Florida Girl, 12, Takes On School Board, Calls For Mask Mandate
A 12-year-old Florida girl is taking a stand for her little brother and all children too young to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
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A 12-year-old Florida girl is taking a stand for her little brother and all children too young to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
Memorial Healthcare System is suspending elective procedures starting next week at its South Florida facilities.
The Broward County Public School District, the second-largest school district in the state, has not finalized its decision on mask mandates after all.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber claims the Florida Department of Health is intentionally leaving local officials flying blind in the pandemic.
Miami-based Royal Caribbean has announced its full fleet of ships will be sailing by Spring 2022 with fully vaccinated crew and guests, except in Florida where there is a vaccine passport ban.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doubled down Tuesday in defending his actions and his ban of mask mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic just as the state once again broke its record for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
The Alachua school district is defying Governor Ron DeSantis' ban on mask rules.
The start of the school year is just two weeks away in Broward County, which has seen cases and hospitalizations going up.
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge throughout South Florida, Broward County reopened a testing site on Tuesday.
The sister of a Miami man who is fighting for his life inside the intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital says family members had begged him to get vaccinated against the coronavirus but sadly he did not.
Florida breaks another record for the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19. Tuesday, the number rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day, according to data the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Broward County Public School District, the second-largest school district in the state, is officially withdrawing its mask mandate after Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to withhold funding from districts that require face coverings, rather than enforce the recommendation of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Broward County Mayor Steve Geller started a news conference Monday morning saying "there is a lot of bad news on COVID." There's a sharp spike in cases and a group of people who are still unvaccinated.
COVID cases are climbing in Broward County, and with school classrooms reopening to full capacity in about two weeks, some teachers are concerned.
COVID hospitalization numbers continue to rise in Miami-Dade and across the state.
The number of people hospitalized in Florida because of COVID-19 continued at a record pace Monday, according to the Florida Hospital Association.
Two private universities in South Florida are requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the fall semester is set to begin this month.
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FIU Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Aileen Marty has a message to parents about sending their students to school with or without a mask.
Mike Gesicki and two other Miami Dolphins tight ends went on the NFL's COVID-19 reserve list but that's not everyone involved with the team.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and the state of Florida are battling about which court should hear a challenge to the state's ban on so-called "vaccine passports," with the cruise operator fighting an attempt to move the case out of South Florida.
The state of Florida continues to lead the country in the number of COVID-19 cases, Sunday reporting a record-high of 21,683 new daily coronavirus cases.
As COVID infections soar in South Florida, demand for testing is at an all-time high.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says more effort needs to be made to stop the spread of COVID.
Florida has broken a previous record for COVID hospitalizations just a day after recording its most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic.
The NEXT Weather Team is tracking a warm and mostly dry Sunday across South Florida.
Jim Defede's guest this week on Facing South Florida is James Fishback, a Republican candidate for the Florida governor's office.
Comedian and actor Bowen Yang performed his final sketch on "SNL" Saturday night, after announcing his unexpected mid-season exit from the show.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose government earlier this year recongized a Palestinian state, was booed by the crowd.
The NEXT Weather Team is tracking a warm and mostly dry Sunday across South Florida.
Jim Defede's guest this week on Facing South Florida is James Fishback, a Republican candidate for the Florida governor's office.
Officials say an address in Northeast Miami-Dade County is connected to the Brown University shooting suspect.
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Investigators said that a man who had been shot tried to take himself to Jackson Memorial for treatment when he struck the pedestrian while on his way to the hospital.
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.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
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The episode has deepened concerns that had already emerged from the Justice Department's much-anticipated document release.
It's the second time in recent weeks that the United States has interdicted a tanker, and it comes amid a large U.S. military build-up in Latin America.
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's decision to drop out came after President Trump signaled he would not make an endorsement in the race at this stage.
The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents were fully redacted.
Jim Defede's guest this week on Facing South Florida is James Fishback, a Republican candidate for the Florida governor's office.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
A California digital health company and a Florida medical practice have been indicted in an alleged $100 million scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet to patients across the country who didn't need it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
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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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Comedian and actor Bowen Yang performed his final sketch on "SNL" Saturday night, after announcing his unexpected mid-season exit from the show.
Albert Brooks said he's still in shock over the death of his friend Rob Reiner, whom he met at 14 years old.
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The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Nick Reiner appeared in court on Wednesday on two counts of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.