Trial starts on controversial Florida elections law over vote-by-mail ballots
The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature approved the sweeping election-law changes last year, as part of GOP leaders’ nationwide efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote by mail...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 34,204 new cases from weekend, adds 618 more...
Even as cases and hospitalizations decline, Florida has reported 1,263 deaths over the past week and an average of 180 Floridians are dying of COVID per day, the highest rate since Oct. 17 when the...
View Article‘Greed and selfishness’: Daughter of former Broward mayor gets prison in...
The daughter of former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness was sentenced to prison Monday for lying on a COVID-19 loan application to get $300,000 during the pandemic.
View ArticleTwo career educators and a veteran-turned-administrator vie to lead Broward...
Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright appears to be the favorite, and was the only one of 15 qualified candidates that every School Board member wanted to name as a semifinalist.
View ArticleDeSantis, Rubio and other Republicans blast Biden administration on...
The Biden administration recently announced $1.1 billion to fund Everglades restoration projects, the largest single injection of money into the effort to restore the vast South Florida web of swamp,...
View ArticleFlorida House trying to boost law officer recruitment
The proposal would establish a bonus program to provide one-time payments of up to $5,000 to newly employed law-enforcement officers in the state, along with bonuses for officers who adopt children. It...
View ArticleWhat will Boca Raton’s new elementary school be called? The top names are in.
The Palm Beach County School Board will vote on a name out of three final options in a special meeting. The school, currently named “O-5C,” is expected to open in the fall, ahead of next school year.
View Article4 Palm Beach County women charged in Aflac insurance fraud
According to the state of Florida, a web of teamwork and alleged deception was created, using “forged insurance billing forms and/or medical treatment/progress notes for hospital and doctor visits that...
View ArticleManatee deaths lead to lawsuit from conservation groups, saying US didn’t...
Manatees starved to death on Florida’s east coast last year, largely due to the loss of seagrass in the polluted Indian River Lagoon. The famine led to a record number of deaths, with more than 1,100...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 20,071 new cases; hospitalizations down 21%...
The 7-day average for new coronavirus cases in Florida continued its three-week decline, falling to 24,683, its lowest level since Christmas Day. The daily case average in Florida has now fallen by 58%...
View ArticleDeSantis announces sea-level rise funding to fight ‘what Mother Nature is...
"The whole state, if you go back far enough in time, was entirely under water," Gov. Ron DeSantis said. "So what we’re going to do is we’re going to mitigate what Mother Nature is throwing our way."
View ArticleSouth Florida cop accused of shaking down homeless woman for sex
Jamar Marcus Lee, a Lauderhill police officer, is accused of trying to coerce a homeless woman into performing a sexual act, and officials believe there may be more victims out there.
View ArticlePiper High School teacher accused of sexual misconduct with student
A Piper High School teacher was arrested and accused of sexual misconduct with a student after inviting her into his office at the school, police say.
View ArticleFive years later, family still searching for answers in Davie hit-and-run death
Five years ago, 80-year-old Emma Kelsoe — great-grandmother to 15 and grandmother to eight — was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Davie. On Tuesday, her family issued a plea for information about the...
View ArticleThe so-called ‘stealth omicron’ variant of COVID-19 has surfaced in Florida
Just as omicron appeared to be rapidly declining in Florida, a mutated form of the newest variant known as “stealth omicron” has surfaced, creating a possibility for a slowdown in the steep drop in new...
View ArticleBroward School Board picks new superintendent semifinalists and eliminates one
The three semifinalists are now Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, Michael Gaal, an Air Force veteran and former Washington, D.C., deputy chancellor; and Quintin Shepherd, superintendent for the...
View ArticleSix co-workers died in a Delray crash. All were providers, responsible for...
Investigators say 17-year-old Noah Galle was under the influence and speeding up State Road 7 when his car rear-ended another carrying the six co-workers from the Pero Family Farms packaging house just...
View ArticlePublic defender will review Sheriff Gregory Tony’s cases from when he was a...
The Broward County Public Defender’s Office said Tuesday it will be taking a fresh look at old cases that involve Sheriff Gregory Tony to see if they should be revisited.
View ArticleAnswers to your vaccine questions: How do I replace lost vaccine cards?
Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida. Today's question: I lost my vaccine card. What do I do?
View ArticleTrump’s heir? Some supporters eye DeSantis as alternative
There was something different next to the “TRUMP WON!” T-shirts, the “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hats and the “LET’S GO BRANDON” flags for sale at former President Donald Trump’s recent Texas rally: a...
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