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The suspect in the weekend killings of four people at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma was arrested Tuesday by officers in South Florida. He was arrested “after a car tag reader flagged (the) vehicle he was driving,” Oklahoma authorities said.

Dense fog descended on South Florida Wednesday morning as many South Floridians began heading to their Thanksgiving destinations, delaying flights and creating dangerous road conditions on an already hectic travel day.

A Broward man who trafficked teenage girls from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando, luring them at hotel parties and on social media with promises of money and a warm place to stay, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

John Herbst was the clear winner in the District 1 commission race. But now he has a fight on his hands after his residency was challenged by a losing candidate.

A body discovered in Miami-Dade County last week has been confirmed to be that of Mimose Dulcio, a 39-year-old City of Fort Lauderdale employee, who was initially thought to be missing. Her husband now faces a murder charge in her death.

Florida lawmakers are being asked to decide whether to approve a civil judgment of $15 million by St. Johns County in northeast Florida to a woman who was the victim of a crash involving a sheriff’s deputy in 2019. Julia “Jenny” Perez of St. Augustine says her life was destroyed when the deputy slammed his cruiser into her motorcycle

Frost, the first Gen Z member of Congress, has to balance his newfound fame with his status as one of the least senior members of the minority party.

NASA’s Space Launch System roared off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center and into the record books, for now.

Downtown Fort Lauderdale experienced a bit more chaos than usual Tuesday after the city shut down the Kinney Tunnel due to high water amid a search for a burglary suspect and reports of an active shooter at the library.

A federal appeals court appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was entitled to challenge an FBI search of his Palm Beach estate or to have an independent arbiter review documents that were seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Tuesday’s vote by the new Broward School Board to rescind last week's decision to give charter schools extra money passed by a party-line vote, with six Democrats voting to rescind while two Republicans opposed.

Rod Velez has been dogged by questions about his eligibility due to a felony conviction. His voting rights were restored in 2020, but that didn’t automatically guarantee other rights, including holding public office and serving on a jury, according to rules prepared by the Board of Clemency. Other newly elected or reelected members were sworn in to the Broward School Board Tuesday.

A divided appeals court Tuesday rejected a potential class-action lawsuit contending that the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newly installed leaders of the Florida Legislature vowed Tuesday to help hurricane victims and fight the high cost of living in the Sunshine State.