Man sentenced in attempted extortion of state Sen. Lauren Book
A Plantation man was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison for his attempted extortion of state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation.
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 30: Survivors testify; jury sees graphic...
Here’s what you need to know from Day 30 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.
View ArticleWhite House infrastructure czar plans Florida visit to highlight projects in...
Mitch Landrieu, the White House infrastructure coordinator, plans a two-day Florida visit to promote infrastructure projects in the Everglades and in Orlando.
View ArticlePanic buttons are coming to Palm Beach County schools. Here’s what that means.
A new school alert system equipped with panic buttons is arriving at Palm Beach County schools at the start of the upcoming school year. The unique part? The buttons are wearable, not triggered by an app.
View Article2 people injured by lightning strikes in New Smyrna Beach
Two people were struck and injured by lightning strikes Tuesday afternoon in New Smyrna Beach, according to media outlets.
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 3 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Wednesday, July 20.
View ArticleRabies warning issued for parts of Davie
After a feral cat in Davie tested positive for rabies on Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued a rabies alert.
View ArticleStarvation threat not over for Florida manatees, officials say
Fewer manatee deaths have been recorded so far this year in Florida compared to 2021, but wildlife officials caution that chronic starvation remains a dire and ongoing threat to the marine mammals
View ArticleBroward detectives searching for man who faked crash to cover up shooting in...
Broward County detectives are searching for a man who attempted to cover up a shooting last month in Oakland Park by faking a crash in a motel's parking lot and fleeing.
View ArticleAs teacher faces sexual harassment allegations, some balk at suspending him...
The Broward School Board on Tuesday was supposed to vote to approve a teacher's suspension. After several minutes of debate, the board tabled the issue for next month. None of them were happy.
View ArticleThere’s one Crist-Fried debate before the primary. Here’s how to watch.
The vast majority of Florida’s Democratic primary voters will have only one chance to see their party’s candidates for governor side-by-side before the Aug. 23 primary. It comes Thursday evening, when...
View Article‘They were both instantly gone.’ Teachers, students describe horror of...
Students and teachers who survived the 2018 Parkland shooting described the loud chaos at the penalty trial for confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz. Confusion and fear dominated the classrooms as they...
View ArticlePresident Biden to visit Orlando and Tampa on Monday
President Biden will visit Orlando and Tampa on Monday, the White House said.
View ArticleTrial begins for ex-deputy charged in head-slamming arrest of Delucca Rolle
Opening statements began Wednesday in a case that sparked national attention after a sheriff’s deputy slammed a Black teenager’s head into the pavement while breaking up a crowd.
View ArticleSouth Florida is hot but hasn’t yet set heat records this summer
South Florida hasn’t experienced the searing, record-setting heat many other parts of the world have experienced this summer. But it’s still been oppressively hot and humid, especially last week when...
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 31: Emotional testimony from teachers...
Here’s what you need to know from Day 31 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.
View ArticleFrom licenses to laws, who feels the impact of Florida’s guns? Here’s a...
Nearly 16,500 people in Florida died from gun-related injuries from 2015-2020, according to data from the CDC, more than seven people each day. Fewer than 1% of those died in mass shootings, although...
View ArticlePanic buttons are coming to Palm Beach County schools. Here’s what that means.
A new school alert system equipped with panic buttons is arriving at Palm Beach County schools at the start of the upcoming school year. The unique part? The buttons are wearable, not triggered by an app.
View ArticlePanic buttons are coming to Palm Beach County schools. Here’s what that means.
A new school alert system equipped with panic buttons is arriving at Palm Beach County schools at the start of the upcoming school year. The unique part? The buttons are wearable, not triggered by an app.
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 4 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Thursday, July 21.
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