Trump ruling lifts profile of judge and raises legal eyebrows
In her just over 20 months as a federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon worked mostly in obscurity, becoming nominated and appointed to her position during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and at the end...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Artemis I moon mission after 2nd scrub?
What went wrong with Artemis I was on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, so that’s where NASA has decided to try and fix it.
View ArticleFourth lawsuit filed to challenge DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Tallahassee, is at least the fourth challenge to the law championed by the governor
View ArticleAs beaches erode, a long-promised fix slips out of reach
Beach renourishment, in which heavy machinery pumps sand from the water back to shore, is a partial solution to beach erosion. But in a break with decades of assistance, the Army Corps of Engineers is...
View ArticleHow school safety drew grand jury’s scrutiny in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade...
The school districts received letters from a Department of Education official saying there were “significant concerns” about a grand jury's findings.
View ArticleFlorida takes aim at Constitution privacy clause in abortion fight
The state of Florida says that a privacy clause in the state's Constitution does not protect the right to have an abortion. Attorney General Ashley Moody's office argued that the Supreme Court should...
View ArticleDeSantis wants to give more discounts to commuters on Florida’s toll roads
Six months of discounts wasn't enough for Gov. Ron DeSantis. He said on Wednesday said he will ask the Legislature in 2023 to give frequent SunPass and E-Pass users a 50% monthly credit for a full year.
View ArticleNo ‘future ineptitude’: State asks Broward schools to remove administrators...
A state Department of Education leader has asked Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright to sever ties with district employees whose “failed decisions on school safety” were highlighted in a...
View ArticleSlain Hollywood city employee was an ‘innocent bystander’ in shooting that...
Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Aug. 29, Hollywood Police were called about a shooting in the 5600 block of Wiley Street and found Erick Johnson, a city employee, and Miguel Burgos Jr. injured, according to...
View ArticleFlorida school board votes down recognizing LGBTQ month
“This is just plain disinformation,'' said the sponsor of the measure to honor LGTBQ month in October.
View ArticleTransgender beneficiaries sue Florida over Medicaid limit
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Tallahassee says the rule change about transgender treatments will have dire emotional, physical and psychological consequences for transgender Medicaid...
View ArticleEarl is 2022′s first Category 2 Atlantic hurricane; another tropical...
Hurricane Earl is expected to strengthen into the season’s first major hurricane sometime today, with maximum sustained winds of up to 130 mph by Friday night, forecasters said.
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s 14-hour visit to Chicago on July 6,...
A look back at the first visit of a reigning British monarch to the Windy City in 1959.
View ArticleClasses were canceled at this Broward high school. Here’s why.
School was shut down at Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs on Thursday morning after students arrived to campus to no electricity.
View ArticleNASA aims for Artemis I launch before month ends, but needs Space Force OK
NASA has asked the U.S. Space Force if it would allow for two opportunities later this month to try again to launch the Artemis I mission to the moon, but NASA would also need to sign off on fixes in...
View Article‘Significant failure’: Cop is fired after sex predator flashing the public...
A Coral Springs cop who was accused of skipping investigative steps that let a sex predator go free to flash the public, and who was planning lunch around the same time he was supposed to be...
View ArticleLegislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for online news ‘blown up’ by...
Proposed legislation that would force Big Tech to pay publishers for aggregating news content online stalled in the Judiciary Committee
View ArticleAppeals judge criticizes Florida officials for not granting more medical...
Florida has 22 medical-marijuana operators. A 2017 law, which created a framework for the state’s medical-marijuana industry, required the Department of Health to grant new licenses as the number of...
View ArticleSouth Florida’s British community reacts to death of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘She...
British nationals in South Florida released their stiff upper lips on Thursday upon learning their beloved Queen Elizabeth died at age 96 after 70 years on the throne. From afar, and through tears and...
View ArticleBroward schools superintendent tells administrators to resign or face...
Broward Superintendent Vickie Cartwright's actions come after a state Department of Education official told her to remove administrators named in a grand jury report.
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