Florida sets a new record for largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
Florida recorded 15300 new cases on Sunday, the most since the pandemic began. Florida surpassed the total for New York…
Man protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant
A gunman walked into a Miami Beach restaurant and fatally shot a tourist who was protecting his 1-year-old son By…
Canadian scientist has key role in mission of Mars rover Perseverance
Watching the launch of the Mars rover Perseverance, University of Alberta professor Chris Herd is one of hundreds of scientists…
Trump encourages mail voting in key battleground Florida
President Donald Trump is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail following months of…
Spring break partiers cavalier about COVID-19
Young people are still converging on Florida’s beaches for spring break, even as the number of COVID-19 cases in the…
LeBron James Helping Florida Ex-Felons Pay Fees So They Can Vote
A voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James is raising funds to help people in Florida with felony…
Disney World Bans Eating, Drinking While Walking To Close Coronavirus Mask Loophole
Disney World in Florida just closed a loophole to mandate that visitors who are moving wear face masks at all…
Shaquille O’Neal Helps Motorist Stranded By Highway Crash
As long as Shaquille O’Neal didn’t have to shoot free throws, these motorists were in good hands. Dashcam video from…
Florida Officer Who Was Filmed Shoving A Kneeling Black Protester Has Been Charged
A Florida police officer who was filmed pushing over a kneeling Black protester during an anti-racism demonstration in May is…
Angry residents erupt at meeting over new mask rule
Residents of Palm Beach County in Florida erupted in anger at a commissioner’s meeting after an unanimous vote to make…
Missing Black Lives Matter Activist Among 2 Women Found Dead: Police
A Florida man is in custody after the bodies of two missing women, including a 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protester,…
Miami mom pleads not guilty to drowning son in canal
A Miami woman accused of drowning her 9-year-old autistic son in a canal has pleaded not guilty to murder charges…
Jimmy Kimmel’s Vision For Florida’s Republican National Convention Is ‘Cray-Cray’
The GOP’s relocation of some Republican National Convention events to Jacksonville, Florida, got Jimmy Kimmel thinking Thursday how that will…
Golfer Gary Player gets $5 million in legal dispute with son
Hall of Fame golfer Gary Player will get $5 million and the rights to his name and likeness back after…
Florida officer charged with punching intoxicated man
Two Florida police officers are facing charges after video showed one of them slapping and then repeatedly punching an intoxicated…
Tracking Tropical Storm Cristobal as it heads toward the US coast
Cristobal brought seven reported tornadoes in central Florida yesterday. June 7, 2020, 11:09 AM 5 min read 5 min read…
Path of Tropical Storm Cristobal continues to track toward Gulf Coast, could bring 1 foot of rain
The storm could make landfall Sunday in Louisiana. June 6, 2020, 9:25 PM 4 min read 4 min read Share…
Florida Supreme Court blocks assault weapon ban from ballot
The Florida Supreme Court is blocking an assault weapons ban from going to voters in 2022 By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated…
Florida Police Officer Suspended After Shoving A Kneeling Black Woman Amid Protest
A Florida police officer has been suspended after he was seen shoving a kneeling protester at an anti-racism demonstration on…
Big Cat Rescue founder now selling coronavirus masks
Are you a cool cats or kitten May 18, 2020, 12:32 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to…
Firefighters continue battling fires in Florida Panhandle
Florida firefighters are hoping to hold containment lines around a 2,000-acre fire in the state’s Panhandle, where winds are expected…
Trump denies ties to Venezuelan attack with 2 US men jailed
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had nothing to do with an alleged incursion…
AP: Most states fall short of coronavirus testing thresholds
ATLANTA — As more states begin to relax their coronavirus lockdowns, most are falling short of the minimum levels of…
As U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 51,000, handful of states move toward reopening
ATLANTA (Reuters) – With the U.S. coronavirus death toll topping 51,000 and nearly one in six workers out of a…
Trump defends decision to furlough Mar-a-Lago employees
President Donald Trump is defending his company’s decision to furlough hundreds of employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, after his…
Florida EMS charged with felony after intentionally coughing on store employee
Man coughed after allegedly saying social distancing is “getting out of hand.” April 8, 2020, 2:29 PM 4 min read…
‘Cheer’ Cast ‘Heartbroken’ Daytona Championship Canceled Due To Coronavirus
Hug ― or, better yet, elbow bump ― a cheerleader in your life, because all official camps, competitions and championship…
As president urges caution amid coronavirus, Trump’s campaign, RNC to hold nearly 500 events next week
It’s not immediately clear how many people will attend. March 12, 2020, 9:09 PM 6 min read President Donald Trump…
How daylight saving time works and why these states want to ditch it
