Woman shot, left in car to die outside apartment complex in Lauderhill
A woman died Tuesday morning after she was shot several times and found in a car outside an apartment complex in Lauderhill, police said.
View ArticleTeen passenger falls from balcony, dies as cruise ship returns to Florida
A 15-year-old passenger died after falling from a balcony on a cruise ship returning to Florida.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 29,059 new infections; hospitalizations stay...
Florida reported 29,059 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing the 7-day average to a new record high of 25,670, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Hospitalizations declined...
View ArticleCiting COVID, judge prods Ghislaine Maxwell jury to work overtime...
The jury weighing the fate Ghislaine Maxwell’s fate said Tuesday they were “making progress” at the end of the fourth full day of deliberations at the closely watched sex trafficking trial.
View Article‘Those were kids they ran down.’ Hit-run car found, but driver still missing
Six children, all related, were waiting to cross a Wilton Manors street when a car plowed into them, killing two and injuring four. The car was found; the driver is still missing. “Those were kids they...
View ArticleA man accused of shooting at three Broward deputies on Christmas night has...
A South Florida man who exchanged gunfire with deputies and remained at large for two days was arrested Monday.
View ArticleOrange Mayor Demings blasts DeSantis, expands COVID-19 testing, requires...
As COVID-19 infections surge and residents face hours-long waits for testing, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday about the state’s lack of support during the omicron...
View ArticleJust before Christmas, Cuban authorities handed decades-long sentences to...
Many more sentences are still expected to come, as 55 protesters were tried between Dec. 20 and 24.
View ArticleState bans coach from teaching over alleged misconduct with female students....
A former Broward high school coach and educator is no longer allowed to teach in any Florida public school in Florida, after a state investigation concluded he acted inappropriately with multiple...
View ArticleFlorida hospitals start feeling impact of omicron surge. How bad will it be?
“I would be astonished if we got anywhere near 400-something [COVID] deaths per day,” said Jason Salemi, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida. “I would not expect...
View ArticleFlorida mayor says DeSantis has been MIA during omicron surge
The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties on Tuesday blasted Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19, as some counties brought back...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 46,923 cases, shattering previous record for...
Florida shattered its single-day record for newly reported COVID-19 on cases, reporting 46,923 new infections on Wednesday and pushing the 7-day average to a new record high of 29,490, according to...
View ArticlePenalty phase trial for Parkland school shooter postponed until February
Broward County Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s order says both the defense and prosecutors “need additional time to prepare their experts for trial” and would not be prepared to meet the...
View ArticleBroward School Board to propose adults-only mask policy amid the omicron surge
Masks could soon be mandatory in Broward schools next week, just not for students.
View ArticleSuspected hit-and-run driver tussles with deputies in court as families mourn...
The suspected hit-and-run driver who struck a group of children, killing two, in Wilton Manors, Florida, was arrested Tuesday and appeared in court Wednesday, where he briefly scuffled with deputies....
View ArticleGuilty: Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case
Guilty: The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
View ArticleEarly voting in four South Florida elections starts on New Year’s Day
South Florida’s first baby of the new year will have some competition this Saturday: Someone in Broward or Palm Beach County will cast the first vote anywhere in the country in a 2022 election for...
View ArticleDeSantis is ‘blurring the lines’ using state plane for campaign-style events,...
A Florida watchdog criticized the practice as increasingly flouting the spirit of the law that separates official duties from campaigning.
View ArticleTiger shot, killed after biting arm of man near Florida zoo enclosure
A sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a Malayan tiger that grabbed the arm of a man who was either feeding or petting the animal at a zoo in Naples.
View ArticleFlorida WWII veteran who was member of all-Black ‘Buffalo Soldier’ unit dies
Steve Lewis, 99, a World War II veteran who was one of the last living members of an all-Black cavalry regiment, has died in Florida. The unit had gained fame after the Civil War by patrolling the...
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