South Florida Local News

The Florida Department of Health, which releases daily tallies, said Wednesday that another 154 people have died from COVID-19 illness.

Major Florida resorts and attractions continued to extend furloughs or lay off employees as visitor traffic failed to justify keeping full complements of workers on payrolls, according to employer filings.

Federal aid money for unemployed participants should land in bank accounts “sometime this week,” Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity says.

Police have arrested two 16-year-old boys following a carjacking and murder of a Miramar man.

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Florida Highway Patrol trooper Saget Horlkins fatally shot suspect Steve Gilbert during traffic stop and foot chase, investigators said.

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.

Davie police are searching for at least three people seen on video beating a woman and stealing her purse and cellphone in a dispute over a parking space at Walmart.

Florida’s U.S. senators are making a new push for year-round daylight-saving time — this time tied to the coronavirus pandemic.

A woman found dead in her Century Village home Monday night was stabbed 11 times with a butcher knife, and an ex-boyfriend has been charged in her death, authorities said.

A man was shot and killed outside a convenience store in Pompano Beach and now a $10,000 reward is being offered to find the gunman.

When billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign in March, he pledged to spend "whatever it takes" to help Democrats defeat President Donald Trump. Less than two months before the election, he's finally coming through. Bloomberg over the weekend moved to direct $100 million to Florida alone in support of Joe Biden.

Florida, which embarked on an aggressive strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, is stepping back from some efforts that Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted as keeping down the number of deaths and serious illnesses among seniors.

The Monmouth University Poll shows 67% of Florida voters plan to support increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour over six years, more than enough to reach the 60% required for passage.

Joe Biden outlined Tuesday how he would revive hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico as he sought to bolster crucial Hispanic support in his battle with President Donald Trump for the White House.

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Broward County Judge Jill K. Levy doesn’t mind if lawyers in the upcoming Delucca Rolle ‘Stand Your Ground’ hearing talk about a fight club at the Tamarac Town Square parking lot — as long as they don’t call it that.

The data show 29% of new COVID-19 infections in Palm Beach County were among 15- to 24-year-olds, in a report Tuesday from the state Department of Health. It’s 23% in Broward, and 17% in Miami-Dade — higher than any other age group in those counties.

Ruby Lenora Green, a former Broward County public defender who was fired after losing her campaign to replace her retiring boss, has been hired as a prosecutor by the Broward State Attorney's office.

Joe Biden made his first trip to Florida as the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday with an urgent mission to boost support among Latinos who could decide the election in one of the nation’s fiercest battleground states.