Florida lawmakers change course and approve bill that would overturn Key West...
The Florida Legislature added a provision to a general transportation bill that would overturn Key West voters' attempts to limit cruise ship operations on the island.
View ArticleFather had son go get gun during on-campus student fight, prosecutor says
Terry Loray, 39, had his son to go to their car and get a gun during an on-campus fight, Prosecutor Eric Linder said in court Wednesday.
View ArticleState Sen. Perry Thurston skips Senate business to court voters for his...
As the Florida Senate was debating and voting on legislation, state Sen. Perry Thurston left the Capitol — to attend a political event 450 miles away. He was seeking votes for the next office he wants...
View ArticleTime to chill: Heat index could hit 100 in South Florida in next two days
South Florida's heat index, which considers temperature and humidity, could hit triple digits Friday and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleBrace yourself for I-95 detours: Construction starts soon near the airport.
The bridge work past I-95 will affect 16,000 motorists a day. It kicks off May 8 and is scheduled to run through the spring of 2022.
View ArticleTrump-DeSantis ticket in 2024? Trump says he’d consider it
Former President Donald Trump said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis "certainly" would be considered as a potential running mate if Trump makes a 2024 presidential bid.
View ArticleAppeals court overturns conviction of Chinese woman accused of trespassing at...
A Florida appeals court overturned the resisting-arrest conviction of a Chinese woman who had taken photos of the Mar-a-Lago resort owned by former President Donald Trump.
View Article‘Shocked and appalled’: How Florida lawmakers resurrected a transgender...
“You know when things will be dead? About 1 o’clock on Friday afternoon,” Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said when asked about 11th-hour legislative maneuvering that resurrected items...
View ArticleFounder of disputed Publix subs Twitter account reveals new details of fight...
The founder of a disputed but popular Twitter account that alerts people when Publix chicken-tender subs are on sale says he will keep posting updates – and keep his fingers crossed that the grocery...
View ArticleFlorida reports 5,666 new COVID cases, 54 more deaths
The Florida death toll for COVID reached 35,777 Thursday, with the total number of cases exceeding 2.2 million since the beginning of the pandemic.
View ArticleFlorida’s ‘shameful’ push to ban transgender athletes could prompt lawsuits,...
Critics want Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto the bill that would keep transgender females from playing on female sports teams in high school or college. Similar bills are being pushed by conservatives...
View ArticleFew knew about a lucrative proposal for city leaders. Now they want to know...
The city of Tamarac is stewing about public records spilling out after drawing an outcry over how it keeps supplying officeholders with more lucrative benefits at the taxpayers’ expense.
View ArticleQB McKenzie Milton complains after lawmakers delay law giving college...
“Are we serious right now??” former UCF and current Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton wrote on Twitter, highlighting the section of the bill that crossed off “2021″ and replaced it with “2022.”...
View ArticleSenate confirms former Sen. Bill Nelson as new NASA administrator
Former Sen. Bill Nelson was confirmed as the new head of NASA in a unanimous Senate vote Thursday.
View ArticleCongressional candidate wants federal judge to order DeSantis to schedule...
A candidate who wants to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Gov. Ron DeSantis, claiming multiple violations of the constitution because the governor...
View ArticleA man was shot dead after confronting another man who allegedly cut him off...
Justin Ray Boersma, 19, is accused of fatally shooting a man after cutting in the drive-thru lane at a Starbucks in Lake Worth Beach.
View ArticleSuperintendent Robert Runcie may stick around awhile
After a week of confusion about Superintendent Robert Runcie’s future, his departure date remained a question Thursday as the School Board decided to negotiate a settlement with the man who has led the...
View ArticleFlorida Senate declines to protect COVID-19 vaccinated employees from...
Florida moved quickly to ban "vaccine passports," but a measure that would have protected people who get COVID-19 shots from discrimination failed Thursday in the Florida Senate.
View ArticleLegislature passes mail voting and ballot box restrictions, Big Tech crackdown
The GOP-led Florida Legislature on Thursday sent several of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priority bills to his desk, including measures to restrict mail ballots, punish Big Tech for censoring political speech...
View ArticleSelf-described ‘witch’ faces new charges in missing-mom case
Shannon Ryan, the 40-year-old self-proclaimed witch who was implicated in the disappearance of still-missing mom Leila Cavett, faces a state child neglect charge. Ryan was being held in the Broward...
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