Florida lawmakers raid $100M from affordable housing for program that doesn’t...
A $100 million Hometown Hero Housing program has no guidelines for how that money will be spent.
View ArticleSouth Florida brush fire that has burned more than 20,500 acres was mostly...
A brush fire that has burned more than 20,500 acres in South Florida and posed a threat Saturday to parts of southwest Broward County "appears to be winding down” after weekend rain showers helped...
View ArticleWoman shot dead by her husband at her daughter’s swim lesson at North...
The mother of a child taking a swimming lesson at the North Miami Jewish Community Center was shot and killed Sunday by her husband, according to televised and social media reports.
View ArticleFive Broward schools botch payroll, audit finds
Two audits identify thousands of dollars of payments to employees that were either improperly paid or improperly documented.
View ArticleTwo men hit and killed when they stop on highway to remove object from road
Two men were hit and killed on I-95 Sunday evening when they pulled onto the shoulder of the highway to move an object from the road
View ArticleJudge rules against Florida Christian school that sought to pray before...
A judge rejected arguments that Christian schools were improperly prevented from praying before a football game.
View ArticleMan who shot wife at Miami pool was questioned in his ex’s 2014 disappearance
Carl Monty Watts Jr., 45, had been questioned in the mysterious 2014 disappearance of a previous girlfriend and mother of his child — a Fort Lauderdale woman who has never been found.
View ArticleBurning storage units damage movie screen at Swap Shop in Lauderhill
Two metal containers flanking a movie screen caught fire at the Swap Shop near Fort Lauderdale
View ArticleFlorida woman found dead in shallow Alabama grave; ex arrested and questioned
After a Florida woman’s body was found in Alabama in a shallow grave, her ex is being questioned.
View ArticleNYC mayor woos Floridians with billboards: Come here where you can say gay
New York City is launching a digital billboard campaign to lure Floridians unhappy with their state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law to the Big Apple, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday.
View ArticleFlorida Rep. Fine wants to make treatments for transgender minors a felony
Fine, R-Palm Bay, said his bill would make providing drugs or surgery to a minor for gender assignment a felony child abuse crime punishable by prison and/or loss of a medical license.
View ArticleJury will be allowed to tour site of Parkland mass shooting, judge rules
Jurors at the upcoming trial of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooter will still get a chance to visit the scene of the crime, even though Nikolas Cruz's guilt is no longer in question,...
View ArticleBroward assistant principal arrested, accused of illegally obtaining personal...
A Broward high school assistant principal has been arrested, accused of using a school police officer to illegally secure personal information about a man his ex-girlfriend was dating.
View ArticleTop aide joins FDLE chief Swearingen in announcing he’s resigning
Second FDLE brass in one week announces departure
View ArticleMan accused of shooting wife to death a day after stabbing her is a person of...
The man charged in the shooting death of his wife at a Miami-Dade community center had repeatedly stabbed her the day before, police say. Also, he's considered a person of interest in the disappearance...
View ArticleSentencing the Parkland killer | Day 1
On Monday, the first part of the process of selecting a jury for the penalty trial of confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz got underway, with over 100 potential jurors questioned about their...
View ArticleParkland school shooting trial opens with difficult search for jurors
The first day of the Parkland massacre trial was devoted largely to hearing from potential jurors who raised their hands when asked if any had unavoidable time commitments that would prevent them from...
View ArticleDon’t do state government’s survey on political leanings, union urges...
A union representing faculty at Florida’s state universities is discouraging members from participating in a survey meant to suss out the political leanings of students and employees and the political...
View ArticleFlorida’s pension fund is stuck holding $300 million in Russian investments
Democrats want Florida to divest, arguing the state’s leaders should act swiftly to dump Russian investments.
View ArticleVideo shows car driving past a safety arm as it collides with Brightline...
A person bypassed a railroad safety arm and went against traffic as their car collided with a Brightline train in Aventura on Monday afternoon, security footage shows.
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