Appeal dismissed in dispute over COVID masks for disabled students
A federal appeals court has dismissed a dispute about whether an order by Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent school mask mandates violated laws designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities.
View ArticleHe wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK in Florida
Joseph Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and...
View Article70 years after Brevard bombing, legacy of civil rights movement’s 1st martyrs...
Harry Moore and his wife Harriette Moore became the first martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement when they were killed in a 1951 bombing.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: State reports 20,194 new cases, largest one-day increase...
Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and vaccinations.
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court may allow death row inmates to represent themselves
The Florida Supreme Court is considering a proposal that would allow Death Row inmates to represent themselves in certain court proceedings, an idea that has drawn opposition from defense attorneys,...
View ArticleA South Florida seagrass may lose its endangered species status since it’s...
Johnson’s seagrass, found in the Intracoastal Waterway of Boca Raton, Lake Worth, Biscayne Bay and a few other spots, is the only marine plant protected as an endangered species. But according to a new...
View ArticleSouth Florida police widely use facial recognition, yet resist policies to...
Facial recognition in South Florida gone ‘wild’
View ArticleUniversal Orlando reinstates indoor mask requirement starting Christmas Eve
The mask policy applies to all guests and team members regardless of vaccination status and includes restaurants, shops and indoor hotel public areas, Universal said in a statement.
View ArticleRapper sues Davie bowling alley after being shot
Armed men attempted to take Diamond "Baby Blue" Smith's gold chain and Jesus charm. In a scuffle, Smith was shot.
View ArticleWith omicron ‘spreading like wildfire,’ South Florida takes new steps to...
In Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, new testing sites are opening, testing sites hours are being extended, mobile vaccination trucks are being deployed and more monoclonal antibodies are en...
View ArticleCOVID-19 outbreak hits Royal Caribbean ship that docks in Fort Lauderdale
Fifty-five people have contracted COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas ship that left Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. The ship is expected to return to Port Everglades on Sunday.
View Article2022 in Florida means high-stakes campaigns for governor, Senate and House
Florida races for governor and Congress will be huge in 2022.
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halted until Monday
Ghislaine Maxwell will spend Christmas — and her 60th birthday — in jail without a resolution to her sex trafficking trial as a jury ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations without reaching a...
View ArticleAppeals court orders new trial in Palm Beach County double murder
A panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal said convicted killer Zachary Penna should receive a new trial because a deputy did not give Penna his Miranda rights before asking questions. Penna was...
View ArticleVictim identified in I-95 shooting in Deerfield Beach
The Broward Sheriff’s Office released the name of the man killed in a car-to-car shooting Saturday on Interstate 95 in Deerfield Beach.
View ArticleMan threatens ‘voodoo curse’ on sexual battery victim, police say
A Coral Springs man threatened to use a 'voodoo curse' on a woman and her family if she revealed she had been sexually attacked, police say.
View ArticleFeds’ next move unclear in fight over Florida gambling deal with Seminoles
As the Seminole Tribe pursues a legal battle to regain control over online sports betting in Florida, the federal government has not decided whether to launch an appeal.
View ArticleSheriff: Florida cop faked COVID-19 illness, stole coworkers’ sick days while...
Coworkers of a Florida sheriff’s detective donated hundreds of their sick-leave hours to her, believing she was severely ill with COVID-19, but she was faking the illness and was actually working at a...
View ArticleMan arrested for DUI manslaughter in death of bicyclist in Weston, deputies say
A 21-year-old Hollywood man was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter for the death of a bicyclist in Weston, deputies said.
View ArticleDespite court ruling, DeSantis moves ahead with gambling compact and commission
Florida’s new law legalizing sports betting was struck down last month, but a new gambling oversight board passed as part of a string of new laws to coincide with the state’s compact with the Seminole...
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