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Teenage boy wounded as home is sprayed with gunfire in Miramar

Several shots were fired at a Miramar home overnight wounding a teenage boy and police are searching for the shooter.

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Will ash from the volcano head toward Florida?

The ash cloud from the St. Vincent volcano is unlikely to reach Florida, the National Weather Service said Friday.

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The U.S. just raised its hurricane season averages after a decade of higher...

An "average" hurricane season increased from 12 to 14 storms after NOAA began using a new 30-year period for its calculation.

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Florida pushes to ban transgender students from female sports teams; critics...

Proponents say the bills are "pro women and pro girl" and aim to protect their rights to play sports without unfair competition from "biological males." Critics say state and national athletic...

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Monitoring Florida’s COVID-19 statistics: These are the numbers to watch

Here are Florida's key coronavirus data as reported by the state, including new cases, deaths and hospitalizations.

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How many people in Florida have been vaccinated for COVID-19? Track the...

See how much of Florida has been vaccinated using our charts and maps and data from the Florida Department of Health. Data is updated every day.

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Florida waives school testing rules, removes high-stakes consequences for...

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order Friday that waives consequences for students who skip Florida exams this spring or take them but do poorly. It also waives A-to-F...

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Matt Gaetz target of U.S. House ethics probe over potential misconduct

The deepening of the scrutiny of the congressman comes as Gaetz has retained two prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving...

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Florida lawmaker warns businesses ‘to stay in their lane,’ citing ‘much more’...

Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, the sponsor of a bill imposing new restrictions on how mail votes can be handled and makes other changes to election laws, says he isn’t backing down in the face of MLB’s pulling...

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Three days of traffic jams loom as FEC plans to shut down crossing on Broward...

A Florida East Coast rail crossing project would temporarily shut a major traffic artery on Broward Boulevard, disrupting traffic in and out of downtown Fort Lauderdale for at least two full business...

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Protest bill backed in Florida Senate after emotional debate

With critics warning that the bill would chill free speech and have a disparately negative impact on Black people, a key Senate committee Friday approved a controversial measure that Republicans argue...

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Palm Beach County School District doesn’t plan to offer remote learning in fall

Most students who attend Palm Beach County public schools are likely to return to in-person learning in August,

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‘I have not yet begun to fight,’ Matt Gaetz vows at Trump’s Doral golf club

“When you see the anonymous sources and insiders forecasting my demise, know this: They aren’t really coming for me. They’re coming for you. I'm just in the way," U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz said at a...

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Matt Gaetz speaks at pro-Trump women’s group event in Doral: I’m ‘not going...

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, embroiled in scandal after it was reported recently he had been targeted by federal sex-trafficking investigation, continued to dismiss the accusations as “smears” and said he’s...

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Many long-term care staffers refused the vaccine. Now they have more...

Despite attempts to offer shots at all nursing homes and assisted-living centers in the state, 62% of staffers have declined — posing the single biggest threat to the more than 25,000 elderly people in...

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Florida evangelicals on vaccine: Right thing to do or mark of the beast?

Few communities have been more divided over the vaccine than the sprawling expanse of Christian churches and denominations classified as evangelical. Among religious demographic groups, white...

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Leaders remember Alcee Hastings as champion of Black-Jewish relations and...

“The Jewish community has lost one of their loudest voices and defenders." Jewish leaders said South Florida U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died on April 6, was a strong advocate for Black-Jewish...

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Deputies back off noise complaint — after they’re told the sheriff is at the...

A loud party in Parkland put sheriff's deputies in a potentially awkward spot: Confront their boss or look the other way?

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Patricia Flury, former mayor of Dania Beach, dies at 84

Patricia Flury, Dania Beach mayor from 2002 to 2013, has died after a long battle with cancer.

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The sprawling federal case against Joel Greenberg: Here’s what each charge...

Last week, federal prosecutors unveiled their fourth indictment against Joel Greenberg, Seminole county’s disgraced former tax collector who now faces 33 federal counts carrying the potential for...

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