South Florida Local News

One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Army officer during a traffic stop has since been fired, a Virginia town announced.

As the legislative session draws to a close, a package of criminal justice reform bills has languished. But proposals to crack down on unruly protesters and further protect police officers have sailed through various committees and chambers of the statehouse.

A marine warning was in effect early Monday, with thunderstorms, winds up to 30 mph, and waterspouts possible off the coast.

At least 13 candidates are deciding whether they want to take a shot at the seat of longtime congressman Alcee Hastings. Ripple effects will spread down through Broward and Palm Beach counties and the state Capitol.

A 17-year-old girl died Sunday during a strong storm that swept through central Florida, damaging homes and businesses.

According to police, a driver struck and killed a New York federal judge in Boca Raton on Friday. The driver then drove away and hit a 6-year-old boy. She went on to crash her car in Delray Beach and told paramedics she was "Harry Potter," cops say.

It was supposed to be a unifying weekend for a Republican Party at war with itself over former President Donald Trump’s divisive leadership. But Trump himself shattered two days of relative peace in his closing remarks to the GOP’s top donors when he insulted the party’s Senate leader and his wife.

Mixed martial arts fighter Aaron Rajman was shot to death in his West Boca home on July 3, 2017. Six people were indicted on murder charges, with cases still pending against four individuals.

The news that a plea agreement is in the works for Joel Greenberg, Seminole County’s disgraced former tax collector, came more than a week after prosecutors filed their fourth indictment against him, raising the number of federal charges he faces to a staggering 33.

Patricia Flury, Dania Beach mayor from 2002 to 2013, has died after a long battle with cancer.

A loud party in Parkland put sheriff's deputies in a potentially awkward spot: Confront their boss or look the other way?

Several shots were fired at a Miramar home overnight wounding a teenage boy and police are searching for the shooter.

“The Jewish community has lost one of their loudest voices and defenders." Jewish leaders said South Florida U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, who died on April 6, was a strong advocate for Black-Jewish community relations and a champion of Israel.

Few communities have been more divided over the vaccine than the sprawling expanse of Christian churches and denominations classified as evangelical. Among religious demographic groups, white evangelicals were the most likely to reject COVID vaccines, with 45% saying they would not get the shot.

Despite attempts to offer shots at all nursing homes and assisted-living centers in the state, 62% of staffers have declined — posing the single biggest threat to the more than 25,000 elderly people in those facilities who are also unvaccinated.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, embroiled in scandal after it was reported recently he had been targeted by federal sex-trafficking investigation, continued to dismiss the accusations as “smears” and said he’s “not going anywhere” Friday, during an event with a conservative women’s group in Doral.

The 22-year-old man who police said shot another man in Hollywood turned himself in to the police on Friday, one day after the shooting. Hollywood Police circulated Tyler Santiago’s photo on Thursday night and said the public should consider him armed and dangerous. About 24 hours later, he turned himself in.

“When you see the anonymous sources and insiders forecasting my demise, know this: They aren’t really coming for me. They’re coming for you. I'm just in the way," U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz said at a high-profile appearance Friday night at former President Donald Trump’s Doral golf club in Miami

Most students who attend Palm Beach County public schools are likely to return to in-person learning in August,

With critics warning that the bill would chill free speech and have a disparately negative impact on Black people, a key Senate committee Friday approved a controversial measure that Republicans argue is needed to crack down on violent protests.