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Answers to your vaccine questions: Where can I find an inexpensive rapid test...

Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida. Today's question: Is the federal government considering expanding booster shots to ages 12 to 15?

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Suspect sought in shooting that left one injured in Boynton Beach

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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Broward schools to use metal detectors to combat uptick in weapons

The plan, expected to start some time in spring 2022, will entail using metal-detection wands to screen bookbags and purses of various classrooms on a random basis.

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Florida Democrats, stung in 2020, are slipping even further behind GOP in...

Coming off one of their worst election cycles in 2020, many prominent Florida Democrats said things needed to change. Within the party, they did, with Manny Diaz taking over as chairman of the Florida...

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Here’s where to find COVID vaccines in South Florida

Here's where you can find COVID-19 vaccines throughout South Florida.

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Snow in Florida: Flakes fall in Panhandle after temperature plunges 40 degrees

Parts of the Florida Panhandle got a dusting of snow early Monday after temperatures dropped dramatically from the previous day when the thermometer was at typical beach weather.

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Sound of gunfire drew deputy to Pompano Beach complex before Kodak Black...

A deputy was responding to the report of gunfire in the South Florida area where rapper Kodak Black was arrested on New Year's Day on a trespassing charge.

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COVID-19 update: As hospitalizations approach 6,000, Florida reports 85,707...

Florida 85,707 new COVID-19 cases from Saturday and Sunday, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, as patients hospitalized in Florida with the virus increased to 5,759. Here are...

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Annette Taddeo hopes visits to every Florida county can help her become governor

Gubernatorial candidate Annette Taddeo is planning a 2022 road trip: an RV tour taking her to each of Florida’s 67 counties. The move is a bid to get attention for her candidacy for the Democratic...

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Brother was driving sister to work when they were killed by a Brightline train

A brother and sister were killed when they drove around the safety gates at an Aventura railroad crossing and a Brightline train plowed into their car.

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Florida’s schools will stay open despite omicron concerns, DeSantis says....

Florida's school districts “do not need to be doing any crazy mitigation. Just let them be kids,“ Gov. Ron DeSantis says.

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Davie stabbing case lurches toward retrial amid COVID scare

Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the case of Dayonte Resiles, the murder suspect whose first trial ended last month in a hung jury. Resiles, 27, is accused of murder in the 2014 stabbing death...

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What’s next for the landmark set on fire in Key West?

The city of Key West has started work to restore the famous Southernmost Point buoy after vandals defaced the tourist attraction in the early hours of New Year’s Day by starting a fire.

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Florida to urge people without symptoms to skip COVID tests; surgeon general...

Florida's surgeon general is about to release testing guidelines that discourages “low-value testing” for children and prioritize “high-value" testing for seniors or people for whom testing will affect...

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Federal judge allows UF professors’ lawsuit to move foward

A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by University of Florida professors challenging a policy that gives the school discretion in blocking faculty members from testifying...

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Fire at vacant apartment in Boca Raton forces road closures

A blaze engulfed about a third of the vacant three-story apartment building by the time fire rescue crews extinguished the flames.

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2 candidates, 2 generations, 2 styles compete for Palm Beach County state...

One of the two Democrats competing in a Jan. 11 special primary for a Palm Beach County opening in the Florida House of Representatives seems more liberal and the other advocates more conservative...

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Fort Lauderdale man accused in $4.2M COVID relief fraud scheme used funds to...

Valesky Barosy, 27, and his accomplices received approximately $2.1 million in loans from the fraudulent scheme, investigators said. He used the money to purchase a Lamborghini Huracán EVO, Rolex and...

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Judge won’t toss UF professors’ lawsuit about giving expert testimony

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Monday found that the professors who sued face a “credible threat” that future requests will be denied and cited comments from the chairman of UF’s board of trustees...

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Florida Legislature to convene next week without COVID-19 restrictions

Legislative leaders are monitoring the spike in coronavirus cases across Florida but haven’t made plans to reimpose restrictions on public access that were used during the 2021 session.

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