COVID-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 ArticleDeSantis targets Disney World’s Reedy Creek district in special session
Gov. Ron DeSantis is targeting the Reedy Creek Improvement District that governs much of Walt Disney World.
View ArticleSouth Florida reptile dealer sentenced to prison over illegal turtle exports
Michael Van Nostrand, who had been the subject of the best-selling book “The Lizard King,” used a network of collectors to catch turtles in the wild and then submitted documents that falsely claimed...
View ArticleMore Broward schools referendum dollars would go to mental health
The Broward School Board approved a referendum allocation where 75% would go for teacher and staff bonuses, 17% for safety and security and 8% for mental health services.
View ArticleIn Illinois group homes, adults with disabilities suffer in secret
Group homes are supposed to provide freedom and independence for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. But a Tribune investigation found that residents often fail to receive proper...
View ArticleAnyone contemplating crossing Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to be prepared to pay a...
Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped to a lectern Tuesday morning and showed, once again, that he’s the boss of Florida politics — the kind of boss that you don’t cross, unless you’re prepared to pay a price....
View ArticleFlorida pulls out of CDC survey on students’ drinking, drug use and suicidal...
After passing the 'don't say gay' law, Florida has quietly dropped out of the CDC's survey on students' well-being and risk of suicide.
View ArticleTeenage driver, would-be rescuer dead after out-of-control car lands in...
Two teenagers are dead after a car lost control and landed in a canal in Sunrise, killing the 18-year-old driver and a 17-year-old who attempted to rescue him.
View ArticleDeSantis move to punish Disney threatens tiny water district hundreds of...
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to go after Disney — a move the Legislature is rushing to complete this week — is creating collateral damage more than 200 miles away in Broward County. The Sunshine Water...
View ArticleBrevard Rep. Fine, sponsor of Reedy Creek bill, has a love-hate history with...
Republican state Rep. Randy Fine, the sponsor of the surprise bill to eliminate Disney’s Reedy Creek special district, is no stranger to controversy in his six years in Tallahassee.
View ArticleBrawl at Plantation High sends staff member to the hospital
At least one staff member has been taken to the hospital, an administrator told Broward School Board members.
View Article911 calls released: NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins had run out of gas before...
NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins' wife called 911 moments after he was struck and killed on I-595 near the Fort Lauderdale airport, saying she was worried about her husband. “He was stuck on the side of...
View ArticleMom dies before she can testify at retrial of son she helped put on death row
Jeanne Avsenew, whose testimony helped put her son on Florida’s death row four years ago, died last week, throwing a wrench into plans to retry Peter Avsenew for the 2020 murders of Stephen Adams and...
View ArticleSenate OKs axing Disney World’s Reedy Creek and Black congressional districts
The Senate voted to dissolve Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District and for a congressional redistricting map that eliminates two Black districts.
View ArticleJury selection postponed in rapper YNW Melly’s murder trial
Jury selection in the murder trial of Jamell Demons was postponed for a week, and maybe more, as lawyers and a Broward Circuit Judge work their way through a flurry of last-minute motions and hearings.
View ArticleU.S. Capitol briefly evacuated over plane carrying Army parachute team for...
The aircraft, a single-engine plane, was reported to be circling around Washington after taking off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, said two people familiar with the matter.
View ArticleOrlando Free Fall ride operators altered safety features before teen’s death,...
An engineering firm hired by the state found that the operator of the Orlando Free Fall drop tower manually changed sensors on specific seats on the ride, “resulting in it being unsafe,” Agriculture...
View ArticleNew law lets out-of-state grandkids save big by attending Florida’s public...
For the first time this fall, hundreds of high-performing students who live outside of Florida only will need to pay in-state tuition and fees to attend universities, saving thousands of dollars.
View ArticleRapper Pooh Shiesty gets 5 years, 3 months for Florida gun charge
Lontrell Williams Jr., 22,, known as rapper Pooh Shiesty, released his debut commercial mixtape, “Shiesty Season,” last February. It peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard 200.
View ArticleMike Tyson says ‘aggressive’ passenger he hit on plane was harassing him
Mike Tyson took his skills out of the ring Wednesday night when he repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane that was set to take off from San Francisco to Florida.
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