Schools consider mask policy for teachers and visitors
The Broward School Board may keep its mask requirements in place for employees, parents and visitors who come on campus, due to the surge in COVID-19 infections. A similar idea could be floated in Palm...
View ArticleWasserman Schultz discloses personal investment in tech company months after...
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz filed disclosures reporting she and her children bought stock in a technology company, but waited months after the deadline to make the purchases public. “This was an...
View ArticleFlorida again breaks record for COVID-19 hospitalizations
Florida has broken the record for the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19, with 11,515 patients in one day. The number breaks a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year...
View ArticleYounger, sicker, unvaccinated: Today’s COVID patients in Florida are different
A look inside Florida's hospitals reveals COVID-19 patients are different from previous coronavirus surges — in many ways besides just their age.
View ArticleMan facing murder charge in deadly January shooting turns himself in to police
Nearly eight months after a man was shot in the back and fatally wounded on a Hollywood street, a Hialeah man has been charged in the crime. Guy Georges, 27, is facing one count of first degree murder.
View ArticleTeen charged with attempted armed burglary is under investigation for...
A 16-year-old male was arrested for an attempted armed burglary Monday in Cooper City, and he could face a charge for an attempted sexual battery on a 7-year-old, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 50,997 new cases reported over last three days
Florida reported an average of 17,000 cases per day for the last three days, according to data release by the CDC.
View ArticleGov. Ron DeSantis won’t renew state eviction ban to replace expired CDC...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed there are no plans to reinstate a renter eviction mortarium in light of the CDC moratorium's expiration.
View ArticleDeSantis dismisses Florida COVID-19 hospital crisis as media ‘hysteria’
Despite a record number of COVID-19 patients at hospitals across the state and dire warnings from the Florida Hospital Association, Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed capacity concerns as news media...
View ArticleShould jurors walk through site of horror? Stoneman Douglas crime scene is...
Prosecutors want jurors to follow the footsteps of Nikolas Cruz through the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Defense lawyers think a tour like that would traumatize the jury and...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorms hit South Florida; heat index to rise over 100 this week
Severe thunderstorms are in the forecast all week, coupled with a soaring heat index that could hit up to 105 along the coast, and potentially higher inland, the National Weather Service said.
View ArticleForecasters monitoring low pressure system off Africa. A second disturbance...
One low pressure system is in the Atlantic Ocean near the Cabo Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa, and another system is expected to come off Africa's west coast on Thursday, according to...
View ArticleFlorida man tries for days to get large iguana out of his toilet
A Florida man who found a large iguana in his toilet tried unsuccessfully for several days to remove it before calling a trapper.
View Article16-year-old choked, beat up boy and left him naked in woods to die, deputies say
A 16-year-old Leesburg boy tried to kill another child by choking him and dragging him into the forest, where he beat him up and left him unconscious without clothes, according to the Lake County...
View ArticleScorching heat and another round of severe storms expected Wednesday
South Florida should brace for another round of heat and rain Wednesday as "feels like" temperatures could be around 100 degrees before the thunderstorms arrive in the afternoon and evening.
View ArticleFlorida woman accused of exposing herself on flight, kicking officer
A Florida woman was removed from an airplane in Rapid City, S.D., Friday night after exposing herself to passengers, police say.
View Article‘Chill out!’ Disruptive passenger gets taped to his seat on a flight to Miami
An unruly 22-year-old Frontier Airlines passenger was taped to his seat Saturday after he inappropriately touched a flight attendant and yelled that his family is worth millions on a flight from...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines says it’s rebooting after days of mass cancellations
Miramar-based Spirit Airlines has issued a statement apologizing to customers and promising a reboot — after four straight days of mass cancellations of flights in Fort Lauderdale and beyond.
View ArticleRep. Sabatini’s calls for mask mandate special session, election audits fall...
There won’t be an audit of the 2020 election results in Florida, and there won’t be a special session to prohibit local governments and businesses from imposing mask or vaccine mandates on their...
View ArticleSchools may fight governor over student masks
The Broward School District said Wednesday that its mask mandate for students remains in effect, despite an order from Gov. Ron DeSantis that prohibits it.
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