‘Ghost’ candidate probe subpoenaed money transfer by GOP consultant’s nonprofit
A top GOP consultant’s nonprofit paid at least $600,000 in September 2020 to a dark money group at the center of Florida’s “ghost” candidate scandal.
View ArticleHouse passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns
The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings...
View ArticleSchool districts struggle to inform public on proposed tax — without spending...
School districts are walking a legal tightrope to inform the public about proposed tax increases while trying to stay on the right side of the law.
View ArticleTicket bought in Illinois wins $1.28B Mega Millions jackpot
Someone has beaten the odds and won the estimated $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The jackpot was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize.
View ArticlePresident Biden tests positive for COVID-19 again, returns to isolation
The White House says President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation. It’s a rare case of “rebound”...
View ArticleFlorida Republican candidate may be ineligible after canceling registration...
“My vote means nothing. Cancel my registration,” wrote Kristopher Stark on a voter removal request.
View ArticleVoters grow angry as polling places are moved out of gated communities
Voting used to be so easy, some residents say. Their polling place was right within the gated community of Sunrise Lakes Phase IV. But it has since been moved about a mile away.
View ArticleRepublicans split on proposed law to guarantee gay marriage as Rubio calls it...
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has become the most prominent Florida opponent of a proposed federal law that would safeguard the right to same-sex marriage. He called the measure a "stupid waste of time."...
View ArticleGay-rights group asks Boca Raton and Palm Beach County to drop ‘conversion...
In light of recent court defeats, the Palm Beach Human Rights Council is asking Palm Beach County and city of Boca Raton to repeal their ordinances banning conversion therapy.
View ArticleMan who ran out of gas on I-95 struck and killed by hit-and-run driver, FHP says
He was headed south on I-95 in Broward County when he ran out of gas. He ended up dead.
View ArticleBrightline rail work will bring delays and train horns to Hollywood and Dania...
Brightline is working to prepare the rail line for a new station in Aventura. Train signals in Dania Beach and Hollywood are being improved over the new few days.
View ArticleUnion to sheriff: Reinstate Broward deputy who was acquitted of battering...
A jury acquitted former Broward Deputy Christopher Krickovich, who was charged with battery of DeLucca Rolle, a 15-year-old high school football player. Now, the union wants Krichovich reinstated.
View Article7 shot in downtown Orlando shooting. Gunman still at large, police say
Orlando Police are still looking for the person who fired a gun into a crowd of people downtown early Sunday morning.
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 9 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Monday, Aug. 1. The prosecution is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.
View ArticleWatch live: Testimony continues in Parkland school shooting trial
Watch Day 9 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Monday, Aug. 1. The prosecution is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.
View ArticleVice President Harris visits South Florida to tout $1 billion plan for...
Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at Florida International University to unveil a $1 billion federal program to help erect safeguards against natural disasters generated by climate change.
View ArticleFlorida insurance firms, not homeowners, reap benefit of $2 billion...
The rollbacks would barely make a dent in the double-digit increases in premiums millions of state homeowners have endured for years.
View Article‘Our lives have been shattered and changed forever’: Parkland families...
The victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began coming to life Monday in the words, memories and anguish of those they left behind.
View ArticleParkland killer’s life or death, Day 37: School instructor, cellphone searches
Here’s what you need to know from Day 37 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.
View ArticleSome voters say they got wrong ballots for primary elections. Updated forms...
With the primary elections just weeks away, some South Florida voters say they’ve received mail-in ballots — only to realize they have the wrong candidates and races on them.
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