South Florida Local News

The minimum age of a person to buy a rifle and other long guns in Florida could be lowered from age 21 to age 18, reversing legislation enacted after Parkland’s school shooting.

A Broward jury ended its third full day of deliberations Monday in the case of three men charged with ambushing, robbing and murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion in Deerfield Beach nearly five years ago.

A man convicted of a 1989 double slaying in Florida for which he was dubbed the “ninja killer” is set for execution next month under a death warrant signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Pastor James Welch, whose four years at the helm of the sprawling First Baptist Church in downtown Fort Lauderdale was marked by controversy, has resigned and the congregation has launched a search for a replacement, church officials said.

Six Broward men were arrested and six vehicles were seized Friday night by the Broward Sheriff’s Office in a continuation of its crackdown on stunt driving and intersection takeovers.

Fort Lauderdale police said Monday they detained students after a potential shooting threat that led to a lockdown at Dillard High School.

A Boca Raton man was charged with civil disorder for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washingdont, D.C., during the breach of the U.S. Capitol.

A reported stabbing at Hollywood’s Tri-Rail station led to two women being taken to the hospital Monday, police said.

Ken Evans has stepped down as one of the top leaders of the Broward Democratic Party, after serving as the party’s state committeeman since 2012. Democrats in Florida are at a low point – behind Republicans in voter registration, shut out of statewide elected offices by voters, and vastly outnumbered in the state’s congressional delegation and in the state Legislature after the disastrous 2022 midterm elections. But Evans says the party can once can start on an upward trajectory.

The Florida Highway Patrol said early Monday that the fire on US27, between Interstate 75 and the Palm Beach County line, was “contained” and that no road closures were in effect, despite the smoke and fog.

A new season of the Felonious Florida podcast brings listeners back to the dark side of the Sunshine State with a crime that has more victims than can ever be known.

The four-day conference in South Florida brought in experts with ideas on what Florida must do to withstand climate change.

A day after Lydie and Boris Lavenir arrived at their Airbnb rental in Wellington, their 19-month-old daughter, Enora, died with a lethal amount of fentanyl in her blood, according to a wrongful death complaint. The family is suing Airbnb, along with the owner, the rental agent for the property, and the renter who previously stayed in the home.

Another four humans are back on Earth after spending more than five months in space with the SpaceX Crew-5 mission that departed the International Space Station in the wee hours of Saturday before a 19-hour trip home to splash down off the coast of Florida.

First came upper-level winds, then a boat crept onto the range, and the engines even ignited at one point for a few seconds, but ultimately Saturday proved to be another scrub for Relativity Space’s 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Cruise travel is picking up again, but COVID-19 can still be an issue on ships, with some vessels and some cruise lines worse than others.

When LGBTQ Floridians, their families and their supporters arrive in the state capital to start two days of what organizers are calling pride, passion and resistance, they’re more likely to encounter a brick wall of opposition than a welcome mat and an open door.

A South Florida doctor faces charges of human trafficking and sex with a minor after police found two underage girls in his condo in Miami Beach.

Authorities are looking for the driver of a black or purple Dodge Challenger who shot at another driver on Interstate 95 near Hollywood Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A man accused of shooting two men, one of them fatally, while the victims sat at a bus stop northwest of Fort Lauderdale has been arrested.