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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Palm Beach estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed to inspect the records. The request was included in a federal lawsuit, the first filing by Trump’s legal team in the two weeks since the search, that takes broad aim at the FBI investigation into the discovery of classified records at Mar-a-Lago and that... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — Amid debates across the country about abortion rights, a political committee has proposed a ballot initiative in Florida that would recognize a “God-given right to life of the preborn individual” to impose a near total ban on abortion. The Protect Human Life Florida Committee received an initial approval Aug. 12 from the Florida Department of State to move forward with the proposed constitutional amendment. The committee would need to submit 891,589 petition signatures... Read More

The defense will begin presenting its case in the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018.J Defense lawyers will begin with their opening statement on Monday after deferred them until after the prosecution rested its case. Advertisement The jury will decide if Cruz should be put to death for the murders or be sent to prison for the rest of his life. There is only audio when the... Read More

Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried spent Sunday— the last day of early voting in their primary contest for governor — courting supporters in South Florida, home to the largest concentration of Democratic voters in the state. A major focus for both candidates: Black voters, a critically important Democratic constituency. Each attended services at Black churches, and both campaigned at an NAACP rally at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort... Read More

ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — A Florida college student exploring the Alabama wilderness with his girlfriend was fatally wounded during a shootout with a would-be robber who appeared to be living with others in the woods, authorities said. Adam Simjee, 22, was shot to death in the Talladega National Forest near popular Cheaha State Park in east Alabama on Sunday, Aug. 14, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Tuesday. Yasmine Hider and Krystal Diane Pinkins were charged with murder,... Read More

As one storm system drenched Mexico and also brought much-needed rain to southern Texas, forecasters’ attention is turned to a tropical wave that recently moved off Africa’s west coast, which the National Hurricane Center has given a 20% chance of developing in the next five days. The new wave is forecast to move west-northwest to northwest at 15 to 20 mph during the early and middle part of this week. Forecasters say conditions are “marginally conducive” for further... Read More

The 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew’s assault on South Florida is days away, and for the uninitiated and those who may have forgotten, here is what the Category 5 storm did to southern Miami-Dade County and elsewhere. After striking on Aug. 24, 1992, Andrew killed 65 people, destroyed 63,000 homes, left 175,000 homeless, and in the immediate aftermath, left a million people without power. Three cities and towns in particular — Homestead, Florida City and Naranja Lakes — were... Read More

As a team of scientists motor out off Key Biscayne, the evening seems perfect — subtle breeze, balmy water, a ruby sunset cutting through clouds. It’s also a perfect evening for coral sex: Staghorn coral, the species in question, like to spawn a few days after a full moon in summer, when the water temperature is just right. They might spawn twice a year. Or only once. Or not at all, if they’re stressed out. Advertisement These aren’t just any staghorns, though. They’ve been... Read More

MIAMI LAKES — A man driving the wrong way on a busy South Florida highway early Saturday crashed into another car, killing all five women in the other vehicle, authorities said. The man was airlifted to a trauma center with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. His condition wasn’t immediately known. Advertisement “Our crews had to use the jaws to cut out one victim that was trapped in his vehicle,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Division Chief Marc Chavers... Read More

Fewer than 24 hours after a scathing grand jury report recommended the dismissal of four current Broward County School Board members, the 18-year-old opponent of one of those School Board members pounced. Raymond Adderly III, a political science major at Florida Atlantic University, asked his District 8 opponent in next week’s election, Donna Korn, to suspend her campaign. Advertisement “Today, our campaign is asking that Donna Korn immediately suspend her campaign so that we can... Read More