COVID-19 update: Florida reports 17,612 new cases, increases death toll by 720
Florida reported 17,612 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and increased its death total by 720. The 7-day average for new deaths rose to its highest level since Oct. 17, data from the U.S. Centers for...
View ArticleCiting Brian Flores case, Wasserman Schultz says Congress must investigate...
Citing former Dolphin coach Brian Flores, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Congress must investigate what she termed the ":egregious lack of representation and opportunity for black leaders in...
View ArticleParkland man gets 15-year sentence in health-care fraud conspiracies
A Parkland man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for bilking the government and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by ordering knee, back and wrist braces for patients who didn’t...
View Article9-year-old girl mowed down in Wilton Manors hit-run accident returns home
A 9-year-old child who was in a coma for weeks after a speeding motorist struck six children in Wilton Manors was released from the hospital this week.
View ArticleCops who arrested the wrong man figured Broward jail would sort out mistaken...
The Florida Department of Corrections knew of the potential for error between the fugitive and the innocent cook with the same name, according to a police report, because a previous probation officer...
View ArticleGroveland Four: Who were they?
Families of the Groveland Four believe pardons are closer than ever. But who were Ernest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin and Samuel Shepherd, the four men implicated in the infamous Lake County...
View ArticleFlorida Senate passes bills on addiction, child hearing loss
While Democratic and Republican Florida lawmakers have had contentious debate on issues like abortion and immigration this year, the two sides came together to quickly pass 20 bills Thursday, almost...
View ArticleFlorida gets $740.4 million boost for rental assistance
Florida received an additional $740.4 million from the federal government for its emergency rental assistance program, OUR Florida.
View ArticleVastly outnumbered, Broward Republicans train on how to turn out more votes...
The Republican Party is training activists on how to reach out to potential supporters in overwhelmingly Democratic Broward County. One focus is independent voters, who Republicans think could be...
View ArticleMany Florida counties, towns had fewer murders in 2021, going against the...
COVID-19 caused major changes in routine activities such as going to work, going to the movies, going out to eat, or attending late-night parties, and that may have reduced opportunities for homicides...
View Article2 Miami men get prison time for stealing medical ventilators
Two Miami men have been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing 192 ventilators bound for a COVID-19 intensive care center in El Salvador as part of a U.S. aid program
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Here are the latest statistics including cases, deaths,...
Here are the updated statistics on coronavirus in Florida, including cases, deaths, hospitalizations, vaccinations and more.
View ArticleNeo-Nazi group’s leader among 3 arrested in attack at Orlando demonstration
Three members of the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Movement face charges stemming from a rally near UCF last weekend.
View ArticleTug and barge carrying Navy munitions and supplies run aground in Deerfield...
Coast Guard crews are on the scene where a tugboat and barge ran aground Thursday night at Deerfield Beach, just south of the Boca Raton Inlet.
View ArticleState House education leaders move to punish Florida school districts that...
State House Education leaders proposed stripping $200 million from a dozen school districts that required students to wear masks when they returned to campuses last fall. That includes Broward County,...
View ArticleFlorida’s new COVID-19 cases continue to drop, but new deaths surpass...
The number of COVID-19 cases in the state and South Florida continues to decline, Florida’s weekly report shows. But the toll of the omicron surge is becoming apparent as the death toll mounts, with...
View Article‘President Trump is wrong’: In Orlando, Pence rebukes claim he could have...
“I heard this week that President Trump said I had a right to overturn the election. President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election.”
View ArticleMiami-Dade mayor seeks probe after voters say they didn’t know their party...
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is asking prosecutors to investigate claims of “voter fraud” after elderly residents in Little Havana said their party affiliations were changed without their...
View ArticleFlorida’s fourth COVID surge came fast and strong. Here’s what the omicron...
While no one knows exactly what COVID-19 is going to do next, most experts see hope in the much larger immune population in Florida. "The goal is to keep moving toward making this a nuisance rather...
View ArticleWho is Bruce Beal, the man who’d take over the Dolphins if Steve Ross leaves?
Bruce Beal, approved by the NFL in 2016 as the successor to Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross, is president of the billionaire developer's New York-based company and an advocate for affordable housing....
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