Man accused of making threats against Black churches and city officials
Samuel McKinstry, 49, of Pahokee, has been arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office following an investigation into allegations he made threats to harm city officials and burn Black churches.
View ArticleWith peak hurricane season approaching, we have lots to watch in the Atlantic
As the peak of hurricane season approaches, forecasters are watching three potential storms in the Atlantic in what has already been a very active year.
View ArticleClose Florida race puts Biden just 3 points ahead of Trump in first...
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is effectively tied with President Donald Trump in Florida with less than four weeks until mail voting begins and less than nine weeks until election day. A...
View ArticleSouth Florida nursing home operators say new COVID testing rules are...
The federal government wants nursing homes in South Florida to test staff twice a week. But the nursing homes say they don't have the supplies to do it, putting them at risk of big fines.
View ArticleDeSantis questions how long social distancing should last at maskless meeting
Somehow it slipped [from] ’slow the spread, protect hospitals’ to ’we could never have another case again,’” DeSantis said. “So it really turned into something that was not how it was sold originally...
View ArticleTrump sharpens his ‘law and order’ message during campaign stop in Pennsylvania
President Trump was holding a rally in Latrobe on Thursday night as his campaign claims signs of momentum in the state.
View ArticleWho goes first on Florida’s presidential ballots? Legal fight lingers as...
More than four months after upholding a Florida law that determines how candidates are listed on the election ballot, a federal appeals court revisited the issue Thursday — and added fuel to the debate.
View ArticleFlorida police chiefs association proposes reforms for use of force
The Florida Police Chiefs Association has issued a report calling for steps that include “preservation of life,” largely banning chokeholds and other neck-related restraints and stepping up recruitment...
View ArticleWasserman Schultz went to inspect post office facilities over concerns of...
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was turned away from checking in on two South Florida post office sorting facilities before daybreak Friday.
View ArticleFlu season is expected to come fast and strong this year. Here’s what you...
South Florida is about to experience its first flu season during the COVID pandemic, and that raises all kinds of questions about when to get the vaccine, how to tell the difference between symptoms,...
View ArticleFederal task force kills Portland shooting suspect during arrest
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, Washington, about 120 miles north of Portland. Reinoehl was suspected of fatally shooting a...
View ArticleWoman facing DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide charges in deadly, double...
A deadly hit and run has resulted in eight charges including DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide against Yesenia Marie Sobrino, 30, of West Palm Beach.
View ArticlePolice officers in suffocation death of Daniel Prude followed training, union...
"To me, it looks like they were watching the training in front of them and doing step by step what the training says to do."
View ArticleFlorida tallies pandemic total of 640,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19
Florida’s official coronavirus numbers for Friday continued on a general downward trend, as the state reported the deaths of another 103 people and 3,198 newly infected people with COVID-19.
View ArticleKey player in Florida’s COVID-19 response departing to run hospital group
Mary Mayhew, secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, is stepping down to become CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, which lobbies on behalf of hospitals.
View ArticleMan likely won’t be charged after woman died on I-95 during first date,...
A 36-year-old man is accused in a lawsuit of leaving a Fort Lauderdale woman to die on Interstate 95 after she fell off the back of a motorcycle and was struck by many cars on the highway. The man's...
View ArticleDeSantis tells counties to send him their coronavirus regulations but won’t...
Gov. Ron DeSantis sent letters to leaders of all 67 counties on Friday, asking for information on any coronavirus orders they’ve issued, and the penalties placed on residents. But the letter does not...
View ArticleNew panel would review police conduct in Broward County, but its power is up...
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and most recently Miami-Dade County have all instituted municipal boards that let regular people weigh in on matters of police misconduct. But the current proposal for local...
View ArticleGov. Ron DeSantis builds up comeback message as COVID-19 ticks down in Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis has been touring Florida with a message: "We will never do any of these lockdowns again." The story DeSantis wants to tell: Florida has coronavirus under control, and the state’s...
View ArticleBurglars arrested after targeting cars in public parking lots, stealing guns...
Fort Lauderdale police arrested Lametriss Lemon, 41, and Clinton Walker, 34, for allegedly stealing two guns and other items in a series of car burglaries in public parking lots.
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