Guest died after riding Disney’s Spaceship Earth, theme park injury report says
The man’s death is the first linked to a Florida theme park reported to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services since June 2018, records show.
View ArticleElections supervisor imposes vaccine mandate for all poll workers in Broward...
Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott has told poll workers that they must be vaccinated for COVID-19 if they wish to work during the upcoming special primary and general elections to fill a...
View ArticleMassive Haiti earthquake kills more than 300 as rescuers dig through rubble...
The tremor was felt in Port-au-Prince, causing many to fearfully run outside.
View ArticleFred degenerates into tropical wave well west of South Florida
Fred's current track takes it well west of the Florida peninsula. South Florida could still be in for a rainy, windy Saturday, with a risk of flooding.
View ArticleBiden administration joins Florida’s school face mask fight, supports...
President Joe Biden even called Broward’s superintendent Friday night, the Miami Herald reported, to offer his support for district rules requiring students to wear masks. On the call, he said his...
View ArticleTropical Storm Grace’s track shifts west, taking much of South Florida out of...
Tropical Storm Grace, which formed Saturday morning in the Atlantic Ocean, could affect South Florida in the middle of next week. Grace's track early next week has it traversing Haiti, which was rocked...
View ArticleNews quiz for week of Aug. 8
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. 8, 2021.
View ArticleTropical Storm Fred expected to hit Florida Panhandle on Monday
Tropical Storm Fred regained its strength Sunday as it continued on a path through the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida Panhandle, where it could make landfall Monday, forecasters said.
View ArticleGrace weakens to a tropical depression as it nears Haiti; Threat to Florida...
Nearly all of Florida is outside of the potential forecast track of Tropical Depression Grace, a small but fast-moving system that now has Louisiana and Gulf Coast in its possible path. Parts of...
View ArticleConservative activist lawyer sues Roger Stone for defamation
A conservative activist lawyer is seeking $5 million in a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump ally Roger Stone over comments he made on a social media site popular with far-right extremists. The...
View Article‘Health care system is really hurting,’ but Florida isn’t under a COVID-19...
“The health care system is really hurting,” said Alan Harris, Seminole County's emergency manager. “It’s like a Category 4 hurricane bearing down on us, and we are really not taking any protective...
View ArticleHere’s where to find a COVID vaccine in South Florida
Here are the places where you can find a COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida.
View ArticleAnswers to your vaccine questions: Can I get a booster shot now?
Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida. Today's question: Are teachers resigning due to lax COVID rules in Florida?
View ArticleFlorida sees tourism rebound in second quarter
Florida attracted 31.7 million visitors in the second quarter of this year, as the state continued to expand tourism-marketing efforts and COVID-19 vaccinations became readily available. The total was...
View ArticleHaiti earthquake: How you can help
On Saturday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, and more than 1,200 people have died. Here is where you can donate money or supplies.
View ArticleYoga studio owner beats drug-recovery industry fraud charges
A Palm Beach County jury on Friday acquitted Boca Raton yoga studio owner James Kigar of 119 felony charges that he had paid kickbacks to bring in clients five years ago.
View Article‘We have an emergency.’ COVID surge becomes dire at Palm Beach County hospitals
The COVID surge spurred largely by the highly contagious delta variant has become dire in Palm Beach County, where one rural hospital reported all its ICU beds were full and it cannot find hospitals to...
View ArticleDeSantis promotes COVID-19 treatment in Orlando, downplays vaccine effectiveness
Gov. Ron DeSantis held another event to promote Regeneron treatments for COVID-19 Monday, kicking off a new clinic site at Camping World Stadium in Orlando amid the surge in cases and hospitalizations...
View ArticleSouth Florida’s Haitians agonize for families and loved ones back home
To Lesly Clervil of Pembroke Pines, it is unthinkable that another devastating earthquake has struck, more than a decade after he lost his mother and five other relatives in a quake. The anguish is...
View ArticleTropical Depression Grace expected to become a hurricane later this week
Grace is forecast to generate winds of 75 mph, just enough to qualify as a category 1 hurricane, by Friday. It would be the second hurricane of the season, following Hurricane Elsa, which formed in...
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