Americans will advance their clocks on Sunday for daylight saving time, but several states are looking to end the tradition…
Bond denied for woman accused of abandoning baby in 2008
A woman accused of abandoning her baby boy in 2008 beside a South Carolina highway was denied bond March 6,…
Parents sue after daughters’ bodies switched after car crash
The parents of two teenagers killed in a car crash say their bodies were misidentified and switched By CURT ANDERSON…
44 African American graves found under Florida parking lot
A private archaeology firm says it has discovered what appear to be about 44 graves from a long-forgotten African American…
U.S. Supreme Court turns away religious bias claim against Walgreens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a…
Ryan Newman Released From Hospital After Daytona 500 Crash
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, two days after his frightening crash…
SWAT team fatally shoots murder suspect after standoff
A Florida SWAT team has fatally shot a murder suspect after a long standoff February 17, 2020, 3:48 PM 2…
Puppy in crime: Deputies take man, dog into custody in theft
A Florida man and his furry “accomplice” were taken into custody by authorities who said the man shoplifted from a…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to fast-track Obamacare appeal
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
No jail time for distracted driver who killed 2 cyclists
A Florida woman who ran her car into a group of bicyclists, killing two people, will avoid jail time January…
Florida ex-mayor gets 4+ years in prison for charity fraud
The former mayor of a Florida city has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for defrauding a…
New wife, 26, charged with exploiting husband, 77, for money
A newly married 26-year-old woman has been arrested on charges alleging she tried to cash almost $1 million in checks…
Mariners told to use ‘extreme caution’ after Russian spy ship spotted off East Coast
A U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Mahan, is shadowing the Russian ship. December 18, 2019, 12:54 AM 5 min read…
Florida officer charged with violating women’s civil rights
A Florida police officer has been indicted on federal charges following allegations that he sexually assaulted several women December 13,…
PGA golfer arrested in Florida prostitution sting
A professional golfer was one of 124 people arrested in Florida in a prostitution and human-trafficking sting December 12, 2019,…
Florida GOP Candidate Calls For Ilhan Omar, Other Dems To Be Hanged: Report
A Republican congressional candidate in Florida sent a fundraising letter last week that called for the hanging of Rep. Ilhan…
Wayne Messam Exits 2020 Democratic Presidential Race
Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Florida, said Wednesday that he is stepping down from the race for the 2020…
US Army soldier killed in overturned armored vehicle accident in South Korea
A U.S. soldier was killed in South Korea last week after his armored vehicle overturned. Spc. Nicholas C. Panipinto, 20,…
911 supervisor played Netflix movie as caller sought help
A South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller unsuccessfully tried to get…
Florida man fatally shot while charging at deputy
Authorities in Florida say a man was fatally shot after he charged at a deputy with a sword yelling, “Shoot…
Dennis Rodman Charged With Battery After Allegedly Slapping Man In Bar
Former NBA star and character about town Dennis Rodman has been charged with misdemeanor battery after he allegedly slapped a…
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 18, illnesses surpass 1,000: CDC
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 18 deaths due to a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes and…
Police helicopter goes down responding to another downed aircraft, both pilots survive
A police helicopter went down in a muddy Florida field Thursday evening as its pilot was searching for the pilot…
U.S. CDC recommends against using vapes with marijuana ingredient
(Reuters) – People should stop using e-cigarettes, especially those with marijuana ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), U.S. public health officials recommended on…
Man pleads guilty in kidnap, torture plot of plastic surgeon
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a plastic surgeon who was tortured with a blowtorch in an extortion…
Pit bull dies of snake bites while protecting Florida boys
A man in Florida says his family’s 8-month-old pit bull Zeus died of snake bites as it was trying to…
Detectives: Transgender woman slain, body burned in car
Florida sheriff’s deputies are investigating the slaying of a transgender woman whose body was found in her burning car. Media…
Google Earth search leads to gruesome ending to decades-old missing person’s case
A man using Google Earth to have a look around his old property ended up spotting something unusual — sparking…
Court denies custody for parents who stopped chemo for 4-year-old son with cancer
A court has denied parents custody of their 4-year-old son with cancer after the Florida couple stopped chemotherapy treatments earlier…
Hurricane Dorian’s death toll rises to 21 as it charges up Southeast coast; may make landfall in Carolinas
Hurricane Dorian has killed at least 20 in the Bahamas, as well as an elderly man in North Carolina, as…