Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan, assassinated while giving speech
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.
View ArticleMillions in grant money head to UCF for space research
An army of Knights are among the researchers charging their way into final frontier with innovative projects shaping the future of space travel.
View ArticleFlorida emergency management accused of stiffing contractor for COVID test kits
Florida’s Division of Emergency Management stiffed a private contractor for some $4.4 million in COVID-19 tests, a new lawsuit claims.
View ArticleFlorida teen survives shark attack, takes first steps after having leg amputated
The Florida teen girl whose leg was amputated after a shark attack last week took her first steps post amputation at a hospital Thursday.
View ArticleRacing to the finish: Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist double down on outreach...
Both Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist appeared at separate events in Broward County on Wednesday. Fried made one of her final appointments as agriculture commissioner in Fort Lauderdale and Crist held a...
View ArticleAre Broward’s newly designed voter cards less useful now? Here’s why some...
Broward's new voter registration cards are breaking tradition: The cards have been supersized — big enough that they no longer fit in wallets.
View ArticleA flare started a tire fire on an occupied patrol car. The Broward Sheriff’s...
The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating an arson in Deerfield Beach that caused a deputy's patrol car to catch flame with the deputy inside.
View ArticleJury rejects self-defense claim of duo who shot and killed Tamarac man. They...
Two men, Richard Andres and Jonathan Gordon, were found guilty Friday in the 2015 shooting death of Ivan Brandt, a Tamarac man worried about his ex-girlfriend’s new man, Andres, only to have him show...
View ArticleUCF professor, 3 others can pursue lawsuit against ‘Stop WOKE Act’
A judge Friday ruled a UCF professor, two teachers and a student can move forward with a challenge to the 'Stop WOKE Act.'
View ArticleAttacks on DeSantis go national as 2024 presidential talk grows
A fundraising trip to Utah and an ad from The Lincoln Project are just the latest developments suggesting DeSantis plans to seek the GOP nomination for president in 2024 — even if Trump runs again.
View ArticleBroward school district donated LGBTQ books ahead of new Florida law
The Stonewall National Museum and Archives in Fort Lauderdale, which recently received donated LGBTQ books, questions whether the timing had more to do with a new Florida law that went into effect July 1.
View ArticleCOVID-19 update: As new omicron subvariant dominates in Florida, here are the...
Here are the key coronavirus statistics to watch for Florida.
View ArticleRepublicans blast Cherfilus-McCormick for spending tax money on TV ads
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has been running ads on TV in South Florida using official government funds. The Democratic congresswoman's office said the ads have been vetted and are completely...
View ArticlePair arrested after DNA, phone records link them to Lauderdale Lakes murder,...
Alexis Lynn Rupert, 21, and Neal Rice, 41, each face a first-degree murder charge in the killing of Emmanuel Antonio Tinoco on May 15, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
View ArticleFlorida to scrutinize pharmacy benefit managers over prescription-drug costs
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order, in part, will require audits of pharmacy benefit managers that provide services in the state’s Medicaid managed-care program and the state-employee health...
View ArticleSouth Florida campaign consultant pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
Omar Smith, a 42-year-old Royal Palm Beach man who has worked as a political consultant on South Florida campaigns, pleaded guilty Friday to lying on a loan application for COVID relief funds and...
View ArticleTony Sirico, Paulie Walnuts on ‘The Sopranos,’ dead at 79
“It pains me to say that my dear friend, colleague and partner in crime, the great Tony Sirico has passed away today,” Michael Imperioli wrote on Instagram. “Tony was like no one else: he was as tough,...
View ArticleTransgender treatment rule draws raucous response at Florida hearing
Florida health officials on Friday received public input on a proposal that would deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapy for transgender people.
View ArticleAs home values soar, calls grow to increase Citizens Insurance eligibility...
As inflation pushes home replacement values ever higher, calls are getting louder to increase the eligibility cap for coverage by state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Currently, the...
View ArticleCongress candidate bashes fellow Democrat Moskowitz over ties to DeSantis,...
Congressional candidate Ben Sorensen, seeking to gain attention and to damage Democratic primary opponent Jared Moskowitz, is repeatedly attacking Moskowitz by linking him to Gov. Ron DeSantis and...
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