COVID-19 update: Number of infected patients in Florida hospitals drops to...
Florida reported 9,790 new coronavirus cases on Friday as the average number of daily vaccinations dropped to its lowest level since Jan. 7, 2021, the earliest days of the inoculations. Here are the...
View ArticleJurors in Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial will not be anonymous, judge...
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting trial will be allowed to refer to potential jurors by name, a Broward judge ruled Friday. The decision rejects...
View ArticleDeSantis vows veto of Congress maps; House seeks to break up Murphy, Demings...
Even the “compromise” Florida congressional map released late Thursday by the Republican-led state House, while less extreme than DeSantis’ proposed map, would still radically alter Central Florida’s...
View ArticleTentative deal would split $83M for Surfside condo collapse losses
A proposed deal announced Friday would pay $83 million to people who suffered economic losses such as condominium units and personal property in the Surfside condo collapse that killed 98 people.
View ArticleFlags at state and local facilities to be flown at half-staff in honor of...
Flags at all state and local facilities in Florida will be flown at half staff on Feb. 14, 2022, in honor of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Remembrance Day. Four years ago, 17 people were killed and 17...
View ArticleFlorida’s weekly COVID testing positivity rate plummets to its lowest since...
Omicron is retreating steadily in Florida as the number of new COVID-19 for the week declined, although deaths remained near the peak of the omicron surge for second consecutive week.
View Article79-year-old bicyclist often crossed drawbridge to Palm Beach. Last weekend,...
Carol Wright was a retired journalist at the Palm Beach "Shiny Sheet" newspaper. She embarked on a weight-loss journey about 10 years ago by riding her bike daily. She would have turned 80 in April.
View ArticleBroward Sheriff Greg Tony ousts another deputy over excessive force
Ronald Thurston slammed a handcuffed man's head up against a patrol car. A committee recommended the deputy be suspended without pay for three days. Instead he got fired.
View ArticleInspired by Parkland, new emergency system aims to help police speed their...
A new emergency response system to help police, fire and other first responders to communicate during mass casualty events is under developed in Broward County. CERA Software Inc., which is headed by a...
View Article‘Highly suspect’: Unusual clusters of Miami voters switched to Republican,...
More than 100 people who live in the twin Haley Sofge Towers — a public housing complex near the Miami River with about 475 units — changed their political party affiliations during a recent four-month...
View ArticleTrial begins for accused Florida serial killer of 4 women
Prosecutors told jurors that DNA links an accused serial killer with the slayings of three women 16 years ago when he was a criminal justice student at a local university.
View ArticleFlorida COVID-19 update: Number of infected hospital patients drops below...
The 7-day average for new cases was 13,264 on Friday, the lowest daily case average since Dec. 21. The number of cases in the omicron surge has now fallen by nearly 80% from its peak on Jan. 11. Here...
View ArticleHome intruder shot and killed in West Palm Beach
Police say an intruder broke into a West Palm Beach home through a window while a man and a woman inside were asleep.
View ArticleFlorida agriculture officer dies in crash while on duty
Officer James McWhorter, 31, was on patrol on Interstate 95 north of Jacksonville when he pulled in front of a southbound pickup truck from the median, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFlorida deputy charged in drug planting conspiracy
Florida deputy is facing charges that he conspired to arrest an innocent person on drug charges in exchange for sexual favors and a trip to Paris.
View ArticleSo you think you had COVID during the omicron wave but aren’t sure. You still...
You had some sniffles over the holidays. Now, weeks later, you want to know if you had omicron and whether the low-level infection will offer you any immunity going forward. Here's how to do it.
View Article79-year-old bicyclist often crossed drawbridge to Palm Beach. Last weekend,...
Carol Wright was a retired journalist at the Palm Beach "Shiny Sheet" newspaper. She embarked on a weight-loss journey about 10 years ago by riding her bike daily. She would have turned 80 in April.
View ArticleNeed more time to wrangle that gator? Florida hunting hours may expand to 24/7
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on March 2 will consider a staff proposal that would expand, at most locations, the daily hours for the next alligator hunting season to 24 from...
View Article‘You can’t keep reliving it’: Stoneman Douglas trauma endures, but healing...
None of the students who were at school when a shooter killed 17 people and injured 17 others on Feb. 14, 2018, is still at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But a community...
View ArticleFlorida COVID-19 update: The latest on cases, deaths, hospitalizations and more
The state increased its overall death count by 582 over the weekend, bringing the one-week total to 1,447. The 7-day average by date of reported death was 207 on Sunday, the highest level of the...
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