Miami-Dade police officer convicted in woman’s rough arrest
A jury took just over an hour to convict a Miami-Dade officer of felony battery and official misconduct in the rough arrest of a Black woman who had called police for help in 2019
View ArticleAuthorities seek info after dolphin found impaled on Florida beach
Officials are asking for the public’s help to find who was responsible after a dolphin’s body was found on a Florida beach that had been impaled with a spear-like object when she was still alive.
View ArticleDeSantis nominee for Florida wildlife commission was fined for manatee violation
Albert Maury, chief executive officer of Leon Medical Centers, was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the board of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Maury was fined for driving a...
View ArticleThe suicide hotline soon will be 3 digits. But Florida is unprepared,...
With mental health now a crisis, some states have created dedicated ways to pay for more staff and upgrade technology to support their 988 call systems. Florida is relying on a patchwork of funding...
View ArticleHere’s what Florida’s lawmakers didn’t do: notable failed bills
Thousands of bills died in Tallahassee and never made it to the governor, including some on notable issues.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Here are the key statistics to watch in Florida
Here are the key COVID-19 statistics to watch in Florida, including community transmission levels, cases, deaths, hospitalizations and more.
View ArticleFlorida mom charged with manslaughter in 5-year-old daughter’s death during...
A 32-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 5-year-old daughter during a high-speed chase, officials said.
View ArticleAmid unrest in Boynton Beach, Police Chief Michael Gregory to leave his post...
Boynton Beach Police Chief Michael Gregory announced his resignation at a time when the community is anxiously awaiting the results of an Internal Affairs investigation into a crash that left a young...
View Article6 high school students at military ball hospitalized after reacting to ‘over...
Six high school students were hospitalized Thursday night, and two remained in the hospital, due to ingesting "an over the counter legal substance" at a military ball at the Signature Grand in Davie,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Positivity rates climb in South Florida as BA.2 subvariant...
Heading into a holiday weekend, COVID cases are on the rise again in the Florida as experts monitor how much of an impact the BA.2 subvariant of omicron will have. The recent decline in...
View ArticleFlorida’s education department rejects math textbooks, saying some had...
Out of 132 submitted textbooks, the education department approved only 78 of them, and rejected more than ever before, according to a news release. It rejected 54, including several it said had...
View ArticleThree months for jury selection? Stoneman Douglas trial plans hit a possible...
More than four years after gunman Nikolas Cruz turned a tranquil suburban high school into the site of a national tragedy, the effort to serve justice appears to be hitting a roadblock — attorneys in...
View ArticleAnother Slosberg may continue family political dynasty — starting with...
Emily Slosberg-King isn’t running for re-election. Irv Slosberg lost his last election and says his “running days are over.” But the Slosberg political dynasty might not be over just yet. One big...
View ArticleCoast Guard search for man overboard from Carnival’s Mardi Gras cruise ship
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a passenger Saturday who Carnival Cruise Line said jumped off its Mardi Gras cruise ship on the way back to Port Canaveral.
View ArticleBroward prosecutors want rapper YNW Melly’s mom at pre-trial hearing
The murder trial of Jamell Demons, professionally known as rapper YNW Melly, is scheduled to go into jury selection on Tuesday, with the defendant’s life in the balance. But before the first juror is...
View ArticleUkrainian mother, daughter fled bombs in Kyiv and ended up in Wilton Manors....
Two Ukrainian women, a mother and a daughter, quickly fled their war-torn country when Russian bombs dropped on their home city of Kyiv. Now, after an odyssey that took them through Romania, Bulgaria...
View ArticleZebra dies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge: report
A zebra at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge died Thursday morning after it ran full-speed into a gate.
View ArticleMargate man arrested, charged with murder of woman
Police said on Sunday that the 48-year-old Margate man killed a 69-year-old woman, inside an apartment near the 5500 block of Lakeside Drive. Officers arrested the man inside the apartment after...
View ArticleDaniel Pontet, a South Florida artist known for his paintings, courtroom...
South Florida artist and activist Daniel Pontet has died at 64. Pontet, who is survived by his two teanage daughters Sophia and Francesca, will be commemorated with an art exhibit and celebration of...
View ArticleFlorida’s education department rejects math textbooks, saying some had...
Out of 132 submitted textbooks, the education department approved only 78 of them, and rejected more than ever before, according to a news release. It rejected 54, including several it said had...
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