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A Florida man and woman have been arrested as suspects in an animal cruelty case of a video that has gone viral showing a raccoon being burned alive in a dumpster. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department posted video of Alicia Kincheloe, 30, and her father, Roddy Kincheloe, 63, both of Sarasota, being escorted after their arrests Thursday, both charged with felony animal cruelty. Advertisement “Many of you asked about our investigation into a disturbing video that’s gone viral... Read More

Tropical Storm Danielle formed Thursday in the central Atlantic, just one day after August came and went without a named storm for only the third time since 1961, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm had intensified by Friday morning and is expected to become a hurricane in the open Atlantic, the center said in its 5 a.m. update. Advertisement Danielle formed from Tropical Depression Five near the Azores. It was moving east as of 5 a.m. Friday at 3 mph about 890 miles... Read More

Joel Greenberg, the disgraced Seminole County tax collector, told state investigators in a jailhouse interview this summer that state Sen. Jason Brodeur “absolutely” knew about a plan to recruit a spoiler candidate to join the race in which he was elected in 2020. In the June 23 interview, Greenberg said he was present in late 2019 or early 2020 when Brodeur, political consultant Eric Foglesong and Seminole County GOP Chair Ben Paris discussed the plan, apparently aimed at siphoning votes... Read More

Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. Here are updates from Day 50 in the sentencing trial of confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 23; a jury will decide if he will be executed or sentenced to life in prison without parole. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High... Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE — Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. The Parkland gunman’s eighth-grade teacher was so troubled by his disturbing schoolwork that she saved a copy for her records in case it was ever needed. Advertisement Those documents now provide crucial insight into the mind of a killer-in-the-making after Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day in... Read More

The chorus goes up every August — South Floridians moaning “It’s soooo hot out!” Well, this year you may have a point. This was the warmest August on record for West Palm Beach, with average temperatures reaching 85.6 degrees. The previous record was 85 degrees, set in 2016. Fort Lauderdale’s average temperature reached 85.6 degrees, just 0.1 degrees short of the record set in 1944 and 2007. Miami’s hottest August was 2017, and this past month was just 0.1... Read More

Tropical Storm Danielle formed Thursday in the central Atlantic, just one day after August came and went without a named storm for only the third time since 1961, and it’s expected to become a hurricane this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. Danielle formed from Tropical Depression Five near the Azores. It was moving east Thursday morning at 2 mph about 960 miles west of the Azores, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Advertisement It appears to be no threat to... Read More

While August came and went without a named storm for only the third time since 1961, Tropical Depression Five formed early Thursday, and another could form this week near the Caribbean. Tropical Depression Five was drifting east early Thursday near the Azores. Any further development is expected to be short-lived. Advertisement A system near the Caribbean is gradually developing but is expected to remain outside of the Caribbean Sea as it moves generally toward the U.S. East Coast.... Read More

Two weather systems in the Atlantic are likely to form into tropical depressions this week and a third could join them, according to forecasters with the National Hurricane Center. One system in the central Atlantic is moving west-northwest. As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, National Hurricane Center forecasters said it has a 60% chance of developing in the next two days and an 80% chance over the next five days. Advertisement It is gradually developing but is expected to remain outside of the... Read More

ExpandAutoplay Image 1 of 184 Paul Gold, who lived next door to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz from 2008-2011, looks at photographs as he is questioned by capital defense attorney Casey Secor during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of... Read More