‘Stand-your-ground’ defense denied for ex-Broward deputy accused of excessive...
A Broward Sheriff’s deputy accused of using excessive force on teenager Delucca Rolle in a Tamarac parking lot will have to stand trial for misdemeanor battery after an appeals court rejected the law...
View ArticleState House leaders back $200 million punishment against schools that...
South Florida school districts say they were trying to keep students and their families safe when the districts required students to wear masks on campus last year. Legislators in Tallahassee say that...
View ArticleBetty Davis, groundbreaking funk diva and ex-wife of Miles Davis, dead at 77
The artist who Carlos Santana referred to as a “real ferocious Black Panther woman” that made Madonna seem “more like Marie Osmond” died of natural causes at 4:40 a.m. at her longtime home in for...
View ArticleA 31-year-old woman is missing from Pompano Beach. Deputies are asking for help.
The Broward Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit is searching for a 31-year-old woman whose last known contact with anyone was in October 2021, deputies said. She was last seen in Pompano Beach.
View ArticleFlorida student injured in school shooting files lawsuit against district
A student who was injured in a 2018 shooting at a north Florida high school is seeking more than $30,000 in a lawsuit filed against the school district.
View ArticleMan found dead after fire at North Lauderdale apartment building
The fire broke out Wednesday morning in one of the buildings at the sprawling Courtyards of Broward complex.
View ArticleWhite House criticizes DeSantis for ‘standing in the way’ of school mask...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday rebuked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for “standing in the way” of school districts and not letting them decide the policies to protect students from...
View ArticleSchool Board picks Cartwright as permanent Broward superintendent
Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright has been chosen as the permanent leader of Broward schools.
View ArticleDisney theme parks generate $7.2 billion in first quarter, a near record
Disney’s U.S. parks reported near all-time revenue and operating income records in the company’s first quarter of 2022, driven by larger crowds spending more.
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez’s son arrested for slapping Miami commissioner,...
The son of U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez was arrested after slapping Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla at Morton’s Steakhouse in Coral Gables, police said.
View ArticleComedian Bob Saget died of head trauma after fall at Orlando hotel, family says
Comedian Bob Saget died of head trauma after a fall in his room at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Orlando last month, according to a statement released by his family.
View ArticleGubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, meeting with Black community activists...
Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried says Florida Democrats should nominate a female candidate for every statewide office this year, arguing it would help her party win each of the four contests. She...
View ArticleState Rep. Emily Slosberg-King won’t seek re-election. She’ll face ‘the most...
State Rep. Emily Slosberg-King, a Democrat from Boca Raton, won’t seek re-election after serving six years in the House of Representatives.
View ArticleWould DeSantis’ revived Florida State Guard succeed or fail? Here’s how the...
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seeks to revive the Florida State Guard, the state's old defense force, here is a through-the-years look at some of the highlights -- and lowlights -- of other state...
View ArticleWhen talking about COVID-19, DeSantis leaves out key facts, experts say
Some of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ comments about COVID-19 contain misleading or inaccurate information, according to health experts who have studied the deadly pandemic in Florida and across the U.S.
View ArticleVigils scheduled to honor survivors and remember those lost in Parkland...
A series of events, and some support services, are available for those who wish to honor the victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
View ArticleFort Lauderdale’s perennial political candidate Jim Lewis is running again,...
Jim Lewis, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, wants people to know Democrats have a candidate for attorney general: him. Lewis has run for office — as a Democrat, as a Republican and as an independent/no party...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida’s cases, hospitalizations continue to plummet; death...
The number of patients in the hospital with COVID was 6,740 on Wednesday, down 20% over a week and the lowest number since Jan. 2, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows....
View Article‘Operation BlackOut,’ spearheaded by Broward’s Shevrin Jones, aims to...
BlackOut aims to engage minority Floridians to use vote-by-mail in sufficient numbers to tip elections to the Democrats. Operation BlackOut described its objective as signing up “40,000...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court rejects DeSantis request for redistricting opinion
The move is another setback to DeSantis’ unprecedented insertion into the redistricting process, after the state Senate ignored his surprise map and approved their own.
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