Gov. Ron DeSantis To Eye Hurricane Sally Damage In Florida Panhandle
Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to travel Thursday to the hurricane-battered and drenched western Panhandle to survey damage as search-and-rescue teams fan out across the region.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to travel Thursday to the hurricane-battered and drenched western Panhandle to survey damage as search-and-rescue teams fan out across the region.
A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy who was fired for his inaction during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead has been reinstated with back pay by an arbitrator who ruled that the sheriff missed a deadline for dismissing the deputy.
Florida's U.S. senators are making a new push for year-round daylight-saving time, this time tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
After many establishments were closed for months amid the coronavirus pandemic, Florida's top business regulator believes bar and craft-brewery owners will do a better job this time of self-enforcing state safety restrictions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that minority children have accounted for 78% of COVID-19 pediatric deaths.
In a legal fight that started after the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland high school, attorneys for the state, and the National Rifle Association this month detailed dueling arguments about the constitutionality of a Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 11:30 a.m. on September 16, 2020
The state of Florida has purchased nearly 11,000 acres from a citrus company for land preservation.
As Miami-Dade and Broward counties move into Phase 2 and join the rest of the state in allowing more indoor entertainment centers, outdoor amusement and outdoor recreation facilities to reopen, not all attractions are reopening right away.
Joe Biden is making his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday, taking part in a veterans roundtable in Tampa and seeking support among Latinos, a crucial voting bloc in the Sunshine State, at a Hispanic Heritage Month event in Kissimmee.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 1:00 p.m. on September 15, 2020.
Jack "Murf the Surf" Murphy, a hall of fame surfer best known for one of the biggest jewel heists in U.S. history, including the Star of India sapphire, has died in Florida. He was 83.
A controversial state program that allows school "guardians" to carry guns on campus came under scrutiny Tuesday, as an appeals court heard arguments in a legal challenge to Duval County's "school safety assistants."
The Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program will be providing financial help to unemployed Floridians for a fourth week.
There are 49 days left until the November 3 general election and the first votes from Floridians are in.
Police in Miami are searching for the person who shot two men in Little Haiti over the weekend.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to have been a murder-suicide that took place in South Miami on Sunday.
Gas prices in South Florida have risen an average of $0.56 in just the last week after the U.S. and Israel launched joint military strikes in Iran, leading to sticker shock for many across our region.
A flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, landed in Miami International Airport on Monday morning as people continue to flee the region in the wake of intense military strikes in the Middle East.
New military strikes have been reported across the Middle East as intense fighting continues, and this comes after Iran announced its new leader over the weekend.
Michael Alvarez, a teacher at First United Methodist Christian School, is facing simple battery charges after police say he allegedly taped a student's mouth shut.
Flight attendants and staff described shock, anger, and uncertainty after the airline's abrupt closure, as state officials rush to connect them with new opportunities.
The Miami Marlins promoted catcher Joe Mack from Triple-A and demoted the slumping Agustín Ramírez before the club's game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
New recommendations target safety gaps in Biscayne Bay, including a single citation database, improved navigation markers, and a potential "boat court."
Passengers described chaos, missing luggage and costly rebookings as Spirit abruptly halts operations at FLL.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A federal appeals court blocked a FDA rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.
The incident occurred one week after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C., and Mr. Trump was rushed off the dais.
The 81-year-old former New York City mayor has been hospitalized for pneumonia, his spokesperson said.
Before this map was created, there were 20 districts that favored Republicans and eight that favored Democrats.
State lawmakers approved the new map, which deeply affects both Wasserman Schultz and fellow Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
