Doctor who promoted ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has advised Florida’s...
A California psychiatrist who has advised Gov. Ron DeSantis on the coronavirus pandemic recently promoted ivermectin, a parasite drug for animals, for use with COVID-19 patients. Federal disease...
View ArticleHere’s where to find COVID-19 vaccines in South Florida
Here are the places where you can find COVID vaccines throughout South Florida.
View ArticleFirst responders would get extra benefits for COVID-related disabilities or...
Florida lawmakers next year will consider a proposal that could lead to increased benefits for first responders who suffer disabilities or die because of COVID-19.
View ArticleFederal judge tangles with lawyers over anti-riot law pushed by DeSantis
A federal judge tangled Monday with lawyers for the state over a controversial law, one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities, that toughens penalties and creates new crimes for protests...
View ArticleFlorida universities face constraints amid COVID surge
The heads of some Florida universities are reminding students and faculty that campus leaders’ “hands are tied” when it comes to taking steps to try to curb the spread of COVID-19.
View ArticleJudge sides with DeSantis in cutting off $300 a week jobless benefits early
A Leon County circuit judge Monday upheld a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for tens of thousands of Floridians in June, rejecting arguments that the...
View ArticleTask force calls for tighter condo regulations, but a key building official...
A leading official huddling on the Champlain condo collapse in Surfside said there's no evidence poor maintenance had any effect, was skeptical that climate change helps corrode buildings and urged a...
View ArticleState withholds school board salaries over masks
Despite a court ruling saying school districts can require students to wear masks, Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is still withholding money to penalize Broward County schools.
View ArticleThousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath
Ida ravaged Louisiana's power grid, leaving the entire city of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when power would return. Some areas outside...
View ArticleWoman in viral Jacksonville photo touts COVID antibody treatment after recovery
Two weeks ago Toma Dean was prone on the floor of a Jacksonville library, waiting to receive an antibody treatment at a site set up by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration. On Monday she was by his side,...
View ArticleTropical depression likely to form soon, forecasters say. Tropical Storm Kate...
A tropical depression is expected to form in the next couple of days in the far eastern Atlantic, forecasters say. Tropical Storm Kate maintaining its strength.
View ArticleBuy Florida-grown fruits, veggies to combat Mexican crop dumping, Fried urges
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is urging consumers to purchase Florida-grown blueberries, strawberries and other produce to help counter what she described as “unfair foreign trade practices” by...
View ArticleAmid COVID, bill would make having fake vaccination card a felony in Florida
A Florida House Democrat has filed a bill aimed at cracking down on people who create or have false vaccination cards amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticlePlane crash victim was serial killer who murdered at least three South...
The bodies of Demas, 21, of Wilton Manors, and Kim Dietz-Livesey, 35, of Fort Lauderdale, were found stuffed in luggage and dumped on roadsides, in June and August of 2000. There are possibly more...
View ArticleSeminole Tribe trying to scuttle lawsuit challenging Florida gambling deal
The Seminole Tribe is trying to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging a new gambling deal with the state that calls for the tribe to operate sports betting in Florida.
View ArticleHaiti earthquake: How you can help
On Aug. 14, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, and more than 1,900 people have died with thousands more injured. Here is where you can donate money or supplies.
View ArticleMuseum preserves Surfside memorial wall for building collapse victims
A South Florida museum is collecting the photos, notes and other personal items that make up a memorial wall near the site of the deadly building collapse that killed 98 people, to protect and preserve...
View ArticleDeSantis might find a friendlier court in North Florida for his appeal of...
On the surface, the politics are on the side of DeSantis. North Florida’s First District Court of Appeal comprises 15 members, all Republicans. Three were appointed by DeSantis, two by Charlie Crist...
View ArticleFlorida health agency sued, accused of withholding detailed COVID-19 information
The Florida Center for Government Accountability and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith sued the Florida Department of Health, alleging the agency isn’t providing COVID-19 data and reports that should be...
View ArticleWho was serial killer Roberto Wagner Fernandes?
Serial killer Roberto Wagner Fernandes murdered and endangered women on at least two continents before his death in a South American plane crash in 2005, authorities say.
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