As Oakland Park’s election nears, the six candidates detail their vision for...
Six candidates are running to fill two open seats on Oakland Park’s City Commission this November. They’re focusing on an array of community concerns, from luring more affordable housing, to battling...
View Article‘He was trying to say something.’ Officers called to testify in Parkland...
Law enforcement officers on Friday described the aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland: a sea of wounded and hallways filled with bodies of students and staff....
View ArticleFlorida ethics panel rejects settlement in Latvala sex case
The Commission on Ethics scrapped a proposed settlement and decided to move forward with a sexual misconduct case against former state Sen. Jack Latvala.
View ArticleFilm financier sentenced to 22 years for $60M fraud scheme
An Oklahoma man claiming to be a film financier has been sentenced in Fort Lauderdale to nearly 22 years in federal prison for participating in a scheme to steal more than $60 million from investors...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Here are the latest statistics for Florida
Here are the key coronavirus statistics to watch for Florida.
View ArticleNorth Lauderdale man arrested on murder charge after body uncovered in backyard
Simon Hand, 23, of North Lauderdale, is facing a first-degree murder charge after investigators discovered a body buried in his backyard, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The victim had been...
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 33: Police officers describe scene;...
Here’s what you need to know from Day 33 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.
View ArticleBroward Sheriff’s detention deputy found guilty of battery after beating...
After a three-day trial and a two-hour deliberation, a jury found detention deputy Delroy Rose, 57, guilty of misdemeanor battery this week.
View ArticleTed Deutch weighs in, knocks down charge that Moskowitz supports DeSantis or...
Congressman Ted Deutch emphatically rejected the charge that congressional candidate Jared Moskowitz is a supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis or former President Donald Trump. It's been a central theme of...
View ArticleGraphic Parkland videos withheld from courtroom view, but jurors must endure...
Silent recordings, less than an hour of footage, were captured by school surveillance cameras and shown to the Parkland jury throughout the past week. They introduce a version of confessed gunman...
View ArticleHallandale Beach adds 13 Teslas to its police fleet to save money and go green
The Hallandale Beach Police Department is adding 13 Tesla Model Y vehicles to its fleet to bring down emissions and save money, the department said. But some residents see it as a waste of money.
View ArticleOmicron has shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s why you...
Initially, enduring COVID had one redeeming quality: It gave you some short-term immunity from getting infected again. But the new omicron subvariants are shattering that trend.
View ArticleDeSantis ignores challengers as he goes after ‘stumbling’ Biden. Democratic...
Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated two of his favorite themes — extolling the “free state of Florida” and bashing President Joe Biden as dangerous and incompetent — to rally Florida Republicans, previewing the...
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 ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 5 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Friday, July 22.
View ArticleAt least 4 injured, including child, after car drives into ocean in Daytona...
A car crashed through a beach toll booth and drove into the ocean Sunday, injuring a child and at least three other people.
View ArticleCondo owners brace for steep costs — with post-Surfside reforms on the way
By the time Florida’s updated condo safety law goes into effect, many owners may have decided that it’s too costly to stay in their decades-old, high-rise condominiums.
View ArticleMan killed by lightning in New Smyrna Beach marks year’s 1st strike death in...
A Central Florida man was killed last week in New Smyrna Beach while landscaping, according to authorities.
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 6 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Friday, July 22.
View ArticleFlorida wants ‘Stop WOKE Act’ federal lawsuit tossed out
The state is asking a judge to toss out a challenge by businesses to a law that Gov. Ron DeSantis calls the “Stop WOKE Act.”
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