Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina, downgraded to tropical storm
Hurricane Isaias plowed into North Carolina late Monday and has been downgraded to a tropical storm as of 5 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said.
View ArticleThree vie to replace Howard Finkelstein as Broward’s public defender
Competing to become Broward's public defender are two current employees of the defender's office and a retired judge.
View ArticleOut of fuel, 3 men rescued from Pacific island after writing ‘SOS’ in the sand
Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above.
View ArticleFlorida surpasses 7,500 COVID-19 deaths after 247 more people die
Florida’s coronavirus report on Tuesday included 247 more deaths and 5,446 new COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleKiller likely attacked sleeping homeless men at night with machete, records show
As police investigated the gruesome killing of two homeless men as they slept on Fort Lauderdale’s beach, they found a cache of weapons in their suspect’s Jeep: an 18-inch machete, two saws, and 20...
View ArticleLatest tropical system in mid-Atlantic is weakening, NHC says
Tropical disturbance is expected to move northwest at about 10 mph, NHC says.
View ArticleTrump trashed mail voting for months. He now says it’s great for Florida.
After months warning that voting by mail is riddled with fraud and would be used to rig the election against him, President Donald Trump suddenly reversed himself on Tuesday — at least as far as...
View ArticleFour weeks after killing of transgender woman, investigators have little to...
Bree "NUK" Black, a 27-year-old transgender woman was fatally shot on the night of July 3 in a residential neighborhood in Pompano Beach. Her killer or killers remain at large,
View ArticleTropical Storm Isaias moves through New England, should weaken over Canada
Tropical Storm Isaias raced through New England Tuesday evening, moving at 40 mph with 50 mph winds and higher gusts with the threat of tornadoes, the National Hurricane Center said.
View ArticleA robbery victim was shot dead the morning she was to testify. Now the man...
A robber who once drew Hollywood police’s attention in a woman’s unsolved killing is being freed from prison, outraging the victim’s family.
View ArticleDeep red Missouri becomes 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion under...
Voters made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults.
View ArticleCentury Village woman shot after chasing burglar on I-75
Woman shot during car chase told police she was chasing a man who broke into her home.
View ArticleDeath of 1-year-old baby girl last month is ruled a homicide
Death of 1-year-old Genesis Allen is being investigated as a homicide, West Palm police said Tuesday.
View ArticleMail voting surges across South Florida — with more than 300,000 ballots cast...
South Florida voters shifting to voting-by-mail during the coronavirus pandemic. Broward and Palm Beach counties have smashed their August vote-by-mail records, and Miami-Dade County is about to pass...
View ArticleA B&B in Michigan got online hate for flying the Confederate flag. It was...
The couple have found another way to show their Scandinavian pride.
View ArticleFlorida becomes second state to top 500,000 COVID-19 cases
Also Wednesday, Florida reported another 225 coronavirus fatalities. At least 7,751 people have died from COVID-19 complications since the start of the pandemic.
View ArticleLatest hurricane season outlook calls for 24 named storms, which would make...
The hurricane experts at Colorado State University said in their latest forecast for the 2020 season, issued Wednesday, that they expect 24 named storms, 12 hurricanes and five major hurricanes this...
View ArticleDriver wounded, passenger killed by gunfire from passing car in Oakland Park
Ka’Shawn Williams, 20, was shot dead and Laurence Yancey, 19, was wounded by gunfire from a passing car in Oakland Park, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
View ArticleAfter botching Florida’s unemployment system, consultant just won a $110...
Deloitte Consulting LLP beat out four competitors to update Florida's Medicaid program, even though its work designing Florida’s CONNECT website is under state investigation.
View ArticleWeak tropical system expected to head toward Bahamas, NHC says
Dry air and increasing upper-level winds are expected to limit any further development of system, NHC says
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