South Florida police quietly ran facial recognition scans to identify...
Police photographed protesters and ran protest-related images through a vast and unregulated facial recognition database, records show. That’s like going through a crowd and asking to see driver’s...
View ArticleTwo days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in...
There was nothing unusual about the lobby and pool area at Champlain Towers South condo, which looked clean and well maintained to a commercial pool contractor who visited the building last Tuesday,...
View ArticleFort Lauderdale hotels offering COVID vaccines — and perks — hoping to lure...
In a move to lure travelers and promote safety among workers, five oceanfront hotels are holding pop-up COVID vaccination clinics this week. So far, employees are taking advantage of incentives, but...
View ArticleTimeline: Signs of trouble before the deadly tower collapse in Surfside
For years before the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building, reports warned of deterioration of the structure. Here's a timeline of the signs of trouble and the horrific moments...
View ArticleStudent debt elimination program took thousands of dollars but paid none of...
Several Boca Raton companies targeted debt-burdened former college students for a student debt elimination program that cost tens of thousands of dollars while leaving the students not a penny closer...
View ArticleDamage at Surfside condo tower got ‘significantly worse’ before collapse....
More details emerged about the condition of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside even as the grueling search for potential survivors stretched into the sixth day after the building...
View ArticleForecasters monitoring 2 tropical waves, one of which is expected to soon...
Forecasters are watching for development from a tropical wave that could reach the southeastern Caribbean in the next 36 hours or so. It is expected to continue on a generally westward path, possibly...
View ArticleGov. Ron DeSantis vetoes repeal of no-fault auto insurance in Florida
Pointing to possible negative impacts for the insurance market and drivers, Gov. Ron DeSantis late Tuesday vetoed a long-sought effort by legislators to end the state’s no-fault auto insurance system.
View ArticleDeSantis signs police reform bill with ban on arrests for children under 7
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law late Tuesday night setting standards for police conduct but also banning the arrest of children under 7 for non-violent offenses, a provision inspired by the...
View ArticleDale Holness holding campaign event aimed at raising money from engineering,...
As the engineering and construction industries get heightened attention in the aftermath of the Surfside condominium catastrophe, Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness is making a special push for...
View ArticleNational LGBTQ civil rights group sues Florida over transgender sports ban
The nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Florida law banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. The...
View ArticleDriver was speeding at nearly 90 mph when he hit and killed a man, police say
Police said data retrieved from his Ford Ranger pickup truck showed Malik Neufville, 24, was driving at 88 mph just 1.4 seconds before the deadly crash.
View ArticleMore than a dream: Boring Co. proposes tunnel to Fort Lauderdale beach
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. proposes a tunnel that would whisk people from downtown to Fort Lauderdale beach in Teslas. Mayor Dean Trantalis envisions a pair of 3-mile underground tunnels — one for each...
View ArticleBroward girl, 13, sues over transgender school athletes ban
A 13-year-old Broward girl sued the state of Florida and Broward schools over a new law banning transgender girls from participating in sports. The law was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and goes into...
View ArticleJudge blocks enforcement of Florida’s ‘Big Tech’ law aimed at social media...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Florida’s new “Big Tech” law from being enforced, a major setback for one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s top priorities this year.
View ArticleBodies of two young sisters found as confirmed death count rises to 18 in...
With the somber revelation on Wednesday evening that the bodies of two children had been recovered from the site of last week’s Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, the official death toll...
View ArticleTropical depression forms in central Atlantic; all of South Florida in...
Intensification into Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast on Thursday morning.
View ArticleDeSantis says new law promotes speech at Florida colleges; critics fear...
A new law requiring Florida colleges to survey students and employees about their beliefs was touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Critics say it could have a chilling effect on unpopular views.
View ArticleFlorida’s proposed Holocaust education standards prompt ‘deep concerns’ from...
Experts say Florida’s Holocaust education proposal violates law and are upset the state invited an Evangelical Christian group to weigh in.
View ArticleWhen will Tropical Storm Elsa hit Fort Lauderdale? Here’s the latest forecast
Tropical Storm Elsa's forecast path includes Fort Lauderdale, Broward County and much of southern Florida, with effects possible early Tuesday. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said...
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