Former FSU football star and NFL player Travis Rudolph accused of murder
Travis Rudolph, a former football player at Cardinal Newman High and Florida State University, was arrested in Palm Beach County on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder,...
View ArticleDeputies remove 10-foot gator found under car in Florida
One Florida sheriff's department has been busy rounding up wayward alligators. One was 10 feet, 2 inches long.
View ArticleFlorida reports 5,885 new COVID-19 cases and 42 more deaths
Florida reported 5,885 new COVID-19 cases and 42 more deaths on Wednesday.
View ArticleBusiness tax cut makes Florida online sales tax OK, activist Grover Norquist...
Florida lawmakers are poised to add a large business tax cut to a bill that would require online retailers to collect more sales taxes from purchases, avoiding violating a pledge made by three dozen...
View ArticleAlcee Hastings didn’t want a funeral, so there won’t be a service
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings made his wishes clear before his death: No funeral. His wish was to be cremated.
View ArticleDeSantis complains again about ’60 Minutes’ story, gets vaccinated off-camera
Shortly afterward, a DeSantis spokesman said the governor had privately received his vaccination shot. DeSantis joins Trump in receiving his shot off-camera, without publicizing it.
View ArticleFlorida Senate unveils scaled-down gambling bills with no sports betting
A Trump casino or sports betting? It isn't on the table in Florida's latest gambling bills.
View ArticleAlleged Bahamas flight Matt Gaetz took with former Orlando airport board...
Federal investigators are probing a trip to the Bahamas that U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly took with former Orlando International Airport board appointee Jason Pirozzolo as part of a probe into...
View ArticleNY investor behind Piney Point ran hedge funds, a blueberry farm and string...
Florida has vowed to hold the owner of the Piney Point phosphate plant “accountable” for problems at the facility, according to the Bradenton Herald.
View ArticleFlorida Senate OKs making restaurant booze-to-go a permanent thing
The Florida Senate approved a bill that would permanently allow restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks with take-home meals.
View ArticleForecast for 2021 hurricane season: Another busy year
A forecast by Colorado State University predicts eight hurricanes, with a total of 17 named storms in 2021.
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell says it’s not her fault her Brooklyn jail cell is filthy
The letter filed Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court is the latest in an increasingly hostile dispute over the conditions of the British socialite’s confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
View ArticleAlcee Hastings’ death could give DeSantis a chance to put Republicans on...
State law gives Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis the right to replace commissioners if they run to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings. That could result in two Republicans on the all-Democratic...
View ArticleFormer FSU football star Travis Rudolph argued with girlfriend and four men...
On the day former FSU football star Travis Rudolph allegedly shot a man dead, he had gotten into an altercation with his girlfriend, then fought with a group of men and shot at them while they were...
View ArticleNova may back off from requiring COVID-19 vaccines, now that the governor...
George Hanbury, president and CEO of NSU, said that requiring staff and students to be vaccinated is the best way to ensure their safety against COVID-19. But Gov. Ron DeSantis has prohibited "vaccine...
View ArticleJoel Greenberg expected to strike plea deal with prosecutors by May 15,...
Joel Greenberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges by the middle of next month, his attorney and prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed during a court hearing this afternoon.
View ArticlePolice and SWAT swarmed neighborhood in Hollywood after man was shot
Officers surrounded an 8-unit, single-story apartment building on Flagler Street, then evacuated its residents at around 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
View ArticleWoman pulled from wreck said she was alone in car, deputies say. Her...
Investigators say Binger was driving at 62 mph in a 30-mph zone, and there was no evidence of skid marks to indicate any attempt to swerve or brake.
View ArticleBiden protects Venezuelans from deportation, but Florida leaders differ over...
Florida Democrats and Republicans celebrated the Biden administration’s decision to grant protected status to Venezuelan refugees. But the question of whether enough Republicans will get on board in...
View ArticleFormer senator Artiles, no-party candidate face new charges in election scheme
New charges expand on a criminal case that accuses Republican operative and former state senator Frank Artiles of paying auto parts dealer Alexis Rodriguez nearly $50,000 to run as an independent in...
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