Broward prosecutors want rapper YNW Melly’s mom at pre-trial hearing
The murder trial of Jamell Demons, professionally known as rapper YNW Melly, is scheduled to go into jury selection on Tuesday, with the defendant’s life in the balance. But before the first juror is...
View ArticleUkrainian mother, daughter fled bombs in Kyiv and ended up in Wilton Manors....
Two Ukrainian women, a mother and a daughter, quickly fled their war-torn country when Russian bombs dropped on their home city of Kyiv. Now, after an odyssey that took them through Romania, Bulgaria...
View ArticleZebra dies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge: report
A zebra at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge died Thursday morning after it ran full-speed into a gate.
View ArticleMargate man arrested, charged with murder of woman
Police said on Sunday that the 48-year-old Margate man killed a 69-year-old woman, inside an apartment near the 5500 block of Lakeside Drive. Officers arrested the man inside the apartment after...
View ArticleDaniel Pontet, a South Florida artist known for his paintings, courtroom...
South Florida artist and activist Daniel Pontet has died at 64. Pontet, who is survived by his two teanage daughters Sophia and Francesca, will be commemorated with an art exhibit and celebration of...
View ArticleFlorida’s education department rejects math textbooks, saying some had...
Out of 132 submitted textbooks, the education department approved only 78 of them, and rejected more than ever before, according to a news release. It rejected 54, including several it said had...
View ArticleFlorida man runs over body parts during a hit-and-run investigation
A Florida man driving drunk sped through a hit-and-run investigation Sunday, running over the detached legs of a victim and nearly striking two deputies before leading officers on a high speed chase,...
View ArticleBroward teachers could get thousands more in pay — or they could lose thousands
The School Board plans to ask voters to increase a special school tax from $50 for every $100,000 of assessed value to $100. If it fails, the entire tax, which pays for salary supplements, safety and...
View Article7-year-old girl killed by grandmother driving van in Lake County, troopers say
A 7-year-old girl was killed by her grandmother driving a van Sunday in Lake County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
View ArticleFBI investigating whether Florida prisoner sent threatening letter to US judge
A federal grand jury has accused a Florida prisoner of mailing a ruthless threat to a senior federal judge in Jacksonville — and trying to frame one of his fellow prisoners.
View ArticleFlorida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials
View ArticleWatch: Check out this video of a huge alligator strolling through a Florida...
Sheriff’s deputies captured video of a large alligator crawling through a front yard in Venice, Florida before making its way into a community lake.
View ArticleMar-a-Lago machine: Trump as a modern-day party boss
For 15 months, a parade of supplicants have made the trek to Mar-a-Lago to pledge their loyalty and pitch their candidacies.
View Article‘Blacks for Trump’ founder has links to Miami-Dade ‘Boss Mansion’ where man...
A North Miami-Dade home where a man was shot dead and three others were wounded on Easter Sunday night is owned by a religious organization whose colorful and controversial president also founded the...
View Article3 teenagers arrested on grand theft auto charges, deputies say
Three teenagers were arrested after they were caught driving cars that were stolen in three different cities across Broward County. The youngest was 13, and the oldest, a 17-year-old, is facing...
View ArticleDeSantis to call special session in May on homeowners insurance crisis
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he will call a special session of the Legislature in May to deal with the state’s soaring homeowners insurance rates.
View ArticleOrlando Free Fall ride operators altered safety features before teen’s death,...
The Orlando Free Fall drop tower changed sensors on the ride, “resulting in it being unsafe,” Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said.
View ArticleSouth Florida schools face chaos as state bans math books with ‘prohibited...
South Florida districts were ready to spend millions of dollars — more than $34 million in Broward County alone — so the new textbooks would be on campuses when the new school year starts in August....
View ArticleDemocrats condemn DeSantis congressional district map’s reduction in Black...
One of Florida’s most prominent Black elected Democrats, state Sen. Shevrin Jones, says Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to cut in half the number of Florida congressional districts with boundaries crafted to...
View ArticleStart of Parkland killer’s penalty phase trial moved to June, judge rules
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer signed an order Monday that moved the date of testimony from May 31 to June 13. Both the defense and prosecutors argued in a hearing last week that they needed...
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