Amid Capitol chaos, Florida lawmakers file bill to crack down on protests
As Congress returned to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night after a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the building, Florida lawmakers were filing a bill to crack down on violent protests in...
View ArticleBroward teachers sue to keep working from home
About 1,700 teachers in Broward County received letters saying their remote assignment ended Friday and they should return to work Monday. They say the requirement violates an agreement between the...
View ArticleFlorida lawmakers, staff face new COVID-19 measures in return to Capitol
When the Florida House and Senate will begin interim committee meetings next week in the run up to the Mar. 9 start of the legislative session, there will be some new protocols and safety measures in...
View ArticleVaccine Q&A: Can snowbirds get their two doses in different states?
Here are the answers to some of your biggest questions about COVID-19 vaccinations.
View ArticleFlorida ex-principal claims school district discriminated against her alcohol...
“Dr. Williams was qualified to perform the essential functions of her job with a reasonable accommodation and had in fact successfully performed the essential functions of her position as a teacher and...
View Article‘Trump’ scraped onto back of manatee in Florida: report
Federal officials are looking into the harassment of a manatee that had the word “Trump” scraped onto its back, according to a report.
View ArticleDemocrats call DeSantis’ anti-protest bill ‘overkill’ and say it would target...
Florida Democrats vow they will try to block a proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis aimed at cracking down on violent protesters, and they criticized the governor for linking it to the storming of the U.S....
View ArticleFlorida reports 11,576 new coronavirus cases and 159 additional resident deaths
Florida reports 11,576 new coronavirus cases and 159 additional resident deaths on Monday. A total of 1.48 million people in the state have had the virus.
View ArticleMonitoring Florida’s COVID-19 statistics: These are the numbers to watch
Here are Florida's key coronavirus data as reported by the state, including new cases, deaths and hospitalizations.
View ArticleTrack COVID-19 vaccinations as they roll out across Florida
See how much of Florida has been vaccinated using our charts and maps and data from the Florida Department of Health. Data is updated every day.
View ArticleWasserman Schultz calls for censure of congressman who urged Trump supporters...
U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants the House to censure U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who told the crowd at President Donald Trump’s pre-riot rally in Washington that it was “the day American patriots...
View Article‘Zip-tie guy’ in Capitol riots once worked at Florida bar, reports say
The so-called “zip-tie guy” from the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol once worked at a Fort Myers Beach bar, according to media reports. Now the bar has issued a statement distancing itself from the...
View ArticleFormer Broward Health executive accused of $600,000 in kickbacks
Former Broward Health purchasing executive Brian Bravo faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted of steering plum contracts to his accomplices in a kickback scheme that netted him $600,000, vacations...
View ArticleScott takes over GOP Senate fundraising as corporations pull plug on...
Many major U.S. corporations are halting contributions to all congressional Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, putting Florida Sen. Rick Scott in a...
View ArticleMan accused of raping Cleveland Clinic nurse was turned in by his family,...
A man accused of kidnapping and raping a South Florida nurse had nowhere to go while driving across the state, so he phoned his dad asking for a hotel room.
View ArticleFrustrated seniors at assisted living homes will get vaccines soon now that...
Florida officials heard the frustration of seniors in assisted living facilities and has hired a company to speed up the delivery of COVID vaccines to those sites.
View ArticleProud Boys leader says they won’t back down during Biden presidency
After the turmoil at the Capitol, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio says the Proud Boys have no plans to attend Biden’s inauguration for demonstrations.
View ArticleDeSantis calls insurrection ‘really unfortunate’ and ‘really a sad thing to see’
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that last week’s insurrection “was a really unfortunate thing,” adding that “it was really, really a sad thing to see.” He condemned the violent actions of people who...
View Article‘Putting seniors first was the right decision.’ DeSantis defends vaccine...
“Putting seniors first was the right decision,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday at The Villages. “If you look at Florida in terms of the number of shots that we have for senior citizens, we are leading...
View ArticleFlorida hits 1.5 million cases of COVID-19
Florida reported 14,896 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with 1.5 million people in the state diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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