Guest died after riding Disney’s Spaceship Earth, theme park injury report says
A 58-year-old man with an undisclosed pre-existing condition passed out and later died after riding the slow-moving dark ride Spaceship Earth at Epcot in May.
View ArticleSouth Florida’s Haitians agonize for families and loved ones back home
To Lesly Clervil of Pembroke Pines, it is unthinkable that another devastating earthquake has struck, more than a decade after he lost his mother and five other relatives in a quake. The anguish is...
View ArticleDemings pushes bill to stop evictions, foreclosures during future disasters
U.S. Rep. Val Demings, of Orlando, seeks to halt evictions and foreclosures during federally declared disasters.
View ArticleGulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a COVID-19 hotspot
Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the “Redneck Riviera,” a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are...
View ArticlePublix, Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Walgreens, CVS offering COVID booster vaccines
People with moderately to severely compromised immune systems are recommended to get an additional dose of the coronavirus vaccine at lease 28 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer or...
View ArticleWhile DeSantis touts free Regeneron COVID treatment, feds pick up the bill
Much of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to offer free monoclonal antibody treatment to Floridians sick with COVID-19 is being paid for by the federal government, which has spent billions of dollars on the drug...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in hit-and-run in Boca Raton
Police said a sedan, believed to be light-colored and possibly silver. crossed into the motorcycle’s lane as both drivers exited the expressway Wednesday night.
View Article‘Ghost’ candidate in South Florida Senate race to testify against former...
Alex Rodriguez, who authorities say Frank Artiles bribed to run for office, is now expected to testify against his friend at trial.
View ArticleFlorida educator fired over racist tirade at woman, sons
"Your kids are half-breeds!" a woman screamed from her car in a profanity-laced rant in a Florida neighborhood. Officials at the school district where she worked saw the video and fired her.
View ArticleParents arrested months after 1-year-old was thrown from a vehicle and killed...
The family of seven were making their way their way across the state on Alligator Alley when a surveillance video at a toll plaza captured what is likely the last image of the youngest in the group alive.
View ArticleWealthy candidate pumps staggering $2.3 million of her own money into South...
Sheila Cherlifus-McCormick, the CEO of a home health care company who has never been elected to office, has put $2.3 million of her own money into her campaign to fill the Broward-Palm Beach county...
View ArticleJudge lets charges stand against Parkland deputy Scot Peterson
Scot Peterson, the former deputy accused of taking cover while dozens were shot at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, will have to convince a jury that he’s not guilty of criminal negligence,...
View ArticleWoman paid to front group behind ‘ghost’ candidates says consultant used...
More evidence in the criminal case against ex-lawmaker Frank Artiles was made public by prosecutors on Thursday.
View ArticleWhat’s causing the worst die-off of manatees? Starvation from Florida...
Florida manatees suffered their worst known die-off during a period from late last year through this spring caused by largely starvation in the Indian River Lagoon where seagrass eaten by the animals...
View ArticleGrace intensifies before expected second landfall in Mexico
Former Hurricane Grace started regaining strength after it emerged over the ocean and appears likely to strike Mexico’s central coast late Friday or early Saturday as a hurricane.
View ArticleFlorida woman finds ballots inside 115-year-old ballot box
A Florida woman found 12 ballots from a 1906 local election in a ballot box her father had grabbed from the trash behind the county courthouse in the 1950s. She hadn't opened the box until this year.
View ArticleR. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rapid rise to stardom and years of...
Here is a brief history of the singer’s success and troubles.
View ArticleAfrican dust to create haze over Florida and suppress hurricanes
A plume of African dust is sweeping across the Atlantic and is expected to suppress the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes.
View ArticleGrace regains hurricane strength before expected second landfall in Mexico
Hurricane Grace was producing winds of 85 mph as it headed for a second landfall Friday night on Mexico’s central coast.
View ArticleMAP: Here are the Florida school districts that have imposed mask mandates
Interactive map: See which Florida school districts have imposed mask mandates on students or teachers, some of which violate a state law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban such mandates.
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