The legacy of Parkland: Changes in school safety and gun laws
Changes like red-flag laws and higher minimum ages to purchase guns that were implemented in the past five years remain part of the legal legacy of the Parkland mass shooting.
View Article‘A jolly good old boy’: Friends remember Pembroke Pines Police officer killed...
Officer Charles "Charlie" Herring, 54, a Pembroke Pines Police officer for 22 years, died Thursday after a palm frond fell from a tree and knocked him off of his motorcycle, the first officer in the...
View ArticleParkland victims’ families create and expand foundations to keep memories of...
Charities and foundations have been created to commemorate those who lost their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland five years ago.
View ArticleOtters invade Florida backyards, and it’s a good thing
The river otter is a Florida native, but there’s a good chance you’ve never seen one outside of a zoo. But river otters can be found in every region of the state except for the Keys, and their presence...
View ArticleNeighbor rescues boy from armed kidnapping in Pembroke Park, police say
A Pembroke Park man known to his neighbors as “Mr. George” is facing battery and armed kidnapping charges after a minor boy said the man tried to force him into his home, according to Pembroke Park...
View ArticleNikki Fried launches bid for Florida Democratic chair
Former Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is the latest Florida Democrat to announce a bid for state party chair.
View ArticleDeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students
Gov. Ron DeSantis is threatening to ban Advanced Placement courses and the SAT college exams for high school students.
View ArticleBig expectations for Broward’s interim schools chief: She ‘needs to get us...
Earlean Smiley negotiated a package Monday morning with School Board Chairwoman Lori Alhadeff. The rest of the board will vote on it during a meeting Wednesday, and she’ll start immediately after the...
View ArticlePolitically connected interim president of New College gets $699,000 salary...
The New College of Florida board of trustees — now dominated by conservatives chosen by Gov. Ron DeSantis — voted Monday to approve hiring DeSantis ally Richard Corcoran as the interim president with a...
View Article‘The silent toll.’ Five years after the Parkland shootings, trauma still...
Though half a decade has passed since 14 students and 3 teachers were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the battle to recover from the consequences of this tragedy continues. Small...
View ArticleCountering DeSantis, Broward Democrats launch effort to buy and distribute...
A Broward Democratic Party has people buying books about Black and LGBTQ subjects for donation to tiny neighborhood libraries in an effort to provide students with books and information that’s being...
View ArticleTransgender community fighting back against Florida’s maneuvers to make care...
Florida’s transgender community geared up to fight the state's action that prohibits puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming care for minors.
View ArticleCostco’s ‘free replacement’ car batteries aren’t really free, lawsuit claims
Have you ever tried to return your car battery to the story where it was bought and ask for a new one? Costco now faces a lawsuit stating that it charged for customers for the marked-up price of a new...
View ArticlePolice seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State University
Police identified the 43-year-old man who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University.
View ArticleNorse Atlantic to start Fort Lauderdale-London flights in May for under $200
Norse Atlantic Airways, the discount international carrier serving Europe from Florida, said Tuesday it plans to introduce service to London’s Gatwick Airport out of Fort Lauderdale in late May.
View Article‘Wouldn’t you like to know? DeSantis says about presidential bid
Gov. Ron DeSantis still isn’t ready to announce any presidential plans despite yet another Republican jumping into the race.
View ArticleUS arrests 4, including Weston businessman, tied to assassination of Haitian...
U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including a Weston man accused of financing the mission, the Justice Department has announced.
View ArticlePartisan school board races backed by Florida House panel
A Florida House panel on Tuesday took a first step toward shifting to partisan school-board elections and backed a proposal that would limit school-board members to eight years in office instead of the...
View ArticleCommunity observes ‘a day of service and love’ five years after Stoneman...
Parkland and other communities across South Florida marked five years since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. While the wounds remain deep, for some people, time has made them less...
View ArticleTri-Rail trains delayed after fatal accident involving pedestrian
Tri-Rail trains were delayed Wednesday morning after a train accident involving a pedestrian near Stirling Road and Anglers Avenue just after 8 a.m. Wednesday.
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