Hurricane watches go up as Tropical Storm Henri threatens Long Island and New...
Tropical Storm Henri is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane with 85 mph winds by the time it approaches the northeastern United States on Sunday.
View Article‘Bracing for the worst’ in Florida’s COVID hot zone
As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state’s latest surge.
View ArticlePhoto of person on floor in Florida waiting for COVID antibody treatment goes...
Some patients coming for monoclonal antibody treatment in Florida have been seriously ill with COVID-19. A photo posted on the website Reddit showed a woman sprawled on the floor.
View ArticleEvent and film honor ‘The Motorcycle Queen of Miami’
An event and documentary honor the legacy of Bessie Stringfield, the first Black female to ride a motorcycle across the U.S.
View ArticleScott calls on Cabinet to remove Biden; Democrats say he’s playing to GOP base
Questioning Biden’s mental capacity has been an ongoing conspiracy theory in right-wing media, with speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas this summer calling the president...
View ArticleFour taken to hospital after bus and car collide in Pompano
Early morning rush-hour got off to a bad start Friday when a Broward County Transit bus and a car collided in Pompano Beach. Four people were taken to the hospital.
View ArticleFamilies, advocates worry as COVID-19 spreads in Florida prisons without...
Advocates of those in prison say there's been limited testing, unreliable access to vaccines and no way to know the extent of COVID-19 in Florida's prison as the virus spreads rapidly across the state.
View ArticleState follows through on threat over school masks
Broward schools could lose about $31,182 a month for requiring students to wear masks. The state Board of Educations plans to dock the pay of School Board members who approved the mandate.
View ArticleFlorida reports 150,118 new COVID cases for the week, and teenagers account...
Friday marked the 13th day in a row in Florida set a record for COVID hospitalizations. With 15,840 patients hospitalized with COVID, the state has surpassed its previous peak in July 2020 by 152%.
View ArticleHenri expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves toward the Northeast
Tropical Storm Henri's forecast track shows possible points of landfall in Long Island or southern New England late Saturday night or on Sunday.
View ArticleHurricane Grace continues to move inland over eastern Mexico bringing strong...
Hurricane Grace will bring strong winds and heavy rainfall to portions of interior Mexico Saturday as it continues moving west-southwest over eastern Mexico.
View ArticleRon DeSantis’ colossal COVID-19 gamble: schools, vaccinations, masks — and...
With delta-variant-fueled COVID infections continuing to surge across Florida, school board members representing more than a third of the state's population have imposed mask mandates in their schools...
View ArticleTwitter suspends DeSantis press secretary for ‘abusive behavior’
Twitter on Friday suspended the account of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary for violating rules on “abusive behavior” after The Associated Press said her conduct led to a reporter receiving...
View ArticleAs Florida’s COVID toll mounts, the young are dying, and the sick are...
Doctors at Florida’s hospitals expect the death toll of the newest COVID wave to continue for weeks, maybe even months. But they already can see that people dying now of the coronavirus are not the...
View ArticleMan shot and killed in Delray Beach, no one in custody, police say
A man was shot multiple times Friday night in Delray Beach and later died at a hospital, according to police. No one is in custody.
View ArticleTruck involved in high-speed police chase had body in it, authorities say
A two-county chase Friday night that included a pickup truck with a body in its bed, speeds approaching 100 mph, and two helicopters, started in Palm Beach County and ended in Martin County, deputies...
View ArticleWorld champion boxer walks away from jet crash at Fort Lauderdale Executive...
Professional boxer Gervonta Davis says his private jet crashed taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
View ArticleBroward Health Medical Center adds temporary mortuary facility
On Friday, a Florida-record 1,486 coronavirus deaths were reported for the week.
View ArticleCommuter rail might finally come to the coast. Here’s where it would run.
Coastal Link, a commuter rail line along the Florida East Coast corridor, would include stops in five Broward County cities as well as at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 shatters hopes for a safe and smooth school year
A surge of COVID-19 cases has forced thousands of students to stay home, complicated classwork, burdened teachers and raised doubts about whether COVID can truly be controlled in schools.
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