Amid holiday travel concerns, Florida issued a special permit for animal...
Santa Claus is officially coming to town after the Florida Department of Agriculture issued a special permit to allow the North Pole resident to enter the state with up to nine reindeer on Christmas...
View ArticleTrump commutes 20-year sentence for Miami Beach businessman in massive health...
President Donald Trump has commuted the 20-year prison sentence imposed on a Miami Beach businessman in a $1 billion health care fraud case, one of the nation’s largest.
View ArticleDeSantis says counties could start giving vaccines to 65 and older as early...
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Floridians 65 and older could be in line to get vaccines through the counties as early as Monday. Desantis said he’s creating an executive order to ensure the senior community is...
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 11,384 new cases, 120 more deaths
Florida reported 11,384 new cases of COVID19 Wednesday and 120 more deaths. A total of 20,874 Floridians and 299 non-state residents have died from the disease.
View ArticleSecond stimulus update: Florida Democrats back Trump’s push for bigger checks
In an unlikely alliance, Florida Democrats joined President Donald Trump's push for a bigger stimulus check on Wednesday.
View ArticleSheriff Gregory Tony asks judge to toss lawsuit claiming he has a criminal...
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony says there's no evidence to justify a lawsuit claiming he has a felony criminal record and can't serve as sheriff.
View ArticleFlorida business in bankruptcy can’t get PPP loan, appeal court rules
In a Florida case that could have broader implications, a federal appeals court has upheld a U.S. Small Business Administration decision that prevents businesses from receiving Paycheck Protection...
View ArticleRoger Stone gets his pardon from Donald Trump
President Donald Trump issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 people, including confidante Roger Stone, who was convicted in 2019 of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the...
View ArticleHow many died of COVID from Thanksgiving gatherings? In Florida, you won’t...
The backlog persists even though the state two months ago seized greater control of the death reporting process — citing the delays, casting doubt on the accuracy of its own death count, and saying it...
View ArticleFlorida may allow counties to investigate, fine landlords who lash out at...
The Florida Legislature this spring will consider giving counties the option to investigate and fine landlords that retaliate against tenants, an issue that housing advocates say has become more...
View ArticleMercedes with a missing front emblem sought in fatal hit-and-run
David Robinson, of Lauderhill, was struck and killed by the driver of a dark-colored, late model Mercedes GLA SUV near Plantation General Hospital last week, police say.
View ArticleCOVID-19 in Florida: 13,147 new cases, 121 more deaths
Florida reported 13,147 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and 121 more deaths, topping 13,000 for the second time in a week. A total of 20,995 Floridians and 300 non-state residents have died from the...
View ArticleDeSantis spokesman Piccolo deletes his Twitter account after tweet about...
Responding to a thread showing images of grieving families and despondent doctors and nurses, Piccolo tweeted: “I’m wondering since 99% [of] Covid patients survive shouldn’t you have 99 photos of...
View ArticleA lifelong burglar, he’s admitted to nearly 100 break-ins. And now there are...
Joshua Levine faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life locked up after he was arrested in connection with another rash of break-ins in Palm Beach County.
View ArticleBrad Parscale, Trump’s ex-campaign manager angry after he was demoted, wanted...
Mr. Parscale, President Trump’s former campaign manager, was angry after he was demoted last summer, and wanted out of politics. That didn’t last long. He is starting a new political data company.
View ArticleFormer South Florida lawmaker Al Jacquet says he was detained, questioned by...
Al Jacquet, a Haitian-American former lawmaker who represented a slice of Palm Beach County from Delray Beach to Lake Park for two terms in the Florida House, said he was questioned and released by law...
View ArticleNORAD tracks Santa Claus on Christmas Eve flight
Santa Claus is making his annual gift-giving flight on Christmas Eve, being tracked by NORAD. See where he was last spotted.
View ArticleAs Trump leaves office, South Florida is poised to become his new ‘MAGA’...
“Everyone’s leaving. They’re moving to Florida," President Donald Trump says. South Florida is poised to become Trump's new MAGA capital after he leaves the White House.
View ArticleRapper Splash Zanotti and two others accused of kidnapping couple for $20,000
Federal prosecutors have accused local broward rap star Splashzanotti and two other men of breaking into a Miramar home at gunpoint, kidnapping a husband and wife, and holding the pair for ransom for...
View ArticleLegalize marijuana campaigns in Florida move ahead. But will politicians back...
“Any person who runs for the Democratic nomination [for governor] and doesn’t support full legalization should not run at all,” Orlando Attorney Morgan said. “It is disqualifying.”
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