Transgender athlete ban imminent, despite Title IX ruling
A law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams will officially take effect this week in Florida, even though the U.S. Department of Education says Title IX...
View ArticleExperts focus on possible failure point in deadly Florida building collapse
Experts are focusing on a spot in the lowest part of the condominium complex outside Miami where an initial failure could have set off a deadly structural avalanche.
View ArticleRemembering the dead and missing in Florida condo collapse
Here's what we know about the dead and missing in the condo tower collapse in Surfside, Florida.
View ArticleFuel spill leads to hours-long shutdown of I-95 in Pompano Beach
I-95 was closed to traffic between Atlantic Boulevard and Sample Road while Pompano Beach Fire Rescue crews handled the cleanup.
View ArticleHere’s where to find a coronavirus vaccine in South Florida
Looking to get vaccinated for coronavirus? Here's where you can get a COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida.
View ArticleTwo days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in...
There was nothing unusual about the lobby and pool area at Champlain Towers South condo, which looked clean and well maintained to a commercial pool contractor who visited the building last Tuesday,...
View ArticleGuidance counselor loses license for fraud case, but school district still...
Dorothy Delima-Copeland was indicted on fraud charges related to Obamacare, but pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Her teaching license had been suspended, but the school district renewed her contract...
View Article‘Frantic search:’ Surfside rescuers keep sifting through debris in desperate...
Four days after the deadly Surfside condo building collapse near Miami, rescue workers continued to tunnel through debris as they clung to hope of finding some survivors out of the 150 people still...
View ArticleRichard ‘Rick’ Asper, chairman and co-founder of Honor Flights South Florida,...
Richard "Rick" Asper, chairman and co-founder of Honor Flights South Florida, died Monday at age 75.
View ArticleSouth Florida police quietly ran facial recognition scans to identify...
Police photographed protesters and ran protest-related images through a vast and unregulated facial recognition database, records show. That’s like going through a crowd and asking to see driver’s...
View ArticleTelehealth could suffer as Florida emergency order for COVID pandemic expires
The growing emergence of telehealth, or telemedicine, as a way to deliver health care has been a silver lining during the COVID-19 pandemic. But after Gov. Ron DeSantis let an executive order declaring...
View ArticleFederal judge weighs constitutionality of Florida’s new social media law
A controversial new Florida law that goes into effect Thursday seeks to prevent large social-media platforms from banning political candidates from their sites and to require companies to publish — and...
View ArticleJudge upholds Florida’s ban on gun sales to people under 21. Law was enacted...
While saying the case “falls squarely in the middle of a constitutional no man’s land,” a federal judge has upheld a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.
View ArticlePresident Biden to visit with families at Surfside building collapse
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit with the families of victims of the collapsed Surfside condominium tower.
View ArticleFlorida-based property insurer placed under state supervision
Another Florida-based property insurer is knuckling under after failing to prevent excessive financial losses. State insurance regulators anounced it will supervise the dissolution of a a Sarasota firm...
View ArticleTragedy becomes personal for Miami-Dade rescue crews
Search and rescue teams from Miami-Dade are considered among the best and most experienced in the world. This time disaster struck in their backyard.
View Article‘Freedom Week’ in Florida comes with lots of sales tax breaks. Find out how...
Starting Thursday, in what Florida lawmakers dubbed “Freedom Week,” people will receive sales-tax breaks when they make a wide range of purchases.
View ArticleMan charged in hit-and-run that left one dead and two seriously injured
Authorities say Robier Font Osaba, 20, drove off without stopping after he hit three pedestrians — including a stranded motorist — in Dania Beach on Feb. 26, 2020.
View ArticleHarry Johnston, former Florida Senate president and congressman, dies at 89
Harry Johnston, former Florida senator, state Senate president, U.S. congressman and Palm Beach County resident, died Monday at age 89.
View ArticleFort Lauderdale hotels offering COVID vaccines — and perks — hoping to lure...
In a move to lure travelers and promote safety among workers, five oceanfront hotels are holding pop-up COVID vaccination clinics this week. So far, employees are taking advantage of incentives, but...
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