Defense in Hurricane Irma nursing home death case accuses prosecutors of...
Charges have been dropped against three Hollywood nursing home employees who had been charged with manslaughter following the deaths of 12 patients in sweltering conditions in the aftermath of...
View Article‘I would rather be right and lose an election.’ Rubio stands firm on abortion...
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says he’d rather lose his job in Washington than compromise his strong anti-abortion views, signing onto a politically risky 15-week nationwide ban just weeks before the midterm...
View ArticleWill potential Hurricane Hermine hit Florida? Here’s what the long-range...
Forecast models show a potential tropical storm or hurricane — which would be named Hermine — south of Florida and on potential paths toward the state or elsewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleFlorida Spanish radio station’s on-air ‘flea market’ a hit
While a number of new streaming radio shows are using all kinds of platforms to catch their listeners’ attention, the “Flea Market en el aire,” a Spanish-language radio show, has stuck to its roots. It...
View ArticleTropical wave in the Caribbean could become major hurricane. The question:...
Forecasters are watching a tropical wave in the southeastern Caribbean. Conditions are favorable for it to develop into a major hurricane, and long-term models show it heading toward Florida. The next...
View ArticleBoat driver charged in deadly parasailing crash into Florida Keys bridge
A Florida Keys boat captain who told police he cut a cable tethered to a parasailing rig was charged Thursday with causing a young mother's death.
View ArticleReligious right selfishly turns boy into pawn in gay-adoption battle
Religious right selfishly turns boy into pawn in Florida's gay-adoption battle
View ArticleKFC recipe challenge: Tribune kitchen puts the 11 herbs and spices to the test
The Tribune test kitchen tested what may be KFC's secret recipe -- a blend of 11 herbs and spices. Here's what we found.
View ArticleLegislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for online news headed to Senate
The bill stalled in committee two weeks ago after an amendment introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz to prohibit censorship “collusion” narrowly passed, sharply dividing the bipartisan sponsors of the bill.
View ArticleOver 2 million Floridians qualify for student debt relief. Here’s when to apply.
About 2.4 million Floridians are eligible to apply for some type of student loan relief starting next month.
View ArticleFlorida A&M students allege ‘intentional discrimination’ by state in federal...
A group of Florida A&M; University students sued the state’s university system claiming the historically Black university is underfunded and subject of discriminatory practices compared to other...
View ArticleParkland father, mass shooting survivors take to the Capitol to demand...
Parkland father Manuel Oliver joined survivors and family members of victims from a growing list of mass shootings since Parkland at a "Pass the Ban" event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday meant to...
View ArticleRare snake enters death match with venomous centipede in Key Largo. They...
Though the tiny serpent, a threatened species, was able to win the battle, the snake's meal proved to be too big to ingest.
View ArticleOdds increasing for system in Caribbean to become a major hurricane. The...
Forecasters are watching a tropical wave in the southeastern Caribbean that is increasingly likely to develop, and it could become a major hurricane. Long-term models show it heading toward Florida....
View ArticleWhat Hemingway left in Sloppy Joe’s bar 80 years ago
After his second marriage crumbled in 1939, Ernest Hemingway, a notorious pack rat, left his belongings in the storeroom of Sloppy Joe’s Bar, his favorite watering hole in Key West, Florida. He never...
View ArticleParkland mass shooting: What to expect from the last phase of the Stoneman...
The final phase of the sentencing trial for confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman Nikolas Cruz begins Tuesday. Here's what you can expect as the prosecution conducts its rebuttal.
View ArticleWill Hurricane Hermine hit Fort Lauderdale? Here’s the latest forecast path
Much of Florida, including Fort Lauderdale and all of Broward County, is in the forecast cone of uncertainty for Hurricane Hermine, which is expected to form out of Tropical Depression Nine in the...
View ArticleA ‘partisan coup’ or ‘bold action’? How DeSantis keeps suspending elected...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued an expansive view of his executive authority, ordering high-profile removals of local elected officials who haven’t been charged with crimes. Governors routinely have used...
View ArticleOfficials recently ousted by DeSantis join a growing list of Florida’s...
Florida has seen various governors remove elected officials who haven’t been criminally charged — including the controversial, high-profile suspensions of two successive Broward supervisors of...
View ArticleChicagohenge 2022: Here’s how it works and how to see it during sunrise and...
The rising and setting sun lines up with Chicago's east-west street grid during spring and fall equinoxes, creating spectacular views as the sun is framed in Chicago's skyline.
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