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There are 22 candidates vying for six available seats — three of which are guaranteed to go to a newcomer. Issues such as school closures and mask mandates energized many parents during the pandemic and hot button issues such as critical race theory and restrictions on LGBTQ content have motivated many conservative parents statewide to run for school board.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 21 of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.

A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents and was co-opted by Russian agents into surveilling a U.S. government informant residing in Miami has been sentenced to four years and one day in federal prison.

A man was arrested in Pembroke Pines last week for battery on a senior citizen. The suspect was arrested April in Fort Lauderdale for a battery considered to be a hate crime.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony made his first public comments regarding the possibility he’ll lose his law enforcement license; “On my driver’s license applications I’ve said ‘yes’ a few times, I’ve omitted and missed one or two here and there. ... I’m actually happy this is coming to an end.”

A man suspected of killing a 20-year-old woman in Pompano Beach in a triple shooting at a gas station last year died before he could be arrested, so the case was closed by the Broward Sheriff's Office.

A federal judge agreed on Wednesday to postpone a trial for the former leader of the Proud Boys and other members of the extremist group charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

Two 18-year-olds were arrested Tuesday and charged with a felony, accused of shooting water beads at roughly 25 people — including a person over 65 — in Pembroke Pines and Miramar in the TikTok-inspired "Orbeez Challenge."

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial entered the final phase of jury selection Wednesday, and Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said she is planning to have the job finished within a week.

The motel was featured as the setting for the movie The Florida Project and came to be known as the quintessential pay-by-the-week motel utilized by low-wage residents who can’t afford market-rate apartments.

Races are beginning to heat up for the three Palm Beach County Commission seats up for grabs during this election cycle, with a pair of incumbents seeking re-election and a host of newcomers vying for the lone open seat.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not asking former President Donald Trump for an endorsement for the 2022 gubernatorial race, according to a report in Politico.

The longtime colony of monkeys who live in a Dania Beach mangrove are getting a new landlord: a real estate developer who intends to build an industrial warehouse on the site of the longtime Park 'N Fly concession near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The new owner reportedly will work with a conservator who oversees the primates.

A new round of announcements from major public sector unions — including those representing police and firefighters — and South Florida elected officials has just put congressional candidate Jared Moskowitz over the 100-endorsement mark.

Four months after police found a man dead, burned and beaten in a Hollywood motel room, a 48-year-old woman has been arrested and accused of the killing, police said.