Florida insurance firms, not homeowners, reap benefit of $2 billion...
The rollbacks would barely make a dent in the double-digit increases in premiums millions of state homeowners have endured for years.
View Article‘Our lives have been shattered and changed forever’: Parkland families...
The victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began coming to life Monday in the words, memories and anguish of those they left behind.
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 37: School instructor, cellphone searches
Here’s what you need to know from Day 37 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.
View ArticleSome voters say they got wrong ballots for primary elections. Updated forms...
With the primary elections just weeks away, some South Florida voters say they’ve received mail-in ballots — only to realize they have the wrong candidates and races on them.
View ArticleBiden: Drone strike on al-Qaida leader delivered ‘justice’
“This terrorist leader is no more,” Biden said in an evening speech from the White House.
View ArticleGator with knife in head found swimming in Florida pond: report
An alligator was euthanized over the weekend in Volusia County after many took to social media pointing out a knife was stuck in the animal’s head, according to news outlets.
View ArticleFeds target US companies caught in lucrative shark fin trade
Every year, the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are sliced from the backs of the majestic sea predators, their bleeding bodies sometimes dumped back into the ocean where they are left to suffocate...
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 10 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The prosecution, which is getting close to resting its case, is presenting its case for...
View ArticleFPL has a secret bar used by lawmakers and lobbyists in Tallahassee, report says
Powerful Florida Power & Light has in Tallahassee a secret bar frequented by lobbyists, according to Politico.
View ArticleSheriff hopes Broward schools will let his office take over school policing
Whether current Superintendent Vickie Cartwright is interested in Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony's proposal is unclear. Cartwright is expected to scheduled to appear at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
View ArticleBroward school district spends $100,000 on conference at Ritz-Carlton Golf...
Some say the retreat for principals and assistant principals was a weekend of leadership training. Others see it as a taxpayer-subsidized junket.
View ArticleFlorida lottery sales beat expectations but start to slow
Florida Lottery ticket sales were $370.3 million higher than expected during the recently completed fiscal year.
View ArticleShooter in Boynton Beach road-rage incident said he fired in self-defense,...
A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after another driver shot him in the chest because of an apparent road-rage incident on West Boynton Beach Boulevard, Boynton Beach Police said.
View ArticleLauderhill man hospitalized after gunfire exchange with suspected burglars,...
He walked out of his home in Lauderhill to scare away two suspected burglars with a gun shot into the air, Lauderhill Police said. But two men shot back.
View ArticleAgency withdraws ratings for two Florida property insurers and downgrades a...
In another sign of problems in Florida’s property-insurance market, a financial-ratings agency has withdrawn ratings for two insurance companies and downgraded another company.
View Article‘All you see is a broken family.’ Parkland victims’ families tell jurors...
Families of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting victims climbed on the witness stand, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs, to describe their 'excruciating pain' to jurors who will decide the...
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 38: Family tales of heartbreak
Here’s what you need to know from Day 38 of the sentencing trial for the confessed Parkland gunman.
View ArticleFloridians continue pulling plug on phone lines
A new report details the continued disappearance of landline phones and how demand and competition have “exploded” for wireless and internet-based technology that most Floridians now use to make calls.
View ArticleReligious leaders file lawsuit challenging state’s 15-week abortion ban
A diverse group South Florida religious leaders have filed a lawsuit challenging Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, arguing it violates freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion.
View ArticleFlorida restaurant says drag shows will go on in spite of DeSantis’ criticism...
The South Florida restaurant that drew the ire of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over its drag-show performances in front of children said Thursday it will continue business as usual.
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