Court sides with CDC on COVID-19 cruise ship regulations
The judge’s order had been expected to go into effect Sunday. It would've meant that cruise ships would not have to enforce COVID-19 safety protocols for its passengers or employees. The CDC’s...
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 ArticleFlorida protesters show solidarity with Cubans by blocking major roads. They...
In a show of solidarity with Cuban people protesting against the country’s communist dictatorship, South Florida demonstrators shut down a major expressway Tuesday afternoon in Miami-Dade County....
View ArticleCuban American mayor from Broward says Biden should consider military...
Ana M. Ziade, the mayor of North Lauderdale, wrote to President Joe Biden telling him the U.S. needs to “physically enter” Cuba and Haiti to aid those countries’ citizens. Ziade said the letter was the...
View ArticleAttorneys plan to sue Florida for cutting off federal unemployment aid
For thousands of out-of-work Floridians who lost federal unemployment benefits after Gov. Ron DeSantis cut off access to the program early, there’s a glimmer of hope that the state could be forced to...
View Article‘My life is in danger. Come save my life.’ Haitian president’s desperate...
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot in the forehead, chest, hip and stomach, and his left eye was gouged, according to Charles Henry Destin, a justice of the peace who later documented the crime...
View Article‘Death by DeSantis.’ Wasserman Schultz blames governor for Florida’s COVID surge
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Gov. Ron DeSantis’ cavalier attitude and the spread of vaccine disinformation on Facebook are largely responsible for Florida's surge in COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleEx-deputy heading to prison for 3 years for attempted rape
Jason Nebergall had previously insisted he was falsely accused following the incident nearly five years ago, on July 21, 2016, on the grounds of a mobile home park near Greenacres.
View ArticleDrunken drivers kill 1,000 people a year in Florida, one of the worst rates...
Florida’s death rate is the ninth-highest in the country with 5.77 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to the study by BuyAutoInsurance.com, an online auto insurance marketplace.
View ArticleDeSantis blames ‘quote-unquote experts’ for public distrust of COVID-19 vaccines
Gov. Ron DeSantis wouldn’t commit to holding more events promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and blamed public distrust of “experts” as the main reason why more people haven’t gotten inoculated in Florida.
View ArticleDeSantis keeps up CDC cruise fight despite latest setback
Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida will go to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to fight a court ruling recognizing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authority over cruise lines.
View ArticleIt’s not over: As murder trial looms, lawyer demands COVID-19 protections at...
In what could be Broward County’s first post-lockdown murder trial, lawyer H. Dohn Williams is asking a judge to treat coronavirus as an ongoing concern, criticizing those who think the threat is all...
View ArticleAmazon expanding in South Florida again to increase same-day delivery
Amazon will open a same-day fulfillment center in Tamarac, the latest of nearly a dozen possible Amazon centers in South Florida, with more to come.
View ArticleHere’s where to find a coronavirus vaccine in South Florida
Here are the places where you can get a COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida.
View ArticleHospitals already feeling a capacity crunch as COVID patients start to arrive...
Local hospitals, beset by a barrage of sick patients and staffing shortages, are trying to keep up with general demand as coronavirus patients start to arrive with a new surge of the virus in Florida.
View ArticleMedical marijuana: New rules in place for smoking the herb, but patients and...
Florida set up a new set of regulations for smokable medical marijuana, but it's not clear if doctors who do the dispensing or the patients who use it are aware of the changes.
View ArticleFlorida nursing homes 2nd-worst in nation for vaccinating staff, report finds
Florida COVID-19 vaccination rate for nursing homes employees is second-worst in US and resident infections are twice the national average.
View ArticleFlorida gator attacks bicyclist who crashed and ended up in the water
A bicyclist in Florida was seriously injured in a freak alligator attack that began after he fell off his bike and landed in the water on top of the unsuspecting gator, according to the Martin County...
View ArticleHurricane season: How long will it stay quiet?
There haven't been any tropical storms or hurricanes since Tropical Storm Elsa struck northwest Florida two weeks ago And nothing is expected for another week or more, as a global climate system causes...
View ArticleMan arrested in Broward shooting that left another man dead
A 25-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing a man following an argument.
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