Woman says consultant paid her to put name on PAC promoting Central Florida...
New details have emerged in the criminal case against Frank Artiles, who's accused of paying a friend to run as a spoiler candidate.
View ArticleFlorida reports more than 73,000 new COVID cases, a 60% increase over...
Florida reported 73,199 new COVID cases this and a test positivity rate at 15.1% — a 60% increase over the week before.
View ArticleCourt reverses course on COVID-19 cruise-ship regulations, lifting CDC’s...
The federal appeals court has changed course and said the CDC cannot require cruises to follow its COVID-19 protocols.
View ArticleCOVID cases are increasing across Florida. What can you do to stay healthy?
What seemed like easy choices about coronavirus protections only weeks ago now seem unclear. South Florida doctors say it’s too early to tell how widespread and deadly this new virus spike will become,...
View ArticleCostly new campus planned for Rickards Middle after roof collapse
The $80 million price tag is steep for a school district already a half-billion dollars over budget in its school construction program. But the need is great, School Board members say.
View ArticleReport: Flotilla returns to South Florida after shooting fireworks off Cuba...
The participants had lit up the Friday night sky off the coast of Cuba with fireworks and flares in a show of support as residents continue their fight for freedom on the island nation.
View ArticleNews quiz for week of July 18
Think you are all caught up with the news? Test your knowledge of current events with the South Florida Sun Sentinel's news quiz, from the week of July 18, 2021.
View ArticleShaken baby’s family longed for justice. Now, after 37 years, babysitter is...
Benjamin Dowling died of injuries that left him helpless after he was shaken as a baby 37 years ago. His former babysitter, Terry McKirchy, now 59, has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge.
View ArticleCourt slaps down lawyer who called tobacco company ‘enterprise of death’
Tobacco companies were handed back-to-back wins this month when a South Florida appeals court overturned a $10 million verdict, and the lawyers who take them on were warned to watch their language...
View ArticleRodney Alcala, serial murderer known as the ‘Dating Game Killer,’ dies at 77
Rodney Alcala, the serial murderer who became known as the “Dating Game Killer” because of his 1978 appearance on the game show, died July 24 at the age of 77.
View ArticleIn Broward, Charlie Crist rips Gov. Ron DeSantis over Florida’s COVID spike:...
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing him of playing Republican presidential politics on the Texas border – while COVID-19 infections rising and people are...
View ArticleTropical depression could form off Florida coast; rain expected locally
Forecasters said conditions are “marginally conducive” for the storm system to develop further, with odds at 40% on Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
View ArticleA man’s bid to float from Florida to New York in a giant bubble is cut short
A man in a cylindrical floating contraption washed ashore in Florida Saturday in an apparent attempt to walk on water to New York.
View ArticleWho’s telling the truth? Battle over lie-detecting is stranger than fiction
For the past 18 years, two Florida-based voice-stress test firms have accused the other of spreading falsehoods. After a mediation session failed to resolve the civil dispute this past week, a trial is...
View ArticleCuba protesters in Washington want President Biden to do more to pressure the...
Thousands of anti-regime protesters gathered outside the White House just before midnight Monday to mark the 26th of July national holiday in Cuba.
View ArticleDisturbance off Florida-Georgia coast: Window for development narrows...
The disturbance is forecast to continue moving toward Florida’s northeast coast, but dry air over the Atlantic Ocean is hampering the system’s development, forecasters said
View ArticleHackers may have accessed data of thousands of unemployed Floridians
Computer hackers attacked Florida's unemployment benefits website and may have accessed sensitive personal identity and financial information that belongs to nearly 58,000 Floridians.
View Article$22 million added to federal spending bill for Surfside condo collapse...
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says $22 million is going into federal appropriations legislation for an investigation into the cause of the June 24 Surfside condominium collapse in which at least...
View ArticleBroward workers sue DeSantis to reinstate federal unemployment benefits
Attorneys filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state DEO to have $300 a week federal unemployment benefits immediately restored. Their complaint argues that DeSantis and DEO Secretary Dane...
View ArticleAnswers to your vaccine questions: Shouldn’t we still be wearing masks?
Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida. Today's question: Is it the vaccines or the masks that will keep us safe?
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