FAA asking airports to help identify unruly passengers before they board planes
Amid a surge in unruly passengers on board airplanes across the United States, the FAA is calling on airports across the nation to help their efforts in curbing these incidents.
View ArticlePassenger taped to seat after allegedly groping, punching flight attendants
A Frontier Airlines passenger was arrested in Florida after being accused of groping two female flight attendants and punching a male flight attendant. The flight attendant and nearby passengers...
View ArticleDeSantis and health officials deliver sometimes conflicting messages. Here’s...
Gov. Ron DeSantis says hospitals are not overwhelmed and got some hospital officials to confirm their ability to handle the Delta variant. But several Florida hospitals say their wards are crowded and...
View ArticleUnited Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinated
United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in...
View ArticleFederal judge seems skeptical of Florida ‘vaccine passport’ law
A federal judge appeared skeptical Friday of the state’s arguments in a constitutional challenge by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to a Florida ban on so-called “vaccine passports.”
View ArticleCasino requires masks for all visitors as COVID-19 spreads
The Casino @ Dania Beach is possibly the first casino in South Florida to require masks as COVID-19 surges. Most businesses are making masks optional for customers.
View ArticleSpirit warns of more woes at the airport as families travel for start of school
As kids get ready for the return to school, many families will be trying to fly home. If they booked with Spirit, they could be in for a bumpy ride.The airline is expected to cancel about 50% of its...
View ArticlePolitiFact: DeSantis’ claims COVID rise is due to illegal border crossings is...
Immigrants and president Biden’s border policies are not to blame for the rise in COVID cases in Florida and elsewhere, the non-partisan fact-checking website PolitiFact determined Friday, despite...
View ArticleJury clears Fort Lauderdale cops in K-9 bite case
The jury found the Fort Lauderdale K-9 officers involved, Eduardo Requejo and Erik Good, did not use unnecessary force when they arrested Carlos Robinson after a car chase in 2016.
View ArticleFlorida gambling deal with Seminole sports betting passes federal review
The U.S. Department of the Interior took no action after a 45-day review, which under federal rules means the 30-year gambling agreement is considered to have received approval.
View ArticleCOVID cases skyrocket again in Florida, setting another daily record
For the second time in a week, Florida set a record for the number of COVID cases reported in a single day: 22,783 on Thursday. In the same week, Broward County became the top location in the country...
View ArticleMask rules are OK in schools, but students don’t have to follow them, state says
New state rules say children who feel bullied because of mask rules — either because they’re opting out or they’re wearing a mask — are eligible to receive a private school voucher.
View ArticleAmid COVID scares, lawyers ask courts to expand virtual hearings
COVID scares are disrupting Broward courts as the state continues to struggle with an increase in infections and hospitalizations. A prominent legal group is pushing courts throughout the state to...
View ArticleOne of three systems could be next tropical depression by early next week
The National Hurricane Center at 8 p.m. gave a 50% chance a tropical depression would form from a region of stormy weather off Africa in the next five days.
View ArticleThe Surfside condo that collapsed was vulnerable to sinking earth, engineers...
Just days after the collapse of the condo tower in Surfside, a little-known study emerged that the building had been sinking for years. The phenomena known as subsidence damages houses from Key West to...
View ArticleCOVID cases in Florida set daily record for second day in a row
This is the second consecutive day, and the third time in the past eight, that Florida has broken its previous record for COVID cases detected in a day. In addition, Broward County’s hospitals have the...
View ArticleTornado touches down in southwest Palm Beach County
A weak tornado called a landspout was spotted in western Palm Beach County, but there were no reports of any damage.
View ArticleThree stormy regions vie to become first tropical depression in more than a...
The National Hurricane Center is watching three regions of stormy weather in the Atlantic, giving them odds of 20% to 40% of forming a tropical depression.
View ArticleNews quiz for week of Aug. 1
Think you are all caught up with the news? Test your knowledge of current events with the South Florida Sun Sentinel's news quiz, from the week of Aug. 1, 2021.
View ArticleLegendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden dies at 91
Bobby Bowden announced on July 21 he had a terminal illness that his family later said was pancreatic cancer. He had been treated for prostate cancer more than a decade ago.
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