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Sun Sentinel Instagram: The stories behind our posts

Life, interrupted: There’s nothing normal about everyday life under the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak. But the big life moments — the birth, the wedding, the quinceañera, the bat mitzvah, the prom, the graduation, even the funeral — hit the hardest. We found examples of each, and tell the stories of disappointment, hard decisions and resolve. But also, among it all, surprising bright spots. Read the story at the link in our profile.#coronavirus #shutdown #wedding #quinceañera... Read More

Tropical Storm Marco strengthening while Tropical Storm Laura shifts farther from Florida, but it could still affect the Keys

Heather Carruthers, the mayor of Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, declared a state of emergency on Friday, ordering the mandatory evacuation of all live-aboard vessels, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and campers. The order was rescinded Sunday morning, citing the latest forecast. ... Read More

Women say detention deputy sexually assaulted them in Palm Beach County, were afraid he would ‘ruin their lives’ if they told

Brett Bania, 23, of Port St. Lucie, who claimed to be a Martin County Sheriff’s detention deputy, makes his first court appearance in Palm Beach County on sexual assault charges for allegedly having sex with two women against their will. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office) ... Read More

‘I’m dying. Why would you do this to me? You stabbed me,’ mom says in 911 call

Police released an audio recording of the horrific 911 calls Friday. In the first call, Rosales can be heard screaming for help as her boyfriend, 28-year-old Kacey Moore Wilson, explains to a dispatcher that they “just had a fight” and that Rosales tried to stab him with a knife, even as he reveals that she was stabbed in the chest. Wilson did not tell the dispatcher how Rosales had been stabbed. ... Read More

Leila Cavett’s mom fears missing woman is dead. ‘I think my daughter sacrificed herself to save the baby.’

One of the last places that missing mom Leila Cavett was seen was at this Racetrac gas station on Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood Florida photographed on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Cavett, 21, was last seen on July 25 after traveling from Georgia to Fort Lauderdale. Her 2-year-old son Kamdyn was found wandering the streets alone in Miramar the following day. (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Calls for plasma in COVID fight conflict with decades-old restriction on blood donations

Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones at the opening of a COVID-19 testing site at the Koinonia Worship Center and Village in West Park in July 22, 2020. Jones, who has recovered from COVID, is one of many people whose convalescent plasma donation was refused by the blood banks. He was told he was “deferred for three months.” (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Florida’s COVID-19 cases increase for 4th straight day, but infection rate steady

Medical assistant Jesus Vera, second from right, performs a COVID-19 test on Hialeah Fire Department Paramedic, Lt. David Cova, right, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Hialeah Fire Station #1, in Hialeah, Fla. The tests were provided free of charge to first responders by Prime Care Medical Centers and Solis Health Plans. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee/AP) ... Read More

White House to take rare turn as host of memorial service

In this Nov. 3, 1999 file photo, Robert Trump, left, joins then real estate developer and presidential hopeful Donald Trump at an event in New York. The White House will serve Friday as a place of mourning for the president and his family with a private memorial service for the president’s younger brother, Robert, who passed away at 71. (Diane Bondaress/AP) ... Read More