Florida ‘Freedom Week’ brings sales-tax savings on tickets, outdoor gear
Floridians facing economic pressure from inflation will get to avoid paying a portion of sales taxes on events and outdoor gear starting Friday.
View Article50 migrants die after trailer abandoned in Texas heat
Fifty people have died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer in the sweltering Texas heat, one of the worst tragedies to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S.
View ArticleWhy is California Governor Gavin Newsom’s campaign buying TV ads on Fox News...
Why is the campaign to reelect California Governor Gavin Newsome buying TV ads in Florida?
View Article$17,000 reward renewed as search continues for 16-year-old’s murderer in...
Officials are still searching for the person who killed 16-year-old Jacob Rivera in 2013 in Hollywood, and the $17,000 reward has been renewed.
View ArticleDeputies shot a bear dead to protect the public. It didn’t need to happen,...
A young black bear that wandered into a neighborhood could’ve been allowed back into the woods to live out its life, state wildlife officials say. Instead, deputies shot the bear dead. They say the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton endorses Jared Moskowitz in Democratic congressional primary
Hillary Clinton is endorsing Jared Moskowitz in the Broward-Palm Beach County 23rd Congressional District Democratic primary. “We need more champions in Congress to help prevent gun violence and save...
View ArticleSentencing the Parkland killer | Day 23
Here’s what you need to know from Day 23 of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.
View Article7 men, 5 women selected for jury in Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial
The jury is chosen. Five women and seven men have been selected to decide the fate of Nikolas Cruz, a man who confessed to killing 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in...
View ArticleFamily of woman killed in parasailing accident in the Keys sues operator
The family of a woman who died last month while parasailing in the Florida Keys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the parasail boat’s operator.
View Article‘It was very fast’: A shuttle service starts free rides from this Tri-Rail...
Transportation officials call it the “best of both worlds,” blending the ease and convenience of Uber or Lyft and the low cost — free in this case — of public transportation.
View ArticleMore South Florida students passed FSA math assessment in its final year,...
Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties each had a higher percentage of students passing the math assessments across all grade levels compared with last year’s results, new state data shows.
View ArticleMore than 300,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine will be rolled out as cases...
U.S. health officials expanded the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus and said they are providing more monkeypox vaccine, working to expand testing and taking...
View ArticleFlorida asks judge to toss out fight over ‘Parental Rights in Education’ law...
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is asking a federal judge to toss out a challenge to a controversial new law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in Florida...
View ArticleTropical Storm Bonnie could form soon; forecasters still watching two other...
Three storm systems are brewing in the Atlantic, one of which is likely to become a tropical storm in the southeastern Caribbean and another could become a short-lived tropical depression near Texas,...
View ArticleIs PGA Tour cheating fans by preventing LIV participants from entering PGA...
The PGA Tour has been sued in Palm Beach County for anti-trust violations because it doesn't allow LIV Golf participants to play in PGA events.
View ArticleCritics blast state inaction as Florida home insurance rates soar
Critics argue at least some of the blame falls on the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
View ArticleNo butts: Florida beaches can ban cigarette smoking starting Friday
Cities and counties in Florida will have the option to ban cigarette smoking on beaches, under a new bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
View ArticleDisney Cruise Line christens Disney Wish at Port Canaveral
Disney Cruise Line managed to tug on some heartstrings while christening its new ship Disney Wish inviting three children from the Make-a-Wish foundation to perform the traditional role given to the...
View ArticleNSU oceanside nursery provides home to thousands of at-risk corals
Nova Southeastern University's coral nursery at its Ocean Campus houses corals for research, preservation and planting, in an effort to help save Florida's struggling coral reef populations.
View ArticleRoe v. Wade abortion ruling could shake up Florida elections
Whether Democrats can benefit from the backlash and overcome their midterm disadvantage as the party in the White House is still up in the air, experts said.
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