Conservative candidates vie for seats on Palm Beach County School Board
Fourteen candidates -- three incumbents and 11 who would be new to the board-- are running this year in four districts.
View ArticleAbortion decision opens door to more restrictive bans in Florida. But will...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to set the standard, will abortion can be banned in Florida? All it would take is a law passed by the Republican-led...
View ArticleRoe v. Wade ruling: The reaction across social media
With the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision released Friday, overturning abortion and allowing states to enforce individual rules, reaction has been swift on social media.
View ArticleTropical wave holds steady at 60% chance of developing next week as it moves...
The tropical wave moving in the direction of the United States has a medium chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next five days. But it may pose no threat to the U.S., forecasters say.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: Here are the update statistics for Florida
Here are the key coronavirus statistics to watch for Florida.
View ArticleSouth Florida’s older generations of women recall when abortion was illegal;...
The older generation in Florida remember a time when women secretly had abortions in a Hialeah back office or flew to Puerto Rico to have a medico perform a procedure. But Roe v. Wade, the 1973...
View ArticleDeSantis vetoes alimony changes, business lawsuit bill
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill Friday that would have revamped alimony laws in the state.
View ArticleInside 2 South Florida abortion clinics: What happened after Supreme Court...
As the nation reacted Friday to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, patients and staff at South Florida abortion clinics went about their day ensuring scheduled procedures continued....
View Article‘This fight didn’t begin here and it’s not gonna end here.’ South Florida...
At rallies across South Florida, frustrated activists protested the Supreme Court's decision to overturn abortion rights. “What they did today is an abomination. This should not have happened,” said...
View ArticleNSU oceanside nursery provides home to thousands of at-risk corals
Nova Southeastern University's coral nursery at its Ocean Campus houses corals for research, preservation and planting, in an effort to help save Florida's struggling coral reef populations.
View ArticleBlack farmers vie for Florida medical marijuana license
A dozen people are vying for a potentially lucrative medical-marijuana license in Florida earmarked for a Black farmer who participated in decades-old litigation over discrimination in lending...
View ArticleTwo storm systems in Atlantic being monitored as first month of hurricane...
Two storms are being watched in the Atlantic Ocean by the National Hurricane Center. Neither poses an imminent threat to South Florida at this time.
View ArticleMan found dead in car in Boynton Beach was slain, sheriff’s office says
A man was found dead inside a car Saturday at the Reserve at Ashley Lake apartments in Boynton Beach. The death is being investigated as a homicide, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.
View ArticleOff-duty officer charged with assault at abortion protest
Providence patrolman Jeann Lugo, 35, was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct.
View ArticleTwo storm systems brewing in Atlantic, one is expected to become tropical...
A tropical depression is likely to form this week from a tropical wave making its way across the Atlantic toward the southeastern Caribbean, forecasters said Sunday. Another potential system is brewing...
View ArticleAfter attacks, ‘huge’ police presence at Florida Pride event
St. Petersburg Police Department Chief Anthony Holloway said that officers in uniform and plainclothes would have a “huge presence” at the weekend celebrations.
View ArticleHe stole, altered and cashed checks from drop boxes. Now he’ll spend 30...
The Palm Beach man faced a maximum possible sentence of 30 years.
View ArticleVideo shows man pulling out gun at popular Wilton Manors bar
The man was arrested Friday and charged after video shows him arguing outside a bar in Wilton Manors, a historically LGBT-friendly city.
View ArticleACLU, Planned Parenthood try to block Florida’s 15-week abortion law
A state court is being asked Monday to block a new Florida law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks.
View Article‘Stop WOKE Act’ is a go for now after judge refuses to block it
A federal judge would not block a new state law that restricts how race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms and at work.
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