Florida’s dark money playbook: How ‘ghost’ candidate scheme revealed...
Florida's "ghost" candidate scandal has revealed tactics and dark-money strategies influencing politics throughout the state.
View ArticleHow dark money fueled Florida’s ‘ghost’ candidate scandal
"Ghost" candidates? Dark money operatives? Get insight into Florida's spoiler candidate scandal with our interactive explainer.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida sets record again with 77,848 newly reported cases;...
Florida on Thursday reported 77,848 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, one of the largest single-day increases of any state during the pandemic, as hospitalizations nearly doubled in one week, according...
View ArticleMaxwell sex-trafficking verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case
With the conclusion of the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case, attention will now turn to a U.S. civil suit in which the plaintiff alleges Maxwell and long-time boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein took her...
View ArticleFried alleges Florida’s health department is holding back COVID tests set to...
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried alleged Thursday that the state Department of Health is sitting on a “significant” number of stockpiled COVID-19 tests.
View ArticleOrlando theme parks draw huge New Year’s crowds amid COVID surge
Even amid a spike in COVID cases because of the omicron variant, tourists and locals packed Orlando’s theme parks as New Year’s weekend closed the holiday season.
View ArticleA special January election will decide Broward’s newest state representative....
Four candidates are competing in the Jan. 11 special election to become the newest member of the Florida House. They’re generally in sync on most major issues, but differ in life experience,...
View ArticleWhere’s Patty? A sister shares her anguish 40 years after woman disappeared...
Patty Gifford went to the Banana Boat lounge near Fort Lauderdale for a girl's night out with newfound friends on New Year's Eve in 1982. She disappeared after ringing in the new year, and a man sits...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida cases continue to climb with 75,962 reported Friday;...
Florida on Friday reported 75,962 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases,...
View ArticleBroward School Board makes masks mandatory for visitors and vendors but...
Masks will be mandatory for visitors and vendors but not for staff members or students in Broward County Public Schools facilities. Broward County School Board members approved the new policy after...
View ArticleAOC slams GOP’s ‘very obvious, strange, and deranged sexual frustrations’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday called out Republicans’ fixation upon her personal life after rightwing trolls attacked her for vacationing in Florida.
View ArticleNew weekly COVID case count in Florida soars to 298,455; testing positivity...
On New Year’s Eve, the state reported 298,455 new COVID cases for the week, up from 125,201 last week. In another clear sign that omicron is spreading fast, the state’s test positivity rates jumped to...
View ArticleFeds drop charges against two corrections officers linked with Jeffrey...
Charges dropped against Manhattan federal corrections officers accused of napping at work when Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Florida reports 56,865 new cases; positivity rate over 30%...
Florida on Friday reported 56,865 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new...
View ArticleVandals set fire to Key West’s most famous landmark, causing ‘extensive damage’
In the early hours of New Year’s Day, two people vandalized Key West’s famous Southernmost Point buoy landmark by setting a fire right beside it. The blaze left a large part of the colorful giant buoy...
View Article‘We’re here for justice’: Street protest held in Boynton Beach after teen's...
Scores of protestors crammed Federal Highway in Boynton Beach on Saturday afternoon to demand accountability in the death of a 13-year-old who died after fleeing police on his dirt bike.
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 ArticleJudge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Saturday, handing a victory to Florida and 23...
View ArticleHe told police he shot his ex-landlord. A Coral Springs real estate agent was...
On Dec. 23, Sara Trost sat inside of her white Jeep Wrangler in front of a home in Coral Springs, waiting to meet with a potential buyer, court records say. But she was shot and killed as she sat in...
View ArticleSuspect sought in Saturday night shooting that left one injured
No description of the suspect was provided, but anyone who may have heard or saw anything related to the shooting is asked to contact the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office.
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