Florida hurricane sales tax holiday starts Saturday, and pet supplies are now...
Florida's two-week disaster-preparedness tax holiday will begin Saturday and, for the first time, shoppers will be able to avoid paying sales taxes on numerous types of pet supplies.
View ArticleWoman accused of leaving 4 dogs to die in hot car in Florida while she had lunch
A 25-year-old Missouri woman is accused of leaving four dogs locked in a hot car while she had lunch in a Florida restaurant
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: More of Florida seeing ‘high’ community levels as positivity...
As COVID-19 cases, testing positivity rates and hospitalizations climb across Florida, 10 counties — including Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade — now officially have high community levels, according...
View Article‘God’s gift to lawyers.’ DeSantis’ culture war laws get him sued a lot
Some of his biggest priorities have hit a wall in the courts with key provisions being blocked.
View ArticleState investigators dismiss Rebekah Jones’ claims of Florida fudging COVID-19...
Rebekah Jones was thrust into the national spotlight when she accused the DeSantis administration of directing her to falsify COVID-19 positivity rates to support the push to reopen Florida after...
View Article‘Please send the police now:’ Urgent pleas don’t always mean the cops rush...
A slow police response can cost lives when a gunman starts firing on campus, experts say. But police don’t always follow protocol.
View ArticleSouth Florida church leaders named in newly released Southern Baptist sex...
Five South Florida religious leaders were named in a list of hundreds of Southern Baptist pastors and church personnel accused of sexual abuse.
View ArticleBanksy, Basquiat and Warhol pieces brought millions to Worth Avenue gallery...
Daniel Elie Bouaziz sold fake Banksy, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Henri Matisse and Roy Lichtenstein pieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars, complete with forged signatures and documents falsely...
View ArticleDeSantis appoints Corcoran to Board of Governors
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday tapped former state education commissioner Richard Corcoran to serve on the state university system’s Board of Governors.
View ArticleCaretaker pleads guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from Broward couple
A caretaker for an elderly couple in Plantation has pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from them to pay off her credit cards, put a down payment on a home and pay for her...
View ArticleObsession with guns. Dysfunctional families. Many parallels exist between...
The profile of the 18-year-old Texas murderer is eerily similar to that of a 19-year-old who entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018.
View ArticleFlorida poll: 67% want abortion legal in most or all cases, just 12% want...
As Florida and much of the U.S. impose major restrictions on access to abortion, Florida residents don’t like the trend. The overwhelming majority of Florida residents — including more than half of...
View ArticlePoll finds Floridians divided over new ‘parental rights,’ ‘don’t say gay’ law
Floridians are roughly evenly divided over the new state law restricting lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, a Florida Atlantic University poll shows. Republicans support what's formally...
View ArticleTropical Storm Agatha, located in the eastern Pacific, could head toward...
Tropical Storm Agatha, currently located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is expected to develop into a hurricane and crash into mountainous southeastern Mexico. After that, it could emerge in the Gulf of...
View Article‘Frustrated, angry and heartbroken’: Shevrin Jones, Charlie Crist, Parkland...
In the wake of Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, state lawmakers and several Democratic groups held a vigil and gun-control rally on Saturday morning at Sunrise Amphitheater, delivering speeches...
View ArticleConstruction worker dies after falling off West Palm building
The worker has been identified as Yamileth Martínez Poncé,, who was working for a Miami-Dade company.
View ArticleLetter to Uvalde: We are here for you because we’ve been there | Commentary
Uvalde, the South Florida community — home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland — has been where you are today. Here is what the way forward looks like.
View ArticleHurricane Agatha has its sights set on Mexico, and its remnants could head...
Hurricane Agatha, currently located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is expected to make landfall over southeastern Mexico. It could then emerge in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly head toward South Florida.
View ArticleChair’s charge in ‘ghost’ candidate probe shines harsh spotlight on Seminole...
Ben Paris, Seminole County’s GOP chairman, faces a misdemeanor charge in connection with the 2020 "ghost" candidacy of Jestine Iannotti.
View ArticleEx-Proud Boys leader Tarrio to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
South Florida resident Henry “Enrique” Tarrio poses a danger to the public that cannot be mitigated by home detention and banning him from using social media, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in...
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