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Sole surviving plaintiff in Supreme Court’s LGBTQ ruling: The fight isn’t over

Gerald Bostock was almost 50 when he lost his dream job and his health insurance while fighting cancer. That was seven years ago. Now he's the sole surviving plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court's...

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Boy injured by stray bullet in Fort Lauderdale

A boy hit by a stray bullet while he was swimming was treated for minor injuries at a Fort Lauderdale hospital.

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Tropical Storm Edouard forms in North Atlantic

Tropical Storm Edouard formed Sunday, July 5, 2020. The National Hurricane Center is watching an area in the northern Gulf of Mexico and another east of the Caribbean Sea.

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Nine years ago, Jennifer Gottlieb resigned. Seeking comeback, she says...

Jennifer Gottlieb, who wants the job of running all elections in Broward County, resigned from public office nine years ago as the School Board she led was engulfed in turmoil and a grand jury had...

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Ron DeSantis’ net worth up 3% in first year as governor

Gov. Ron DeSantis saw his net worth increase nearly 3% in his first year residing in the governor’s mansion. He reported a net worth of $291,449 as of Dec. 31, 2019, while the other three Florida...

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Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. DeSantis urge Floridians to wear masks...

During his Florida visit on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence reminded everyone, especially young people, to wear a mask over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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Professor uninvited to UCF in 2017 after comments about police brutality,...

A Columbia University neuroscientist’s invitation to speak at UCF was rescinded in 2017 after he made controversial comments about the police, a stark contrast to the university’s refusal to fire a...

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Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College.

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One dead and one missing after boat crash off Bimini

At least three of the people on a boat that ran aground off Bimini were from South Florida, according to news reports.

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Coronavirus isn’t scaring some Trump supporters away from his Republican...

Donald Trump moved most of the late-August Republican National Convention from Charlotte, N.C., to Jacksonville last month, after he couldn’t get assurances from North Carolina officials that they...

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Candidate for Broward elections chief wants to automatically send mail ballot...

A candidate running for Broward County supervisor of elections says she wants to make it easier for people to vote by mail by doing something that’s never before been done before in Florida elections —...

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Three kids were in a room with a loaded gun. One boy was shot dead.

A 7-year-old boy, Brayson Plummer, has died after being shot in the head. It still isn’t clear if Brayson pulled the trigger or if one of the other children with him did.

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Parents of State Rep. Shevrin Jones test positive for coronavirus, within the...

The positive COVID-19 diagnosis of West Park mayor Eric Jones Jr. and his wife Bloneva Jones comes less than a week after son state Rep. Shevrin Jones tested positive for coronavirus.

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Miami-Dade will close restaurants and gyms; Broward may be next

Miami-Dade County is again shutting down restaurants and gyms to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and to ensure hospitals have enough capacity and staff to treat the rising number of patients.

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535,000 ballots about to hit South Florida voters’ mailboxes as voting begins...

By week’s end, 535,000 South Florida voters can begin voting by mail in the Aug. 18 primary contests and nonpartisan elections for School Board and judge. That's just the first round of mail ballots,...

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Elections official appointed by Florida’s top Trump supporter says president...

President Donald Trump’s repeated, emphatic assertions that voting by mail is riddled with fraud and a way to rig the election are wrong. That's according to the supervisor of elections in Palm Beach...

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After a June lull in storms, be ready for hurricane season to heat up again

Experts have been saying for months that this Atlantic hurricane season would unfortunately be a busy one. So far, that’s borne out. There was a bit of a lull after Dolly, when a hurricane-suppressing...

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Monitoring Florida’s coronavirus case surge: These are the numbers to watch.

A month after Florida began the first phase of reopening, a critical point in which experts say we would begin to see any effects the moves have had on coronavirus cases. Use these updating charts to...

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Phone scammers posing as police steal over $4,000

Scammers, posing as police, have stolen more than $4,000 by threatening victims with arrest over the phone, Delray Beach police said.

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Endorsement: In Broward Clerk of Courts race, reject inept incumbent Brenda...

In the bizarre race for Broward Clerk of Court, the Sun Sentinel endorses Judge Mark Speiser, with the expectation that he will use his brain, experience and work ethic to modernize the office, create...

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