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MIAMI (AP) — U.S. investigators say they have noticed an uptick in the amount and caliber of weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti in recent months.
Anthony Salisbury, chief of the …
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8/17/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz reversed course Wednesday and said they will not present at his ongoing penalty trial results of a highly contentious …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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8/17/22
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MIAMI (AP) — Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs.
The team …
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By WILFREDO LEE
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8/17/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. A Pensacola man died the same way this month. Both cases involved …
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8/17/22
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MIAMI (AP) — A 29-year-old police officer who was shot in the head while trying to stop a robbery suspect in Miami remained in “extremely critical condition" early Wednesday, officials said.
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8/17/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis because of his positions on abortion and transgender rights filed suit Wednesday to get his …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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8/17/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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8/17/22
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that a parentless 16-year-old teen in the Florida Panhandle was not “sufficiently mature" to end her pregnancy while …
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8/16/22
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted California drug trafficker who paid bribes to a corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent has been sentenced by a Florida judge to more than 11 years in …
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8/16/22
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) — A Miami-Dade police officer was hospitalized in critical condition Monday after being shot, authorities said.
There were few details about the shooting, which was …
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8/15/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tracks used by the nation's deadliest railroad will see added fencing to keep pedestrians away and safety improvements at crossings under a $25 million federal grant …
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By FREIDA FRISARO
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8/15/22
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MIAMI (AP) — U.S. immigration officials say 187 Cuban migrants have been arrested after landing in the Florida Keys on 10 separate boats over the weekend.
Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar of …
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8/15/22
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season: a new fixed-wing …
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By CODY JACKSON
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8/15/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former state Department of Health employee who gained national attention for questioning the numbers in Florida's COVID-19 dashboard can remain a candidate for now in the …
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8/15/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” — and some teachers have worried that …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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8/15/22
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PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida company with a former House speaker as a top executive allegedly charged local government millions of dollars for Hurricane Michael cleanup that it never …
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8/14/22
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff went on Facebook and berated a animal cruelty suspect as a “despicable excuse for a human being” after she was charged with drowning her Chihuahua.
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8/14/22
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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities are investigating an officer-involved crash that killed a civilian driver early Sunday.
Coconut Creek police arrived at the 4 a.m. crash to find …
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8/14/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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8/14/22
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — After more than five years of agony, a Fort Myers woman is getting the fresh air she needs thanks to the work of a local nonprofit and some generous community members.
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By TOMAS RODRIGUEZ, Fort Myers News-Press
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8/14/22
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