Trial begins for accused Florida serial killer of 4 women
Prosecutors told jurors that DNA links an accused serial killer with the slayings of three women 16 years ago when he was a criminal justice student at a local university.
View ArticleFlorida COVID-19 update: Number of infected hospital patients drops below...
The 7-day average for new cases was 13,264 on Friday, the lowest daily case average since Dec. 21. The number of cases in the omicron surge has now fallen by nearly 80% from its peak on Jan. 11. Here...
View ArticleHome intruder shot and killed in West Palm Beach
Police say an intruder broke into a West Palm Beach home through a window while a man and a woman inside were asleep.
View ArticleFlorida agriculture officer dies in crash while on duty
Officer James McWhorter, 31, was on patrol on Interstate 95 north of Jacksonville when he pulled in front of a southbound pickup truck from the median, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFlorida deputy charged in drug planting conspiracy
Florida deputy is facing charges that he conspired to arrest an innocent person on drug charges in exchange for sexual favors and a trip to Paris.
View ArticleSo you think you had COVID during the omicron wave but aren’t sure. You still...
You had some sniffles over the holidays. Now, weeks later, you want to know if you had omicron and whether the low-level infection will offer you any immunity going forward. Here's how to do it.
View Article79-year-old bicyclist often crossed drawbridge to Palm Beach. Last weekend,...
Carol Wright was a retired journalist at the Palm Beach "Shiny Sheet" newspaper. She embarked on a weight-loss journey about 10 years ago by riding her bike daily. She would have turned 80 in April.
View ArticleNeed more time to wrangle that gator? Florida hunting hours may expand to 24/7
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on March 2 will consider a staff proposal that would expand, at most locations, the daily hours for the next alligator hunting season to 24 from...
View Article‘You can’t keep reliving it’: Stoneman Douglas trauma endures, but healing...
None of the students who were at school when a shooter killed 17 people and injured 17 others on Feb. 14, 2018, is still at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But a community...
View ArticleFlorida COVID-19 update: The latest on cases, deaths, hospitalizations and more
The state increased its overall death count by 582 over the weekend, bringing the one-week total to 1,447. The 7-day average by date of reported death was 207 on Sunday, the highest level of the...
View ArticleJudge tosses Zimmerman’s lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s parents
A Florida judge has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had filed against the parents of Trayvon Martin, the teen he fatally shot almost a...
View Article‘Let’s not do that’: Gov. DeSantis says no to taking $200 million from...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he did not support a House proposal that would shift $200 million away from 12 school districts that imposed face mask mandates last year — a move school districts felt...
View ArticleFamily demands answers in death of woman who plunged from West Palm Beach...
A 79-year-old bicyclist died in a public and painful way, tumbling down the span of an opening drawbridge, slamming to the pavement six stories below. Now, her family is demanding to know how it could...
View ArticleWoman wounded in a shooting on I-95 in Miami-Dade that shut lanes for hours,...
A woman is in the hospital after she was shot at early Monday while driving on Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County, police say.
View ArticleWatch: Surveillance footage released of man racing off after killing Broward...
Investigators with the Broward Sheriff’s Office are looking for a man they say shot and killed a Miami man who was closing up his business for the night and then raced off through the streets of West...
View ArticleDriver of pickup truck sought in hit-run death of pedestrian
A man driving a silver pickup struck and killed a pedestrian in Lauderdale Lakes on Feb. 10 and the raced off. The Broward Sheriff's Office needs your help.
View ArticleAccounting firm: Trump financial statements aren’t reliable
Accounting firm severs ties with former President Donald Trump and advises him to retract a decade's worth of financial statements.
View Article‘There’s hope in healing’ as community remembers the victims of the Parkland...
Hundreds of people gathered at an afternoon wellness event and an evening vigil to mark the fourth anniversary of the tragedy where a gunman murdered 17 people and injured 17 at Marjory Stoneman...
View ArticleElsa caused $1 billion in damage amid Florida landfall and beyond, NHC says
The National Hurricane Center released Friday its findings on the Category 1 hurricane that made landfall July 7 along Florida’s big bend as a tropical storm.
View ArticlePoll: DeSantis leads Democratic rivals for governor, with Crist on top in...
In the race for governor, DeSantis led all three major Democratic candidates by at least 8 points, a “decent cushion” heading into the year, pollster Brad Coker said.
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