Orlando joins historic study of blood-donor policy for gay men
For two decades, advocates have fought the FDA's ban on gay men donating blood. A new research effort, now recruiting up to 300 gay and bisexual men in the Orlando area, could finally end what critics...
View ArticleThey went digging. Up came the long-hidden remains of a dead person.
Little did Oakland Park residents know that hidden nearby was someone’s burial ground. Authorities, acting on a tip, uncovered the human remains.
View ArticleWill disturbance in far Atlantic become the first named storm of 2021?...
If Ana forms, it would be the seventh year in a row an early storm developed prior to the official start of hurricane season.
View ArticleHe got 30 days in jail for his letter cursing out the judge. Don’t you have a...
A man wrote a profanity-filled letter to the South Florida judge handling his civil case, and was found in criminal contempt of court. Now he's appealing, declaring a First Amendment right.
View ArticleRick Scott among senators least likely to work with Democrats; Marco Rubio...
Florida's Republican U.S. senators have taken different paths when it comes to willingness to work across party lines with Democrats. During his first two years in Washington, Rick Scott is one of the...
View ArticleIs a Trump South Florida casino in the works? Gambling deal makes it easier —...
The Florida Legislature didn't approve a Trump casino, but the new gambling deal lawmakers just sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis makes one easier.
View ArticleSchools security officer worked 2 jobs at the same time, investigation finds
Terrance Wilson has given up that second job, as chief of security for Florida Memorial University. But he will get to keep his $91,167-a-year job as an area security manager for Broward schools..
View ArticleNational Republican groups step in to defend new but controversial Florida...
The Republican National Committee and the GOP’s Senate campaign arm filed motions in lawsuits challenging Florida's controversial new elections law, saying they want to "work to ensure that Republican...
View Article‘Ghost’ candidate in key state Senate race had help from controversial...
Handwriting experts say Orlando political strategist Eric Foglesong likely wrote the $1,187 check that paid qualifying fees for Jestine Iannotti, a non-party affiliated candidate whose run for state...
View ArticleWhere to find a coronavirus vaccine in South Florida
Here's where to find COVID-19 vaccines in South Florida.
View ArticleHere are the names of tropical storms and hurricanes for the 2021 season
Here are the 2021 tropical storm and hurricane names list for the Atlantic basin.
View ArticleFlorida’s COVID case count continues decline, although positivity rate inches...
Florida’s COVID case numbers continued downward Friday, although the test positivity rate inched back up from Thursday’s seven-month low. The state reported 2,371 new cases Friday and 94 more deaths.
View ArticleFlorida’s tax-free, hurricane shopping period begins soon. Here’s what’s exempt
Florida's tax-free shopping period for hurricane preparedness begins June 28. These are the items you can purchase.
View ArticleFlorida consumers get back-to-school, hurricane and ‘freedom’ sales-tax holidays
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging tax cut bill into law Friday, which will save consumers and businesses nearly $200 million. The bill, HB 7061, includes sales tax holidays on back-to-school...
View ArticleCorrectional officers charged with sleeping night of Jeffrey Epstein’s...
Tova Noel and Michael Thomas will complete 100 hours of community service and be under pretrial supervision for six months under the deferred prosecution agreement, which requires a judge’s approval....
View ArticleMatt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend agrees to cooperate with sex trafficking...
An ex-girlfriend of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate in a sex-trafficking investigation into the Panhandle congressman, according to a CNN report
View Article46 fires burning across Florida, where risk remains high
Fire danger risk is high across Florida.
View ArticleTeenager, 15, arrested in fatal shooting
A 15-year-old faces a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Johnson St. Louis, 21.
View ArticleFlorida nursing homes: A real-time test for COVID vaccine immunity
When COVID vaccines arrived in Florida seniors in elder care facilities were among the first to get them. Now senior advocate organizations are closely watching cases to gauge how long immunity will...
View ArticleJoel Greenberg kept committing crimes well after he learned feds were...
For months after federal agents first issued a subpoena for records to the Seminole County Tax Collector's Office in April 2019, Joel Greenberg continued committing crimes, according to a plea...
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