Florida abortions increased by thousands in 2022, fueled by out-of-state...
Florida had 82,000 abortions in 2022, according to the state Agency for Health Care Administration — 7,000 more than in 2020.
View Article351 reassigned students won’t attend Stoneman Douglas next year to ease...
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School isn’t Broward’s only overcrowded school, or even the most overcrowded. But it is the only one rezoned for the upcoming school year to move out hundreds of students.
View ArticleNeighborhood big shots: Florida family’s backyard pool shaped like a...
The story behind the revolver-shaped pool goes back roughly 40 years to an idea proposed by the Florida homeowner's high school friend, a contractor who said he was bored building more traditionally...
View ArticleSuspect carjacks Broward County shuttle bus after being shot at by deputies...
A suspect carjacked a Broward County shuttle bus and escaped deputies after being shot at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport early Friday, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
View ArticleTax season is here. Here’s how to get free filing help in South Florida.
Tax season is here, South Florida, and there are a variety of in-person and virtual ways to get those returns filed for free based on your income level.
View Article‘Doing the public’s business’? How elected officials hire aides without...
When a Broward County commissioner hired an aide without advertising the position to the public, it cast a spotlight on a hiring practice that was the rule, not an exception.
View ArticleNo room for error on Hollywood Hills nursing home jury after two jurors...
Prosecutors expect to wrap up their case on Monday against the last defendant in the Hollywood Hills nursing home tragedy, a case that is proceeding with the bare minimum number of jurors required to...
View ArticleCDC says Florida’s surgeon general draws wrong conclusions from COVID data in...
People who received a COVID vaccine reported a high number of adverse reactions into a government database, but the CDC said Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is drawing incorrect conclusions...
View ArticleAnother Florida property insurer heads into receivership
The state placed six insurers into receivership in 2022 because of insolvencies.
View ArticleMiramar High School student arrested, charged in threat to bomb his school
A student at Miramar High School was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to bomb his school, the second of two bomb threats Miramar schools received on Thursday.
View ArticleTrafficking victims seeking to clear records would have more privacy...
New legislation proposed in Florida would exempt expunction petitions filed by human trafficking victims from public records law, giving them additional privacy protections but also close off most of...
View ArticleFamily: 11-year-old boy dies of infection after sprained ankle
Family members say an 11-year-old Florida boy has died just days after a sprained ankle led to a flesh-eating bacterial infection
View ArticleFlorida creates office of opioid recovery using settlements with drug...
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an expansion of opioid treatment and recovery services, using more than $205 million coming to the state from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors.
View ArticleTeen charged as adult in crash that killed expectant mother, hospitalized...
A Miramar teenager has been charged as an adult in connection with a crash in December that killed an expectant mother and hospitalized her 7-year-old son, who only recently regained consciousness.
View ArticleOrlando FreeFall operator to pay $250K fine to Florida following Tyre Sampson...
The settlement, signed Feb. 6, forbids the company from operating the Orlando FreeFall again and orders it to “not apply or re-apply for a permit to do so at any time in the future.”
View ArticleFlorida might legalize fentanyl test strips to help reduce drug overdoses and...
With overdoses and deaths caused by fentanyl continuing to surge in Florida and the U.S., there's a renewed push to legalize inexpensive test strips that would allow someone to see if a drug they're...
View ArticleAccountability or surveillance? Palm Beach County deputies can now livestream...
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has announced that it is equipping its deputies with body-worn cameras that livestream. While the technology has the potential to improve public safety, it may also open...
View ArticleChristian Ziegler selected as new Florida GOP chair in Orlando
Ziegler will oversee what could be a tense few years for the state GOP, with Gov. Ron DeSantis widely expected to challenge former president and current Florida man Donald Trump for the party’s...
View ArticleSunrise police officer arrested on child pornography charges
Sunrise Police Officer Carl Haller was taken into custody Saturday, and is facing child pornography and tampering with evidence charges, a spokesperson for the department confirmed.
View ArticlePeople are dying from fake weed, just as the push is on in Florida to...
Legalizing recreational marijuana is a high-stakes initiative that comes as Florida is poised to award cannabis growing licenses to another 22 companies, doubling the number of operators in the state....
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