Shaken baby’s family longed for justice. Now, after 37 years, babysitter is...
Benjamin Dowling died of injuries that left him helpless after he was shaken as a baby 37 years ago. His former babysitter, Terry McKirchy, now 59, has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge.
View ArticleCourt slaps down lawyer who called tobacco company ‘enterprise of death’
Tobacco companies were handed back-to-back wins this month when a South Florida appeals court overturned a $10 million verdict, and the lawyers who take them on were warned to watch their language...
View ArticleRodney Alcala, serial murderer known as the ‘Dating Game Killer,’ dies at 77
Rodney Alcala, the serial murderer who became known as the “Dating Game Killer” because of his 1978 appearance on the game show, died July 24 at the age of 77.
View ArticleIn Broward, Charlie Crist rips Gov. Ron DeSantis over Florida’s COVID spike:...
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing him of playing Republican presidential politics on the Texas border – while COVID-19 infections rising and people are...
View ArticleTropical depression could form off Florida coast; rain expected locally
Forecasters said conditions are “marginally conducive” for the storm system to develop further, with odds at 40% on Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
View ArticleA man’s bid to float from Florida to New York in a giant bubble is cut short
A man in a cylindrical floating contraption washed ashore in Florida Saturday in an apparent attempt to walk on water to New York.
View ArticleWho’s telling the truth? Battle over lie-detecting is stranger than fiction
For the past 18 years, two Florida-based voice-stress test firms have accused the other of spreading falsehoods. After a mediation session failed to resolve the civil dispute this past week, a trial is...
View ArticleSystem churning off Florida coast hindered by dry air, wind shear
The disturbance is forecast to continue moving toward Florida’s northeast coast, but dry air over the Atlantic Ocean is hampering the system’s development, forecasters said
View ArticleCuba protesters in Washington want President Biden to do more to pressure the...
Thousands of anti-regime protesters gathered outside the White House just before midnight Monday to mark the 26th of July national holiday in Cuba.
View ArticleHackers may have accessed data of thousands of unemployed Floridians
Computer hackers attacked Florida's unemployment benefits website and may have accessed sensitive personal identity and financial information that belongs to nearly 58,000 Floridians.
View Article$22 million added to federal spending bill for Surfside condo collapse...
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says $22 million is going into federal appropriations legislation for an investigation into the cause of the June 24 Surfside condominium collapse in which at least...
View ArticleBroward workers sue DeSantis to reinstate federal unemployment benefits
Attorneys filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state DEO to have $300 a week federal unemployment benefits immediately restored. Their complaint argues that DeSantis and DEO Secretary Dane...
View ArticleAnswers to your vaccine questions: Shouldn’t we still be wearing masks?
Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida. Today's question: Is it the vaccines or the masks that will keep us safe?
View ArticleSuspected white supremacy gesture sparks debate for Palm Beach County schools
The gestures, made by men in Proud Boys shirts, caused alarm on social media and prompted the School Board to change its procedures for public speakers.
View ArticleHere’s where to find a coronavirus vaccine in South Florida
Here are the places where you can get a coronavirus vaccine in South Florida.
View ArticleJudge seeks investigation of leak in misconduct case that threatens her career
Attorneys for Palm Beach County Judge Marni Bryson are calling on the state’s judicial watchdog to immediately investigate a leak of confidential information months before she got slapped with...
View ArticleDisturbance off the coast has low odds of developing, forecasters say
An area of low pressure that has spent the past few days churning off the east coast of Florida and Georgia has slight potential for development if it heads back west over the warm Gulf Stream waters,...
View ArticleBrother of NFL player charged in 2016 murder of an FIU student in parking garage
Donterio Fowler, 26, and Keondre Fields, 23, have been charged in the 2016 murder of an FIU student in a parking garage near campus. Donterio Fowler is the brother of NFL linebacker Dante Fowler.
View ArticleInside a Florida KKK murder plot: Grab him up, ‘take that package to the...
An FBI confidential informant infiltrated a group of klansmen in Florida, and his recordings provide a rare, detailed look at the inner workings of a modern KKK cell and a domestic terrorism probe....
View ArticleDeSantis holds secret meeting to drive home his opposition to masks at schools
As cases of COVID-19 surge across Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a secret meeting in the Capitol on Monday with medical professionals, underlining his opposition to mask mandates for students.
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