florida takes new steps to...
In Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, new testing sites are opening, testing sites hours are being extended, mobile vaccination trucks are being deployed and more monoclonal antibodies are en...
View Article2022 in Florida means high-stakes campaigns for governor, Senate and House
Florida races for governor and Congress will be huge in 2022.
View ArticleUniversal Orlando reinstates indoor mask requirement starting Christmas Eve
The mask policy applies to all guests and team members regardless of vaccination status and includes restaurants, shops and indoor hotel public areas, Universal said in a statement.
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