Second student dies after being hit by out-of-control car at school bus stop....
Chand Wazir, 15, died Friday at St. Mary’s Medical Center, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. Tiana Johnson, 15, died two days earlier, also at St. Mary’s Medical Center. They were among the...
View Article‘Don’t say gay’: Five things to know as controversial bill becomes Florida law
Despite fierce efforts from South Florida’s LGBTQ community to convince Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto House Bill 1557, officially called Parental Rights in Education but better known as the ‘don’t say gay...
View ArticleICON Park to operator after 14-year-old’s fall death: Shut down rides
Though the Orlando Free Fall closed indefinitely following Tyre Sampson's death, the SlingShot Group operates other rides at ICON Park.
View ArticleBroward’s public hospital systems plan to work together in unprecedented way
Broward County’s two public health care systems met jointly Monday night for the first time in their history and vowed to come up with creative ways to work together.
View ArticleDavie man killed after crashing pickup truck, flipping and landing on highway
A 31-year-old Davie man is dead after he flipped his pickup truck early Tuesday morning on State Road 84 and ended up in a construction zone on Interstate 95.
View ArticleOne seriously injured after 2 rollover crashes involving tractor-trailers on...
One person was seriously injured after two semi-trucks crashed in separate incidents on U.S. 27 near mile marker 39, just north of I-595, in Broward County early Tuesday.
View ArticleFlorida spring break mayhem: 161 arrested, 75 guns seized in Panama City Beach
Spring break in Florida is spurring some mayhem this year. In Panama City Beach, police announced the arrests of 161 people and the confiscation of 75 guns. Miami Beach has also been chaotic.
View ArticleTwo new high-paid administrators are approved to join Broward schools
Vickie Cartwright is making one of her first big moves as Broward’s new schools superintendent, appointing two seasoned administrators to fill two new top-level positions.
View ArticleDeSantis vetoes congressional maps, sets special session for April
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the GOP Legislature’s congressional redistricting map Tuesday, making good his threats to reject the map because it does not eliminate a Black district in North Florida.
View ArticleFlorida and 20 other states sue over federal mask mandate for public...
Florida is among the states suing the federal government over mask mandates on public transportation, including for airlines and trains.
View ArticlePlane set on fire as Haitians protest rising insecurity
Haitians took to the streets Tuesday to protest rising insecurity, with demonstrations turning violent in the southern city of Les Cayes where people stormed the airport and attacked and burned a small...
View ArticleA watershed moment: 25th anniversary of the Great Chicago Flood
The Great Chicago Flood of 1992 marked a turning point for the city, prompting safeguards to keep the tunnels in use and avoid other disasters.
View ArticleDaytona Beach couple with throats slashed during Bike Week ‘picked at...
A Volusia County grand jury handed down two counts of first-degree murder for an Orlando man accused of killing a married Daytona Beach couple during Bike Week.
View ArticleHall of Famer football player Lawrence Taylor pleads not guilty to sex...
Lawrence Taylor, the Hall of Fame football player, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Broward County court to felony charges of failing to report as a sex offender. Taylor, 63, lives in Pembroke Pines.
View ArticlePublix ending free prescription program on June 1: reports
Florida-based grocery store Publix is ending a popular program that makes some prescriptions drugs available for free.
View Article‘I’m not going to disparage’ Cherfilus-McCormick, Holness says as he kicks...
Launching his second congressional campaign, Dale Holness pledges to champion people with the greatest needs. Far better, he said, to invest in helping people solve their problems rather than lock...
View ArticleFlorida ending emergency manatee feedings on Friday
Nearly 200,000 pounds of lettuce has been distributed by hand from a dock at the Florida Power & Light Co. electric plant south of Titusville.
View ArticleSouth Florida Trump club lands Trump himself as speaker
Club 45 USA, a group inspired by former President Donald Trump, has landed its namesake and highest-profile speaker ever. The former president is scheduled to appear at the organization’s April meeting...
View ArticleRepublicans say they see chance to pick up South Florida Democratic...
The Republican Party campaign arm for the U.S. House of Representatives says it sees a chance to flip the South Florida district represented by U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, who isn’t running for re-election....
View ArticleFlorida secures $860M from CVS, others to settle opioid case
The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined $860 million as part of the settlement of an opioid epidemic case
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