Tyre Sampson’s mom doesn’t know woman who called herself his cousin,...
The woman, who identified herself as Shay Johnson, claimed she spoke to Tyre Sampson before he boarded the Orlando Free Fall.
View Article5-year-old girl killed as Florida police chase suspected kidnapper
Police in Florida say a 5-year-old girl died when the car she was riding in crashed into a pond off of Interstate 95 during the high speed pursuit of a kidnapping suspect
View ArticleNY mobster who killed 3 people escapes federal custody in Florida
A New York mobster who killed three people and attempted to kill two others has escaped from federal custody
View ArticleZoo Miami shuts down monorail after four decades of service
Zoo Miami’s “Zoofari” monorail system has been decommissioned after four decades of service
View ArticleWho is ‘Shay Johnson,’ the woman who claimed to be Tyre Sampson’s cousin?
An Orlando Sentinel investigation has revealed that the woman who called herself Shay Johnson is Lewishena Lavonia Browning.
View ArticleFried says stronger laws may be needed after Tyre Sampson’s death on Orlando...
Nikki Fried said Friday she will look into changing Florida laws ride safety statutes to ensure rides are safe.
View ArticleTwo dead in separate South Florida traffic incidents early Friday
Two men died in separate accidents, one a rollover crash in David and the other a hit-and-run in Plantation.
View ArticleMoskowitz pulls in more than $16,000 a day in contributions in weeks after...
Jared Moskowitz raised significant campaign cash – more than $16,000 a day – in the weeks following the announcement of his candidacy for an open South Florida congressional seat.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Here are the key statistics to watch in Florida
Here are the key COVID-19 statistics to watch in Florida, including community transmission levels, cases, deaths, hospitalizations and more.
View ArticleDeSantis says he’s ‘receptive’ to Legislature changing Disney’s Reedy Creek...
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he would be “receptive” to the Legislature making any changes to Disney’s unique self-governing district for Walt Disney World.
View ArticleJurors at Parkland murder trial won’t just be numbers, judge rules
Potential jurors at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School murder trial will be referred to in court by name, not just by number, Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ruled Friday.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: New cases up nearly 16% in Florida over last seven days, but...
Florida is seeing an uptick in new COVID-19 cases, just as the subvariant known as “stealth omicron” takes over. But fewer people are hospitalized now with COVID-19 in the United States ― and in...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction upheld
A judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose before the trial began that he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse.
View ArticleAuditors question Broward schools $17 million deal for classroom TVs
The Broward School District is conducting an audit to review $17 million worth of purchases of Recordex Simplicity flat panel devices as a result of questions raised by the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
View ArticleSchool Board member who stayed at vendor’s beach house supports him in contract
School Board member Donna Korn adamantly opposed a proposal on Nov. 9 to reject an exclusive three-year deal for a longtime vendor, who is also a close friend.
View ArticleSaturday’s storm risk greater for Palm Beach County, but Broward must be on...
Two rounds of storms are forecast to affect South Florida on Saturday with the storms that fire up near sunset expect to be more severe than the afternoon storms.
View ArticleWho we are: South Florida Sun Sentinel team is ready for Cruz sentencing...
The South Florida Sun Sentinel has covered the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shootings from the very beginning, on Feb. 14, 2018.
View ArticleThe faces you’ll see at the Stoneman Douglas school shooter trial
The penalty trial of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter is expected to last months, starting on Monday with the first phase of jury selection and continuing at least into the summer....
View ArticlePolitical melee: election-year redistricting upends careers and turns allies...
Many Florida state lawmakers are facing the most difficult election season they’ve ever seen ― not because of what they did or didn’t do in Tallahassee, but because of the once-a-decade change in...
View ArticleFacing judgment: Parkland killer goes on trial more than four years after...
Four years after Nikolas Cruz, a troubled former student, gunned down students and educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, he will find out what price he'll pay. Will...
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