Protest bill backed in Florida Senate after emotional debate
With critics warning that the bill would chill free speech and have a disparately negative impact on Black people, a key Senate committee Friday approved a controversial measure that Republicans argue...
View ArticlePalm Beach County School District doesn’t plan to offer remote learning in fall
Most students who attend Palm Beach County public schools are likely to return to in-person learning in August,
View Article‘I have not yet begun to fight,’ Matt Gaetz vows at Trump’s Doral golf club
“When you see the anonymous sources and insiders forecasting my demise, know this: They aren’t really coming for me. They’re coming for you. I'm just in the way," U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz said at a...
View ArticleMatt Gaetz speaks at pro-Trump women’s group event in Doral: I’m ‘not going...
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, embroiled in scandal after it was reported recently he had been targeted by federal sex-trafficking investigation, continued to dismiss the accusations as “smears” and said he’s...
View ArticleMany long-term care staffers refused the vaccine. Now they have more...
Despite attempts to offer shots at all nursing homes and assisted-living centers in the state, 62% of staffers have declined — posing the single biggest threat to the more than 25,000 elderly people in...
View ArticleFlorida evangelicals on vaccine: Right thing to do or mark of the beast?
Few communities have been more divided over the vaccine than the sprawling expanse of Christian churches and denominations classified as evangelical. Among religious demographic groups, white...
View ArticleLeaders remember Alcee Hastings as champion of Black-Jewish relations and...
“The Jewish community has lost one of their loudest voices and defenders." Jewish leaders said South Florida U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died on April 6, was a strong advocate for Black-Jewish...
View ArticleDeputies back off noise complaint — after they’re told the sheriff is at the...
A loud party in Parkland put sheriff's deputies in a potentially awkward spot: Confront their boss or look the other way?
View ArticlePatricia Flury, former mayor of Dania Beach, dies at 84
Patricia Flury, Dania Beach mayor from 2002 to 2013, has died after a long battle with cancer.
View ArticleThe sprawling federal case against Joel Greenberg: Here’s what each charge...
Last week, federal prosecutors unveiled their fourth indictment against Joel Greenberg, Seminole county’s disgraced former tax collector who now faces 33 federal counts carrying the potential for...
View ArticleMurder charges against six young people: How the robbery of an MMA fighter...
Mixed martial arts fighter Aaron Rajman was shot to death in his West Boca home on July 3, 2017. Six people were indicted on murder charges, with cases still pending against four individuals.
View ArticleHit-and-run driver in Boca Raton kills federal judge, hits boy, claims she’s...
According to police, a driver struck and killed a New York federal judge in Boca Raton on Friday. The driver then drove away and hit a 6-year-old boy. She went on to crash her car in Delray Beach and...
View ArticleDeath of congressman Alcee Hastings sets off political showdown, as...
At least 13 candidates are deciding whether they want to take a shot at the seat of longtime congressman Alcee Hastings. Ripple effects will spread down through Broward and Palm Beach counties and the...
View ArticleSevere weather alerts issued for South Florida
The National Weather Service issued multiple severe weather advisories impacting swaths of South Florida Sunday.
View ArticleThree women charged in attack on Popeyes employee that was caught on video
Three of four women suspects have been arrested following an attack and robbery at a Popeyes restaurant in Lantana
View ArticleWho is Joel Greenberg? Former tax collector tied to U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz...
Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg — who resigned on June 24, the day after he was arrested at his home by federal agents — currently faces 14 federal charges, including allegations...
View ArticleSex trafficking probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz emerges from Joel Greenberg...
Federal authorities are investigating potential sex trafficking violations by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a probe that emerged from the prosecution of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg,...
View ArticleWho is Matt Gaetz? Florida congressman under sex trafficking probe is ‘a...
Gaetz has mostly gained notoriety for his stunts, including storming a classified impeachment hearing in a secure room in the U.S. Capitol in 2019 and wearing a full gas mask on the floor of the House...
View ArticleNew indictment: Joel Greenberg used tax collector funds to buy himself...
Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg faces a slew of new federal charges after a fourth indictment was filed against him Tuesday — with charges including wire fraud, bribery, theft of...
View ArticleJoel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz visited closed Seminole tax office together on...
Joel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office when it was closed on a weekend night,...
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