Election day on Hawaii's Big Island: A historic eruption of democracy
Election day on Hawaii's Big Island is more than just an eruption of democracy.
View ArticleDespite new law to require paid sick-time for workers, many companies aren’t...
Sick-time supporters say the gaps in the new law are the result of lobbying efforts by fast-food restaurants, grocery stores, hospitals and other businesses that rely on low-wage or part-time labor —...
View ArticleGov. Ron DeSantis: Ex-felons voting despite fines, fees would ‘corrupt’...
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled in October that the state cannot deny the right to vote to someone who is “genuinely unable to pay.” He cemented the ruling last month and laid out a process for...
View Article‘We’re still serving take-out!’: Fort Lauderdale restaurant keeps cooking...
One person was arrested for DUI and another was transported to the hospital with minor injuries after a man drove into Antojitos Mexicanos.
View ArticleFrom coronavirus to hurricanes, 2020 is forcing Broward County’s Jared...
Jared Moskowitz makes his living off disaster, but not even he expected what 2020 had in store for him. The 39-year-old Broward County native is a key player in Florida's coronavirus response.
View ArticleDeSantis signs law meant to better protect vulnerable children
Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed late Thursday that he had signed 21 bills into law, including one aimed at better protecting vulnerable children and another preventing inappropriate pelvic exams on women.
View ArticlePoliticians in Broward and Palm Beach counties are coasting back into office...
A slew of politicians in Broward County, plus a few in Palm Beach County, are gliding back into office without having to face the tricky part of an election: facing the voters. From the County...
View ArticleMap: With coronavirus cases rising in Florida, how much capacity do hospitals...
This map updates hourly to show the number of hospital beds available in Florida by county. A surge in coronavirus beds is pushing the state's healthcare system toward capacity.
View ArticleFHP searching for suspect in I-595 road rage shooting
The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for the driver who shot at another on Interstate 595 in Davie
View ArticleDeSantis won’t order statewide mask use but says local mandates are OK with him
As new cases of COVID-19 rise in Florida, leaders of the state’s largest cities and counties are requiring masks be worn in public, something Gov. Ron DeSantis has recommended but not mandated statewide.
View ArticlePresident Trump’s GOP convention in Jacksonville carries big risks amid...
The party’s decision to move most of the RNC from Charlotte with less than three months to go was already a risky gambit, showing the importance of Florida for President Donald Trump’s reelection...
View ArticlePolice investigating possible link between Boynton stabbing and Boca...
Authorities said that a man who died on I-95 Thursday may also be the same man who stabbed a woman earlier that morning in Boynton Beach.
View ArticleFlorida breaks daily record with 3,822 new coronavirus cases
Overall, 89,748 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus illness in Florida. At least 2,000 cases have been added in six out of the past seven days.
View ArticleThe changing face of coronavirus in Florida: Younger victims, and what that...
The age of coronavirus victims in Florida is plunging. What does this mean for the future path of COVID-19 in the state?
View ArticleMan, 67, accused of molesting young Pembroke Pines girl repeatedly over four...
Bienvenido Pujols, 67, of Port St. Lucie, is accused of molesting a child in Pembroke Pines on various occasions from October 2008 through October 2012 when the girl was between the ages of 5 and 9.
View ArticleHospitals filling up, encountering a new kind of coronavirus patient
Cases are up, hospitalizations are up, ER visits are up and hospitals are confronting a scary new trend: people entering hospitals without the symptoms of coronavirus they were showing a few months ago.
View Article20-year-old man in critical condition after being shot on I-95
The 20-year-old driver of a Honda Accord is in critical condition after being shot by another driver passing him on I-95 in Boynton Beach, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
View ArticlePolice searching for hit-and-run driver who killed man crossing street in...
A man was struck and killed crossing the street in North Lauderdale and now Broward Sheriff’s traffic homicide detectives are searching for a 2014 to 2020 black Toyota Tundra pickup truck with possible...
View ArticleMonitoring Florida’s coronavirus case surge: These are the numbers to watch.
A month after Florida began the first phase of reopening, a critical point in which experts say we would begin to see any effects the moves have had on coronavirus cases. Use these updating charts to...
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