AJ Freund saga: The family’s interactions with DCFS and how the tragedy unfolded
How AJ Freund case unfolded.
View ArticleMedical marijuana patients prefer smoking to oral forms of taking the...
Smoking is gaining popularity among Florida’s medical marijuana patients. Physicians wrote nearly 1.4 million orders certifying medical marijuana for 232,586 people in a six-month period, a new report...
View ArticleFlorida universities are pushed to drop ACT/SAT scores in admission decisions
Across Florida, counselors, parents and students continue to push the state to change its rules for the current admissions cycle. Admissions directors at Florida’s public universities want state action...
View ArticleFlorida health system ranked among worst in the nation
A new Commonwealth Fund analysis ranks Florida’s health system among the worst in the nation (#41), finding, among other things, that the state spends $19 a person on public health, or about 51% of the...
View ArticleAward-winning South Florida Sun Sentinel looking for 2021 interns
The South Florida Sun Sentinel is taking applications for paid summer internships for 2021 in news, entertainment and sports reporting, multimedia/interactives or data reporting, and photo/video.
View ArticleRenatha Francis withdraws, hours after Supreme Court invalidates her...
Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Renatha Francis withdraws as Florida Supreme Court candidate, only hours after the court invalidates her appointment to the board. In a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who...
View ArticleFeds offer $10,000 reward in COVID-19 ventilator theft case
Yoelvis Denis Hernandez, 42, of Miami-Dade County, is wanted by the FBI for allegedly stealing $3 million worth of ventilators that were intended to treat COVID-19 patients in El Salvador.
View ArticleArmed felon arrested in Pompano Beach after high-speed chase on Florida’s...
Broward Sheriff's detectives arrested an armed man who led them on a high-speed chase on Florida's Turnpike before bailing out and being caught in Pompano Beach.
View ArticleFederal court rules felons cannot vote in Florida if they owe fines or fees
In a 6-4 decision, an appeal court ruled that the fines and fees placed on felons are not a “tax” as described by federal Judge Robert Hinkle in his May 26 decision.
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court rejects Francis appointment, orders DeSantis to pick...
Palm Beach Circuit Judge Renatha Francis is constitutionally unqualified to be a Florida Supreme Court justice, the court ruled Friday, and Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick an eligible justice by noon on...
View ArticleFamily members, politicians gather at dual 9/11 memorial services for 19th...
The grim annual remembrance of the terrorist carnage on a sun-splashed September morning began at 8:30 a.m. at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, where family members and guests were asked to socially distance...
View ArticleSouth Florida under tropical storm watch as Tropical Depression 19 nears coast
South Florida is under a tropical storm watch, and heavy rains could affect South Florida for the next couple days as Tropical Depression 19 moves closer to the coast.
View ArticleArmed robber fires shot, wounds person during holdup at Publix in Lighthouse...
A man fired a gun in a Publix during a robbery attempt and Lighthouse Point police and the Broward Sheriff's Office spent much of the night searching for him.
View Article‘Tell Robert’ attorney remembered for opening his heart to many in community
Both personally and professionally as one of South Florida’s most prominent personal injury attorneys, Robert Fenstersheib loved a good challenge. He's being warmly remembered in the community.
View ArticleGas station clerk with baseball bat fights off robber with gun in Dania Beach
Gas station clerk Jose Arrastia used a baseball bat to fight off Anthony Leroy Edwards, 37, of Dania Beach, who is facing charges that include attempted murder and armed robbery, the Broward Sheriff’s...
View ArticleTeenager charged with murder after deadly shooting during robbery in Palm...
Police arrested Ezequiel Gabriel Nunez, 18, following a deadly shooting during an armed robbery at a gas station in Palm Beach County.
View ArticleOverdoses rise in South Florida as people struggle with isolation from pandemic
More people who are out of work and isolated at home are dying of drug overdoses in South Florida, becoming overlooked victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.
View ArticleMike Bloomberg commits $100 million to help Biden beat Trump in Florida
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, once Joe Biden’s competitor in the race for the Democratic nomination, is now committing $100 million to help the former vice president defeat President Donald...
View ArticleScrap those face shields. FAU study says layered masks work better against...
FAU's engineering department used mannequins whose simulated coughs and sneezes were mapped to determine their path through the air. They found that the best protection came from N-95 masks, cloth...
View ArticleFlorida health system ranked among worst in the nation
A new Commonwealth Fund analysis ranks Florida’s health system among the worst in the nation (#41), finding, among other things, that the state spends $19 a person on public health, or about 51% of the...
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