Public reprimand scheduled for absentee Palm Beach County judge
A Palm Beach County judge will go before the Florida Supreme Court on Feb. 9 to receive a public reprimand after justices concluded last week that she “acted inappropriately by failing to devote full...
View ArticleHere’s where to find coronavirus vaccines in South Florida
Here are the places where you can find COVID-19 vaccines throughout South Florida.
View ArticleAt Ghislaine Maxwell trial, ex-Epstein staffer testifies underage girls...
A former housekeeper testified Thursday that two women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as underage teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion, summoned by the...
View ArticleA misleading COVID-19 map from the CDC left out data for Florida. Just like...
Overnight, a federal map shifted from showing Florida as having low levels of COVID transmission to having moderate or even substantial levels in some counties.
View ArticleDriver hospitalized with gunshot wound after road rage incident on Florida’s...
A 26-year-old man was driving south on Florida's Turnpike in the left lane near Griffin Road when he was shot at by another motorist driving in the center lane, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The man...
View ArticleState Senator Lauren Book targeted in stalking and extortion scheme
A Plantation man tried to get State Senator Lauren Book to give him $5,000, threatening to release semi-nude and sexually explicit photos of her if she didn’t pay up, according to an arrest report.
View ArticleSpaceX launches Starlink mission along with 2 Earth observation satellites
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday evening, lighting up the sky just after sunset.
View ArticleAlec Baldwin doesn’t feel guilt over ‘Rust’ shooting: ‘If I felt I was...
“And I don't say that lightly,” Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview aired Thursday night.
View ArticleComplaint: UF wants to ax ‘critical race’ from study title
University of Florida administrators told faculty members they couldn’t used the words “critical” and “race” together in describing a new concentration of study, out of fear that it would antagonize...
View ArticleJudge stands firm, rejects Florida’s request to hold off on healthcare worker...
Disagreeing with two judges in other parts of the country, a Pensacola-based federal judge is standing behind her decision to reject Florida’s request for an injunction against a Biden administration...
View ArticleFlorida’s first responders see new funds to help cope with trauma and prevent...
Florida’s first responders will be better-equipped to deal with the emotional toll that comes from the job, thanks to millions of dollars going toward mental health programs.
View ArticleGambling amendment backers say their petition-gathering efforts are getting...
Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that could allow casinos in North Florida filed an emergency motion seeking an injunction against what they describe as efforts to “sabotage” petition...
View ArticleDNA takes center stage and escape takes a back seat in Dayonte Resiles murder...
Dayonte Resiles, 27, is accused of stabbing Jill Halliburton Su to death in her Davie home seven years ago. A jury is deliberating the charges in the murder case.
View ArticleThe Florida State Guard was a World War II-era defense force. Here’s why Gov....
The defunct Florida State Defense Force was established during the World War II-era administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was deactivated in 1947. In recent years, various groups...
View ArticleFlorida reports 10,892 new COVID-19 cases; testing positivity remains low
New COVID cases in Florida picked up slightly from last week as the state continues to contend with delta.
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell jury shown massage table and video from Jeffrey Epstein’s...
Videotape shot during a 2005 raid of Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach estate was shown Friday at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Prosecutors say Maxwell and Epstein exploited underage...
View ArticleTom Petty awarded posthumous Ph.D. for music from UF
Rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded a posthumous honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida.
View ArticleCourt denies Seminole Tribe’s request to halt gambling ruling as it pursues...
A divided appeals court rejected the Seminole Tribe’s request to put on hold a federal judge’s ruling that scrapped a deal giving the tribe control over online sports betting throughout the state.
View ArticleAll-day alligator hunting proposed in Florida. The price? Rotting carcasses,...
Hunters support the plan for round-the-clock alligator hunting. But alligator processors are concerned, and operators of airboard tours say it could prevent tourists from seeing their favorite reptile.
View ArticleAfter Broward schools’ data breach, some helpful tips for the 50,000 whose...
Broward school officials say they've received no reports of anyone who’s been the target of identity theft as a result of a ransomware attack, but experts say they may not know yet.
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